Hill Of Crooksetter
Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Site Name Hill Of Crooksetter
Classification Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Canmore ID 1220
Site Number HU47NW 2
NGR HU 4209 7561
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/1220
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Delting
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU47NW 2 4209 7561.
HU 419 755. A heel-shaped chambered cairn about 25 ft. from front to back about 40 ft. across the facade and about 5 ft. high. It appears to be recessed into the slope of the hill and the facade faces the side of the hollow but this recessed hollow may be due largely to differential formation of peat, of considerable depth on the hillside but only slight over the cairn itself. The almost flat facade faces ESE. The back of the cairn is indistinct and the NE corner of the facade is too disturbed to be able to trace it."A modern marker cairn has been built on top of the centre of the cairn. A number of large stones are partly exposed to the SW of the marker but none can confidently be claimed as part of a passage, chamber or cist."
A S Henshall 1963.
A chambered cairn,as described and illustrated by Henshall, at
HU 4209 7561.
Visited by OS(NKB) 26th may 1968.
