Garth
Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Garth
Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 189402
Site Number HU45SE 58
NGR HU 469 540
NGR Description Centred on HU 469 540
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/189402
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Nesting
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU45SE 58 centred on 469 540
See also:
HU45SE 19 HU 4712 5406 Chapel; Church; Burial-ground
A township comprising four unroofed buildings, one of which lies across a burn and may be a mill, one partially roofed building, eighteen roofed buildings, two of which are annotated Mill (HU45SE 32 and HU45SE 33 ) and one is annotated Chapel (HU45SE 19), four unroofed structures, seven enclosures and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1880, sheet xliv). Fourteen unroofed buildings, fifteen roofed buildings, seven enclosures and the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 16 May 2001
