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Papa Stour, Ward Of North-house

Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Papa Stour, Ward Of North-house

Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) 'Watch Tower'

Canmore ID 270

Site Number HU16SE 6

NGR HU 1863 6033

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Shetland Islands
  • Parish Walls And Sandness
  • Former Region Shetland Islands Area
  • Former District Shetland
  • Former County Shetland

Archaeology Notes

HU16SE 6 1863 6033.

(HU 1863 6032) Watch Tower (NR) (Site of)

OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed.,(1903).

A grass-grown round cairn, measuring 33' in diameter and 5' in height. It is generally called the 'Watch Tower.'

RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930.

A cairn as described by RCAHMS. There is no trace of a 'Watch Tower' ancient or modern.

Revised at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (WDJ) 19 June 1968.

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