West Burra, Minn 1, House
House (Period Unassigned)
Site Name West Burra, Minn 1, House
Classification House (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 638
Site Number HU33SE 44
NGR HU 3615 3019
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/638
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Lerwick
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU33SE 44 3615 3019
See also HU33SE 43
Situated some 80m west of the derelict croft house of Minn on a flat but slightly raised area of ground in close proximity to the stream which runs west-east to the south. The house has a main part and an annexe. The main part is almost circular in plan (c.9 by 10m) and its wall is mostly preserved as a shallow mounding c.0.2 to 0.3m high and c.1m wide. To the east the construction of the wall can be seen to have been of inner and outer faces of earthfast stones with a rubble fill; here it is c 1m wide and is preserved c.0.5m high. The annexe on the east side is defined by similar shallow mounding and is c.6 by 6.5m. The overall length of the building is c 17m and it has an east-west orientation.
J W Hedges 1984
