Unst, Gunnister
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Unst, Gunnister
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 30
Site Number HP50SE 11
NGR HP 5841 0411
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Unst
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HP50SE 11 5841 0411.
(HP 5839 0414) Standing Stone (NR)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
A standing stone showing traces of packing at base, but now not more than 2' 6" high with a width of 2' 11" at base and an average thickness of 11". The major axis lies NW-SE. There is reason to believe that the stone was once considerably higher. To the NW, deeply embedded in the turf lies what is evidently a broken-off portion, rather more than 4' long.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930.
This stone is a roughly rectangular slab with another beside it. It stands within an amorphous green mound, 30.m high, with several earthfast stones protruding, which is situated on a conspicuous crest. Possibly the remains of a cairn, but insufficient detail survives to enable positive identification.
Visited by OS (NKB) 5 May 1969.
