What is recorded here
The lookout tower on Brough Ness is a castle, fort or tower in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Perhaps it watched for ships or invaders, maybe it marked a boundary between land and sea. Imagine a keeper climbing its stairs at dawn, reading the weather in the colour of the water.
A named place photographed at this map point in Orkney Islands.
Places near here
South Ronaldsay, Brough NessCairn(s) (period Unassigned) · 24 yd
Brough Ness, Coastguard Lookout StationCoastguard Station (20th Century), Observation Post (second World War), Observation Post (first World War) · 30 yd
South Ronaldsay, Brough FarmBroch (iron Age)(possible) · 533 yd
South Ronaldsay, Burwick, PierPier (period Unassigned) · 1148 yd
Museum at Liddle FarmHeritage place · 1.3 mi
Cemetery at FlawsChurch, cross or graveyard · 1.7 mi
Barth HeadCliff · 2.0 mi
Gairy HillMountain / peak · 2.1 mi
Gloup of HalcroCave · 2.4 mi
Olav's WoodWood · 2.5 mi
HMS Narborough and HMS OpalMemorial · 2.6 mi
Beach, Wind WickBeach · 2.7 miOther information
Photo: Des Colhoun · CC BY-SA 2.0