The Runie, Turl Stack
Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name The Runie, Turl Stack
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 345
Site Number HU25NE 11
NGR HU 26232 58719
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/345
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Sandsting
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
Field Visit (16 June 1931)
Cairn, The Runie, Turl Stack.
In the extreme NW of the parish, at the bottom of a steep rocky bank about 25 yds. to the left of a small burn which flows into the sea opposite Tainga Skerries, is a dilapidated cairn, covering an area about 25 ft. in diameter, and showing some slight indications of a surrounding wall.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 16 June 1931.
O.S.6"map, Shetland, (1903).
Field Visit (13 June 1968)
HU25NE 11 2623 5871.
(HU 2622 5872) Cuml (OE).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900)
A cairn of bare stones somewhat mutilated by later construction, situated on a SW slope. It measures c.8.5m ENE-WSW by c.6.5m NNW-SSE, with the kerb partially visible for most of its periphery, save in the WSW where tumble obscures what appears to be a facade, suggesting a possible heel-shaped cairn. There are some indications of a probable passage leading from the centre of this facade, and possibly the remains of a chamber, but it is impossible to identify this feature as a definite heel-shaped cairn without excavation.
Visited by OS (N K B) 13 June 1968
