What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Hoy, Quoyness, Greenhill Broch as Broch (iron Age), Cist(s) (prehistoric) - (early Medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Broch (Iron Age), with associated cists (prehistoric to early medieval). The site is significant as a well-preserved example of a broch on the Orkney Islands, reflecting Iron Age settlement and funerary practices in northern Scotland.
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Places near here
Bay of QuoysBay · 713 yd
QuoynessSearchlight Emplacement (second World War) · 842 yd
The Pier, MoanessHeritage place · 1321 yd
Mountain Hares, HoyMountain or hill · 1.0 mi
Hoy, Burra HouseHouse (post Medieval) · 1.0 mi
Approaching Ward HillMountain or hill · 1.1 mi
Bay of CreeklandBay · 1.1 mi
Graemsay, SkeafeaBoathouse(s) (post Medieval), Naust(s) (post Medieval) · 1.2 mi
Ward HillMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
Dwarfie StaneHeritage attraction · 1.6 mi
West HillMountain / peak · 1.6 mi
Albion: Point of Oxan, Graemsay, Hoy Sound, OrkneyShip (19th Century) · 2.3 mi