Shun Of Longaness
Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Site Name Shun Of Longaness
Classification Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Alternative Name(s) Longa Ness; Noonsbrough
Canmore ID 363
Site Number HU25NE 28
NGR HU 2883 5788
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Sandsting
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
H25NE 28 2883 5788.
At HU 2882 5790, on a prominent knoll between 50 ft. and 100 ft. O.D., are the remains of the trefoil chamber and passage of a chambered cairn. The chamber measures c.1.4m. ENE-WSW by about 1.3m. NNW-SSE and is formed by slabs both upright and set on edge. The entrance passage to the SSE survives to a length of 1.0m. and is 0.6m. wide. There are slight traces of walling to the S. and SE of the chamber; this may be the remains of an inner retaining wall similar to the Vementry chambered cairn (HU26SE 1). Little remains of cairn material and the outline of the cairn is destroyed.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 13 June 1968.
Scheduled with HU25NE 22 as Longa Ness, chambered cairn, farmsteads and field system, Noonsbrough.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 29 January 1993.
