Fetlar, Gibb House
Mound (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Fetlar, Gibb House
Classification Mound (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Gobul's Knowe
Canmore ID 1454
Site Number HU69SW 31
NGR HU 6391 9018
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/1454
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Fetlar
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU69SW 31 6391 9018.
At HU 639 902. A large trapezoidal mound named "Gobul's Knowe" (Information from Mr J J Laurenson, Aithbank) is situated in the field next to the road SE of Aith farm buildings. According to Mr Laurenson, this is the "burial place of a Pictish king named 'Gobul'". He further states that the large stone trough which is built into a dyke near the farm was found in the small modern quarry for road-metal, which is at the SE end of the mound.
Information from R G Lamb, Birmingham University 17 August 1970.
