Shun Of Longaness
Field System (Prehistoric), Settlement (Prehistoric), Sheep Shelter (Post Medieval)
Site Name Shun Of Longaness
Classification Field System (Prehistoric), Settlement (Prehistoric), Sheep Shelter (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Longa Ness; Noonbrough
Canmore ID 357
Site Number HU25NE 22
NGR HU 28704 57872
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/357
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Sandsting
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU25NE 27 2870 5786.
(HU 2869 5788) Cuml (OE) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900)
Not a cairn but the remains of a homestead situated on a sheltered shelf, and mutilated by a modern construction so that no internal features remain. It measures c.9.5m E-W by c.8.5m N-S, and is formed by a low turf-covered stony bank in which can be seen traces of an inner wall face on the W and NE. No entrance is apparent. Nearby are field clearance heaps and traces of old field walls indicating a small associated field system.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 13 June 1968.
Scheduled with HU25NE 28 as Longa Ness, chambered cairn, farmsteads and field system, Noonsbrough.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 29 January 1993.
Field Visit (14 July 1931)
Cairn, near Shun of Longaness.
The site of this cairn is not far from the Shun of Longaness, on the Ness of Nounsbrough. The structure has been almost totally destroyed by the erection of a modern sheep-shelter. Apparently, however, it was round, with a diameter of about 33 ft. On the N. arc a line of stones seems to mark the periphery, and on the W. there are traces of an inner circle. If these indications can be trusted, the whole may have been surrounded by a carefully built wall about 5 ft. 9 in. thick.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 14 July 1931.
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900)
