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Unst, Hill Of Caldback
Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Site Name Unst, Hill Of Caldback
Classification Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Canmore ID 101
Site Number HP60NW 2
NGR HP 6081 0668
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/101
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Unst
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HP60NW 2 6081 0668.
(HP 6079 0669) Cairn (NR).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900)
Hill of Caldback: A chambered round cairn, greatly robbed and now remaining to a height of only 1' to 2'. Its precise edge is indefinite, but the diameter appears to have been about 38'. It is composed of large irregular blocks, together with small stones which weather out of the surface of the hill.
A S Henshall 1963
A chambered cairn as described and planned by Henshall (ZET 14).
Revised at 6" scale.
Visited by OS (R L) 27 April 1969
