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North Roe, Assater

Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)

Site Name North Roe, Assater

Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 190317

Site Number HU27NE 33

NGR HU 297 795

NGR Description Centred on HU 297 795

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

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Note

A township comprising six unroofed buildings, one of which is L-shaped, fourteen roofed buildings, two of which are annotated Mill (HU27NE 24 and HU37NW 12), ten enclosures and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xx). Eight unroofed buildings, nine roofed buildings, three enclosures and the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).

Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 2 March 2001

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