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Mangaster Voe
Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Mangaster Voe
Classification Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 789
Site Number HU36NW 13
NGR HU 3340 6971
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/789
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Northmavine
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU36NW 13 3340 6971.
HU 334 697. A Neolithic house, in the form of a hollow enclosed in a slight stony bank, grass covered, lies on the shore of the Voe about 150 yds. SSE of another Ne. House (HU36NW 12).
Part of the eastern end has been eroded by the sea, but elsewhere a few stones appear to mark the inner face of the wall of a chamber. The original length probably did not exceed 50' and the width from crest to crest of the bank measures 37'
C S T Calder 1958.
HU 3341 6972 Remains of a small oval shaped hut foundation measuring 8.0m x 7.0m, otherwise as described by Calder. Approx. 120m to the S (At HU 3343 6960) are the remains of an old stone walled enclosure approx. 33.6m NW- SE by 32.0m transversely which may be associated.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS(WDJ) 28th May 1968.
