The Picts and their Brochs
compartments, but whether there was internal access to all the four divisions, I am unable to tell. The islet on which the broch is built is separated from the shore by a narrow sound, dry at spring tide, and the usual stepping-stones or bridge had been constructed to connect it with the land. Among the ruins were found peat ashes, a stone axe, and a stone lamp similar to that found in the burial mound at Unst. I shall leave the antiquarian reader to conjecture the purpose or design of this building.
The other Nesting broch to which I shall refer claims a little attention. It has no name by which it is known locally, nor does it give a name to any township in the neighbourhood, as is commonly the case. It is situated near the top of the cliffs on a very wild part of the coast, entirely inapproachable from the sea. It has consisted of a centre tower surrounded by two circular walls. The outer wall has been about 220 feet in circumference. The
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