Yell, Markna Geo
Cairn (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Yell, Markna Geo
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Canmore ID 1368
Site Number HU58SW 4
NGR HU 5326 8178
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/1368
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Yell
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU58SW 4 5326 8178.
(HU 5327 8180) Cairn (TI).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
Some rude standing stones about 2 feet high which mark the site of the graves of shipwrecked mariners.'
Name Book 1878.
An amorphous scatter of stones, approximately 4.0m across, through which protrude 4 upright stones forming no intelligible pattern. It is in a poor position for a cairn, and may possibly have been some form of rough shelter.
Visited by OS (NKB) 12 May 1969.
