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Unst, Lee Of Clivocast

Cremation (Viking)(Possible), Inhumation (Viking)(Possible), Armour (Viking)(Possible)

Site Name Unst, Lee Of Clivocast

Classification Cremation (Viking)(Possible), Inhumation (Viking)(Possible), Armour (Viking)(Possible)

Canmore ID 139

Site Number HP60SW 7

NGR HP 6042 0053

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

HP60SW 7 6042 0053.

(HP 6041 0056) Site of Tumulus (NR) Human remains, Armour etc. found AD 1875 (NAT)

OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed, (1900)

A mound, once prominent, but now so much destroyed that its character and dimensions are unascertainable.

RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930

The son of the Viking Harold Harfager is said to have been buried in this tumulus about 900 AD. Human remains, armour and a quantity of ashes were found here in 1875.

Name Book 1878

A scatter of loose stones, on a false crest in a cultivated field, remains to mark the site.

Visited by OS (RL) 2 May 1969

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