Pricing Change
New pricing for orders of material from this site will come into place shortly. Charges for supply of digital images, digitisation on demand, prints and licensing will be altered.
Gunnister
Chromite Quarry(S) (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Gunnister
Classification Chromite Quarry(S) (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Canmore ID 340490
Site Number HP50SE 215
NGR HP 59230 03848
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/340490
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Unst
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
Field Visit (24 April 2010 - 1 May 2010)
This quarry, which is situated in rough peaty moorland immediately N of the junction of the A 968 public road and the minor road leading NW to Westing, measures about 60m from WNW to ESE by 38m transversely. However, it has now been restored and landscaped. Traces of at least three earlier, narrow trench-like quarries emerging from its N are typical of Chromate extraction in the neighbourhood and (amongst other traces) two well-formed grass-grown examples are visible 50m to the W. These measure 13.5m from NNW to SSE (HP 59145 03856) and 8m from N to S (HP 59163 03889) by 2.5m transversely.
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 24 April -1 May 2010.
