Muckla Water
Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Site Name Muckla Water
Classification Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Alternative Name(s) Priesthoulland; Esha Ness
Canmore ID 497
Site Number HU27NW 4
NGR HU 2239 7903
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/497
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Northmavine
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU27NW 4 2239 7903.
HU 224 791 A Square, chambered cairn lies on the gently sloping hillside above Muckla Water and commands wide view to the south. There is almost no cairn material left and the structural stones are small shapeless lumps of agglomerate, hardly projecting above the turf. Most of the kerb stones are visible. Around the chamber, and taking up most of the space between it and the kerb stones is a circle of flat stones, their tops flush with the turf.
A S Henshall 1963
At HU 2241 7905, a chambered cairn, as described and planned by Henshall.
Divorced survey at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (NKB) 28 April 1969.
