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Muckle Roe, Bungil

Promontory Fort (Period Unassigned)(Possible)

Site Name Muckle Roe, Bungil

Classification Promontory Fort (Period Unassigned)(Possible)

Canmore ID 365760

Site Number HU36SW 27

NGR HU 31212 62758

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Shetland Islands
  • Parish Delting
  • Former Region Shetland Islands Area
  • Former District Shetland
  • Former County Shetland

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Note (3 April 2017)

A note in the Shetland Amenity Trust Sites and Monuments Record records a possible promontory fort on the S coast of Muckle Roe, about 1km W of Little Ayre. No details are given, and though no evidence of any defences is visible on satellite imagery, the promontory is evidently suited to fortification, with steep rocky slopes and cliffs falling to the sea on all sides except the N, where a narrow neck little more than 5m wide connects it to the mainland. The heather-clad top of the promontory is roughly square, measuring about 50m across (0.22ha).

Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 03 April 2017. Atlas of Hillforts - SC4311

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