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Unst, Towrie

Mound (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Unst, Towrie

Classification Mound (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Tourie

Canmore ID 162

Site Number HP61SW 14

NGR HP 648 127

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

HP61SW 14 648 127.

'Tourie' (? Towrie: 648 127) is, as its name implies, a small hillock of apparently similar character to the 'Runie of Valsgarth' (HP61SW 13) (ie possibly a cairn). It has not been examined, but a knife-like stone and a steatite utensil with a hold in the bottom (cf. HU69NW 7) have been taken from it.

T Edmonston 1873.

Tourie, a deserted croft, has been built on a slight, natural knoll. No trace of a cairn.

Visited by OS(RL) 26 April 1969.

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