Hill Of Crooksetter
Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Site Name Hill Of Crooksetter
Classification Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Canmore ID 1219
Site Number HU47NW 1
NGR HU 4175 7589
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Delting
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU47NW 1 4175 7589.
HU 417 758. A heel-shaped chambered cairn, rather ruined and measuring 28' from facade to back and about 35' in greatest width. The facade, facing SE, is about 32' across.
The foundation of the wall-face can be traced intermittently round the cairn. An inner wall-face can be traced for a short distance at the back.
Across the facade there are the remains of a straight wall-face, best seen towards its west end. It is of smaller stones and is down the slope of the knoll from the facade, perhaps intended to retain a blocking in front of it.
At present there are no definite signs of a chamber, but where the chamber might be expected to lie, there is a modern marker cairn.
A S Henshall 1963; C S T Calder (L G Scott) 1956.
Chambered cairn,as described and illustrated by Henshall, at HU 4185 7585.
Visited by OS(NKB) 26th May 1968.
