CHAPEL ON THE BROUGH OF DEERNESS.
The brough is on the east coast of Deerness, and measures on the top about 400 feet north and south by 240 feet east and west. It is separated from the mainland on the south-west by a narrow ravine or “geo,” which is almost wet at high water. ([Fig. 68.])
The brough is highest on the north, and at that part is about 90 or 100 feet high. ([Fig. 69.]) The coast hereabouts is steep and rocky. The use of the word brough for a detached rock, when no fort is placed on it, is not unfrequent.
The chapel ([Fig. 70]) is near the centre of the brough, enclosed in a yard 57 feet by 45 feet, of which only the foundation remains. The
Fig. 68.—Brough of Deerness.
Fig. 69.—Chapel on Brough of Deerness.