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Fair Isle, Homis Dale
Stone Row (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name Fair Isle, Homis Dale
Classification Stone Row (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Fair Isle, Site 300
Canmore ID 316124
Site Number HZ27SW 315
NGR HZ 21510 72320
NGR Description From HZ 21440 72313 to 21435 72294
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/316124
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Dunrossness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
Field Visit (1985)
Irregluar tone alignment identified for c. 20 m curving broadly from N to S. Five stones recorded typically c. 0.6 x 0.5 m and height c. 0.5 m. Lies similar course to site 299 and possibly related. Ditch cutting offers useful section and shows deeper set stones with turf backing.
Site 300.
Hunter, JR 1985
