Muckle Hamar
Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Muckle Hamar
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) The Giant's Grave
Canmore ID 340
Site Number HU24SE 7
NGR HU 2974 4229
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/340
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Sandsting
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
Field Visit (25 June 1931)
Cairn, Muckle Hamar.
Only indefinite remains of this cairn, locally known as "The Giant's Grave," now survive. They are situated 150 yds. E. of the crofter's house at Gravins. No record of the destruction of the monument has been traced.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 25 June 1931.
O.S.6"map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1903)
Field Visit (11 June 1968)
HU24SE 7 2974 4229.
(HU 2973 4230) Tuml (sic) (NR) (Site of).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed.,(1903).
An unlikely situation for a cairn at the foot of a rocky knoll. No trace.
Visited by OS (RL) 11 June 1968.