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Loch Of Flatpunds

Stone Setting (Prehistoric)

Site Name Loch Of Flatpunds

Classification Stone Setting (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 331812

Site Number HU25SW 506

NGR HU 24582 52458

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/331812

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

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Field Visit (12 June 2010)

This setting of large boulders, which stands on the leading edge of a moorland terrace within a landscape characterised by both prehistoric and more recent remains (HU25SW 4, 63, 504-505, 507), comprises two concentric C-shaped arcs of boulders measuring roughly 6m and 1.7m respectively across the chord.

Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 12 June 2010.

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