Shetland Folk-Lore
people, inhabiting the land from end to end, as these remains show. Upwards of a hundred brochs and other remains may be traced in Shetland. Their number may be gathered from the many place-names to which they have given birth. In every parish there are townships called Brough, while other derivations are common, such as Burra, Burravoe, Burrafirth, Burragarth, Burraland, Burgalea, Burgasand, Burgawater, etc., etc. Then we have a great many names that take the broch as a suffix, e.g., Collingsbrough, Footabrough, Gossabrough, Overbrough, Snaabrough, Strandiebrough, Railsbrough, Musselbrough (at Uyeasound), etc., etc.
There are at least ten brochs in Unst, viz., Balta, Balliasta, Burrafirth, Oganess, Colvidale, Newgord Holm, Uyeasound, Underhool, Woodwick, and Snaabrough; and there are almost as many in Yell, while Fetlar possesses at least three. There are four existing brochs in Delting, eight in Northmavine, and, in the districts
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