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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
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
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
