Olwell Knowe
Mound (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Olwell Knowe
Classification Mound (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 800
Site Number HU36NW 8
NGR HU 3458 6676
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/800
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Delting
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU36NW 8 3458 6676
(HU 3459 6677) Olwell Knowe (TI)
O.S.6"map, Shetland, 2nd ed.,(1903).
'A small knoll or elevated piece of ground situated in the vegetable garden of Busta... seems to be artificial.'
Name Book 1878.
A low grass-covered mound, apparently natural, of which there is no information. (Major Sir Basil Neven-Spence, Busta House.) Any appearance of artificiality may have been caused by landscaping.
Visited by OS(WDJ) 3rd June 1968.
