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Name:Ward of Burraland
Hill number:12018
Height:72m / 236ft
Parent (Ma):1529  Royl Field
RHB Section:22: Shetland Islands
County/UA:Shetland Islands
Island:Shetland Mainland
Class:Tump (0-99m)
(Tu,0)
Grid ref:HU 44149 23446
Summit feature:ruin 7m SE of trig point
Drop:61m
Col:11m  HU434241  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 4
(1:25k) 466S
Survey:obvious summit
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 15 users)ByDate of Ascent
Another fantastic (7 mile)coastal peninsula walk around No Ness with L from the Mousa Ferry museum/waiting room at Leeboten . Farmers out on this hill busy dealing with the constant arrival of new spindly lambs. After summit a detour to the substantial remains of the iron age Broch of Burraland, superbly situated on narrow necked headland. This would once have been a twin to the famous Mousa broch across the sound - in clear view from here - but many stones were taken to help build the buildings over to the left - now themselves ruins. I crawled into the hollow inside one of the walls -tempted to have a nap as still sleep starved - after last night's 2am to 6.40am Coastguard call out to search for a missing person (later found OK). Both brochs are made from the ideal smooth building rock found here - flaggy Old Red Sandstone -which being tilted here gives some fine slabby low cliffs. Onwards along the rising grassy cliff tops accompanied by the coasting fulmers.Chris Pearson25/04/2021
With Jon G.Adrian14/06/2019
Easy from N. Great views over MousaThearlaichdubh11/06/2019
Trig and Tump bagged with Charles in the wet.Dugswell202/06/2019
With Douglas Law in driech and horrible weather.vegibagger02/06/2019
Gratuitous tump bagging with nice views from the barn just below the Wart. There's a stile over the top fence.Gill29/08/2018
A quickbag after Mousa. Parked almost at end of the road to Wart. Took a direct line to the top - handy stile in the stock fencing halfway up. ***Re-visited 14 Jun 2019.jonglew29/08/2018
Coastal circuit from Sandwick with No Ness Head. Whale, seals, seabirds. Bonxies fairly well behaved, arctic terns less so. Grade A.jimbloomer20/07/2018
good view of Mousa and broch. trig 10459 and base of former lookoutDenise 28/04/2016
From NW, quickie. RHW31/05/2013
SteveG07/06/2019
softsquare06/07/2017
RichardM28/04/2016
chalky195324/05/2013
Alex C20/08/2011