Gallow Hill
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Gallow Hill
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 411
Site Number HU25SE 31
NGR HU 25403 50772
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/411
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Walls And Sandness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU25SE 31 2541 5078.
(HU 2539 5078) Cuml (OE).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1903).
A cairn of bare stones, 1.4m high, situated on a prominent summit. It measures c.10.5m NW-SE by c.9.5m NE-SW and is defined for most of its perimeter by a kerb of unusually large stones. Within it are two upright slabs, forming no identifiable pattern, but almost certainly the remains of a chamber.
Visited by OS (NKB) 24 June 1968.
Field Visit (12 June 2010)
This cairn, which is situated in a commanding position with a fine outlook in all directions, measures 12.5m in diameter and up to 1.4m high. It is distinguished by a well-preserved kerb of large boulders, but it is capped by a later marker cairn and its NE edge has been disfigured by a rubble-built sheep shelter. The cairn is shown on the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882 and 1903, Sheet xlvi).
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 12 June 2010.
