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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

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Shetland Islands
  • Parish Sandsting
  • Former Region Shetland Islands Area
  • Former District Shetland
  • Former County Shetland

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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.

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