Yell, Lumbister
Stone Row (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name Yell, Lumbister
Classification Stone Row (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 1248
Site Number HU49NE 2
NGR HU 486 962
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/1248
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Yell
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU49NE 2 486 962.
HU 488 965. Three sub-parallel rows of small boulders, about 60m long, 20m apart, approximately NE SW orientation. Central line crossed, at mid-point, by short row of larger boulders.
N Fojut 1978.
Located to HU 486 962 by Exton, who describes 'a setting of five parallel rows of 250 small boulders in all, situated E of ruined croft buildings on a gently sloping grassy area in a region which is otherwise generally covered by a layer of peat. These rows, which run approximately NE-SW, are on average 120m in length and 20m apart. The second row from the E is crossed ibliquely by a shorter row 45m long. 240 distances between the centres of adjacent stones were measures, each to the nearest 2cm. The accurate orientation of this site remains to be determined.'
H Exton 1991b.