Region : Shetland Island : Mainland Area : Aithsting Grid Reference : HU 256 515 Period : 3rd-2nd millennium BC Scord of Brouster SETTLEMENT, KERBED CAIRN

The hillside of Scord of Brouster (Shetland) is littered with the remains of a Neolithic settlement. Some oval houses and their system of interlinked field walls have been found. The largest house measures 5m x 7m internally and contains a central hearth surrounded by cells divided by massive orthostats. Other features include an oblong stone enclosure about 60m long and a perfectly circular kerbed cairn (in the photo), that is one of the latest structures of the site.

Other settlements ------------------ Barnhouse Clickimin Gurness Jarlshof Knap of Howar Scord of Brouster Skara Brae Other sites in Shetland ---------------------- Beorgs of Housetter (Giant's Grave) Busta Clickimin Hamnavoe (Giant's Stones) Jarlshof Loch of Houlland Mousa Ness of Burgi Punds Water Scord of Brouster Skellister (Auld Wife) Stanydale Tingwall (Murder Stone)