Unst, Tafts Of Coppister
Farmstead (Norse)
Site Name Unst, Tafts Of Coppister
Classification Farmstead (Norse)
Canmore ID 16
Site Number HP50NE 8
NGR HP 5708 0501
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Unst
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HP50NE 8 5708 0501.
At HP 570 050, are the footings of a building, 44ft long, 22ft wide, with walls 3ft thick, with one end on the cliffshore. The east end is rounded. There is a circular enclosure on the south side and another on the west end. Possibly a Viking site.
Information from Shetland Museum Card Index (P Moar, June 1968).
At HP 5707 0501 are the turf-covered walls of a Norse type farmstead with S annexe, whose W end has been destroyed by the erosion of the cliff on which it stands. It now measures internally c. 15.0m E-W by 4.0m transversely with walls c. 1.5m thick faced internally with a discontinuous line of upright slabs. A modern build-up of stones crosses it at the cliff edge.
The annexe appears to be sub-circular, and outside this are two upright stones of yet another structure. The complex is similar in size, plan and construction to Underhoull (HP50SE 1) and HP50NE 4 and HP50NE 5 .
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (NKB) 3 May 1969.