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Bottom
Cairn (Period Unknown)(Possible)
Site Name Bottom
Classification Cairn (Period Unknown)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Longa Water
Canmore ID 353
Site Number HU25NE 19
NGR HU 2616 5691
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/353
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Sandsting
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU25NE 19 2616 5691.
(HU 2616 5691) Cuml (OE) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1903)
No remains of a cairn are now to be seen.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1931
No trace on the marshy shore of Longa Water, a highly improbable situation for a cairn.
Visited by OS (N K B) 13 June 1968
Field Visit (16 June 1931)
Cairn, Bottom, Longa Water.
The site marked "Cuml" on the O.S. map is near the edge of the W. end of Longa Water, close to some of the outhouses and enclosures connected with the croft. No remains of a cairn are now to be seen .
RCAHMS 1946, visited 16 June 1931.
OS 6" map (1903)
