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Unst, Baliasta, Brough

Broch (Iron Age)(Possible)

Site Name Unst, Baliasta, Brough

Classification Broch (Iron Age)(Possible)

Canmore ID 104

Site Number HP60NW 5

NGR HP 6032 0980

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Shetland Islands
  • Parish Unst
  • Former Region Shetland Islands Area
  • Former District Shetland
  • Former County Shetland

Archaeology Notes

HP60NW 5 6032 0980.

A broch is noted by Irvine at Baliaston. (Presumably in the region of 'Brough' - HP 6032 09809.

RCAHMS 1946

No trace and no local knowledge of this broch.

Visited by OS (R L) 28 April 1969

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Publication Account (2002)

HP60 1 BALIASTA 2 ('Baliaston' or 'Brough')

c. HP/603098.

Site of possible broch on Unst (also known as 'Baliaston'), noted by Irvine [2]; no trace of it was found in 1969 [1].

Sources: 1. OS card HP 60 NW 5: 2. Irvine 1865: 3. RCAHMS 1946, vol. 3, no. 1579, 141.

E W MacKie 2002

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