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Gallow Hill
Cairn (Period Unassigned), Cist (Period Unassigned), Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Gallow Hill
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned), Cist (Period Unassigned), Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 554
Site Number HU31SE 2
NGR HU 3929 1441
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/554
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Dunrossness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU31SE 2 3929 1441.
HU 397 145. A slab-lined cist has been exposed in a small mound on the tip of Gallow Hill.
C S T Calder 1965
The remains of a cairn, containing a cist, at HU 3930 1443, are reduced to a rickle of stones of vague outline, c.5.5m in diameter, with slight traces of a possible kerb. The cist measures 1.5m E-W and 0.8m N-S. No local knowledge of any finds.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (NKB) 21 May 1968
