Gruni Gill
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Gruni Gill
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Point Of The Hurds; Brindister Voe
Canmore ID 348
Site Number HU25NE 14
NGR HU 2891 5698
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/348
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Sandsting
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU25NE 14 2891 5698.
At HU 2889 5700 on a shelf overlooking Brindister Voe c 100 feet OD there is a denuded round cairn of bare stones c.7.0m in diameter and 0.5m high. The remains of a kerb are traceable on the N side but no internal features can be recognised.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 13 June 1968.
(Scheduled as Point of the Hurds, chambered cairn). The cairn, which has been partly robbed, stands on a shoulder of hill overlooking Brindister Voe. It is 7.0m in diameter, with a slight flattening on the E perhaps representing a facade. A kerb of larger boulders marks the perimeter, being particularly well-preserved on the N side. The interior of the cairn rises no more than 0.5m, and appears to contain the remains of a burial chamber.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 19 January 1993.
