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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- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Unst
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
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.