Unst, Muness
Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Unst, Muness
Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 188674
Site Number HP60SW 57
NGR HP 630 010
NGR Description Centred on HP 630 010
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Unst
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
Note
A township comprising six unroofed buildings, one of which is annotated Muness Castle (In Ruins) (HP60SW 2), one partially roofed building, twenty-two roofed buildings, twenty-one unroofed structures, some enclosures, field walls and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii). Twenty-one unroofed buildings, three partially roofed buildings, ten roofed buildings, some enclosures, field walls and the fragmentary remains of the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 February 2001