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Unst, The Garths

Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Unst, The Garths

Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 144

Site Number HP61NE 3

NGR HP 6638 1554

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/144

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

HP61NE 3 6638 1554.

(HP 6638 1556) Cairn (NR) (Site of).

OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).

An ancient cairn (Still extant).

Name Book 1878.

No trace.

Visited by OS(AA) 26th March 1969.

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