Papa Stour, Hill Of Fielie
Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Site Name Papa Stour, Hill Of Fielie
Classification Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Alternative Name(s) 'Watch Tower'
Canmore ID 217
Site Number HU15NE 2
NGR HU 1669 5935
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Walls And Sandness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU15NE 2 1669 5935
(HU 1666 5937) Watch Tower (NR)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1903)
HU 167 595. A heel-shaped cairn, known as the 'Watch Tower' (RCAHMS 1946), built on the flat-topped summit of the Hill of Fielie. The length of the cairn from the facade to the back is about 32 feet, the greatest breadth is about 36 feet, while the height is now reduced to 3 feet. It is overgrown with turf through which there project numerous stones; cairn material is spread to the east, and into the forecourt area.
There is no sign of the passage, and the centre of the cairn, where the lower courses of a chamber many exist, is occupied by a modern cairn.
A S Henshall 1963.
As described and planned by Henshall.
Visited by OS (WDJ), 19 June 1968.
