Unst, Holm Of Heogland
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Unst, Holm Of Heogland
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 1371
Site Number HU59NE 1
NGR HU 5749 9908
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/1371
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Unst
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU59NE 1 5749 9908.
(HU 5748 9911) Cairn (OE)
O.S.6"map, Shetland, 2nd ed.,(1900).
The ruinous remains of a small cairn. Although the medium-sized stones of which it was built are now scattered over an area approximately 28' by 33' the original diameter was only 18'6". Distinct traces of a well-built wall-face round the margin point to careful construction.
No internal features are visible, and there is no record of finds.
RCAHMS 1946. Visited 1930.
A cairn 6.2m diameter as described by RCAHM. It is surmounted by a modern marker cairn.
Visited by OS(RL) 5th May 1965.
