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Greenmaw

Mound (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Greenmaw

Classification Mound (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 951

Site Number HU42SW 12

NGR HU 4420 2314

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Shetland Islands
  • Parish Dunrossness
  • Former Region Shetland Islands Area
  • Former District Shetland
  • Former County Shetland

Archaeology Notes

HU42SW 12 4420 2314.

A low green mound c.10m x 7m with several upright stones within, making no plan. Reminiscent of a Neolithic/Bronze Age house site, but more probably associated with nearby surface quarrying.

Visited by OS 30 May 1968.

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