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Unst, Sandwick
Broch (Iron Age)
Site Name Unst, Sandwick
Classification Broch (Iron Age)
Canmore ID 114
Site Number HP60SW 14
NGR HP 61 02
NGR Description HP c. 61 02
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Unst
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HP60SW 14 c. 61 02.
A broch is said to have existed close to the bay of Sandiveck, but no trace of it now remains unless it is represented by some of the masonry 'included in No. 1573' (HP60SW 9 and HP60SW 25 - Viking sites).
Irvine in 1863 included it in his list of Unst broches and added that it lay two thirds towards the east side of the Sand of Sandiveck, first observed by the schoolmaster of Uyeasound, from the sound which had entirely covered it being partly removed by the north-easterly gales. Only a small part of that site is to be seen (J T Irvine).
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930
No trace of a broch.
Visited by OS (RL) 4 May 1969.
Publication Account (2002)
HP60 4 SANDWICK
c. HP/623021
Site of possible broch close to the shore of the east side of the bay of Sandiveck on Unst. No trace of it is now to be seen.
Sources: 1. OS card HP 60 SW 14: 2. RCAHMS 1946, vol. 3, no. 1581, 141.
E W MacKie 2002
