Sumburgh Airport
Grave (Viking)
Site Name Sumburgh Airport
Classification Grave (Viking)
Canmore ID 552
Site Number HU31SE 18
NGR HU 3926 1061
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/552
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Dunrossness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU31SE 18 3926 1061.
(HU 39 10). A Viking grave, said to contain an iron sword and scabbard, broken in three pieces, a small cooking pot, and part of a human skull, was found whilst bulldozing the site for Sunburgh Airport Control Tower during the Second World War. The relics are now lost.
T Henderson, Curator, Lerwick Museum
Position of control tower sited to HU 3926 1063. No further information.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 17 May 1968.
