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Unst, Sobul

Enclosure (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Unst, Sobul

Classification Enclosure (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 134

Site Number HP60SW 32

NGR HP 60331 03984

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

HP60SW 32 6037 0417.

Situated in a prominent position are the remains of a substantial circular wall c.20.0m diameter, enclosing an area of outcrop rock. Purpose unknown.

Visited by OS 27 April 1969.

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Field Visit (26 April 2010)

This enclosure, which seems likely to be the site referred to by the OS, is situated in rough peaty moorland 55m W of a stony dyke that extends for several hundred metres N towards Helliers Water. Roughly oval on plan, it measures 16m from N to S by 14m transversely within a boulder bank enclosing very rocky ground. The bank has been heavily robbed on the N and SE. The location cited by the OS lies some 190m to the NNE, in an area devoid of features answering this desctiption.

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