Braefield
Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Braefield
Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 189236
Site Number HU41NW 40
NGR HU 407 182
NGR Description Centred on HU 407 182
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/189236
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Dunrossness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
Note
A township comprising two unroofed buildings, three partially roofed buildings, twelve roofed buildings, eleven enclosures, three unroofed structures and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet lxv). Five unroofed buildings, three roofed buildings, ten enclosures and the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 19 June 2001
