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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 641845
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/641845
HU25SE 7 2676 5157
(HU 2675 5158) Watch Tower (OE)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed, (1903).
A possibly heel-shaped, chambered cairn, slightly oval in plan and measuring about 64' long by 53', with a possible northward-looking facade. It appears to be virtually untouched and is now surmounted by a modern landmark.
(Full description).
RCAHMS 1946; A S Henshall 1963.
As described by Henshall; now surmounted by a Trig pillar.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (NKB), 16 June 1968.
