North Lochend
Burial Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name North Lochend
Classification Burial Cairn (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 584
Site Number HU32SE 1
NGR HU 3810 2390
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Dunrossness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
Field Visit (14 July 1930)
Cairn, near North Lochend, Sandwick. On the hillside near North Lochend in the Sandwick district, at an elevation of just over 300 ft., there is a denuded cairn of fairly large stones, now so much scattered that no satisfactory measurements can be given. At the most, however, the construction does not appear to have exceeded some 30 ft. in diameter, and in no part is it more than 3 ft. high.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 14 July 1930.
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1903). (‘Cuml’)
Field Visit (21 June 1968)
HU32SE 1 3810 2390.
(HU 3810 2390) Cuml (OE)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed. (1903)
Situated on a false crest, this cairn is now so denuded that little remains to classify it except for its position and profile. Partial excavation through its top has not revealed any sign of a cist or chamber, nor much cairn material, which has probably gone into the construction of a nearby field wall. c17.0m down the slope to the SW, exploratory excavation has revealed a cist-like structure measuring 2.0m by 1.2m and orientated N-S.
Correctly published at 6".
Visited by OS (AA) 21 June 1968.
