West Burra, Gardins
Field System (Period Unassigned)
Site Name West Burra, Gardins
Classification Field System (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 602
Site Number HU33NE 21
NGR HU 381 354
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/602
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Lerwick
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU33NE 21 381 354
See also HU33NE 20 (House) and HU33SE 43.
The field walls meeting the house (?HU33NE 20) exist as banks of earth and stones which run for c.45m to the north and c.60m to the south. It is probable that this is part of an enclosure; within it there are a few clearance cairns. c.150m to the west there is another wall, marked by earthfast stones, which runs westwards for c.100m but curves south at each end. Between the two are twenty field clearance cairns and three very shallow converging banks which are 30 to 40m long.
J W Hedges 1984.
