North Houllan
Cairn (Later Prehistoric), Planticrub (Modern)
Site Name North Houllan
Classification Cairn (Later Prehistoric), Planticrub (Modern)
Canmore ID 358
Site Number HU25NE 23
NGR HU 29932 55722
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/358
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Sandsting
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
Field Visit (14 July 1931)
This cairn occupied a striking situation, standing as it did 200 ft. above the sea on the top of North Houllan Hill, with lonely moors all round. It has been demolished and most of the material removed. Enough remains, however, to suggest that it was round and that it had a diameter of about 50 ft. Its place is now taken by a well-built plantie-krub and other comparatively modern structures.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 14 July 1931
OS 6" (1903) 'Cuml'
Field Visit (13 June 1968)
HU25NE 23 2993 5571.
(HU 2992 5572) Cuml (OE)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900)
All that remains of this cairn on the summit of North Houllan is an amorphous spread of stones of indefinite shape and size, surmounted by a modern cairn. The plantie-crub is c.15.0m to the E.
Visted by OS (N K B) 13 June 1968
