Engamoor
Cist(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Engamoor
Classification Cist(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 355
Site Number HU25NE 20
NGR HU 2598 5726
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/355
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Sandsting
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU25NE 20 2598 5726.
(HU 2598 5727) Stone Cists found A.D. 1873. (TI)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900)
Two stone cists, a number of stone battle axe heads and various other stone implements, (the use of which is unknown) were found..... by the tenant Peter Irvine when improving the ground for cultivation in 1873.(Name Book 1878).
The knoll on which they were found is now under cultivation.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1931
No further information.
Visited by OS (N K B) 13 June 1968
Field Visit (16 June 1931)
Stone Cists, Engamoor.
The O.S. map has a note to the effect that in 1873 "Stone Cists" were found about 80 yds. N.N.E. of the "burnt mound" at Engamoor (No. 1451). The knoll on which they were discovered is now under cultivation.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 16 June 1931.
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900)
