HP 47 03

HP 4767 0302 -- Yell, Burn Of Midge Glen -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 271061)
A large curvilinear enclosure, defined in part by large boulders, has been recorded on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 2003) about 420m SSW of Burgi Geos above and to the S of the Burn of Midge Glen.  There are at least three small curvilinear enclosures abutting the enclosure on the WSW, which may have been used as pens.
Information from RCAHMS (MMB) 19 February 2004

HP 477 038 -- Yell, Eegittle -- Fort (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 6)
Blockhouse-type fort.
Information from R G Lamb, Birmingham University 12 January 1972.

HP 4779 0369 -- Yell, Eegittle -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188883)
One enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 2 February 2001

HP 4781 0338 -- Yell, Burgi Geos -- Promontory Fort (Prehistoric) (Canmore 4)
(HP 4779 0344) Brough (NR).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1909).
The outer is a wall of large, independent, set stones which from afar give the impression of a rather coarse 'chevaux de frise'. Behind this the tail of the promontory is defended by the 'block-house' wall, 35' long and 13' thick. The entrance passage appears to have been at the southern extremity of this wall.  A fragment of a rough retaining wall which has apparently been carried round the top of the cliffs is still identifiable.
RCAHMS 1946
A 'block-house' fort on a precipitous promontory, across the neck of which two lines of defence have been drawn.
R W Feacham 1963
As described.
Scheduled as Burgi Geos, promontory fort... a promontory fort of later prehistoric, perhaps Iron Age, date.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 13 May 2006.

HP 47 04

HP 477 044 -- Yell, Aastack -- Stack Site (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 5)
HP40SE 2 477 044.
HP 477 044. A very considerable turf or earth parapet is visible around the landware-facing edge of Aastack, an isolated rock stack. The headland opposite is cup off by the remains of two stone dykes, just E (ie landward) of which is a low, grass-grown cairn. The dykes run only a few yards from the cliff edge and do not enclose a significant area, unless it is imagined that they formed an outer boundary to the structure on the stack, which may have been joined to the mainland in antiquity.
This is a likely site for a monastic settlement.
Information from R G Lamb, Edinburgh University, 12 January 1972.

HP 48 03

HP 4808 0391 -- Yell, South Burn Of Vigon -- Mill (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 188882)
One unroofed building lying adjacent to South Burn of Vigon, which may be a mill, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 2 February 2001

HP 48 04

HP 4825 0419 -- Yell, Vigon -- Building (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188881)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed L-shaped building and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971), where there is also shown a second unroofed building lying approximately 80m to the NW.
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 2 February 2001

HP 48 06

HP 4849 0615 -- Yell, Gloup Holm -- Broch (Iron Age)(Possible), Skeo (Period Unknown)(Possible) (Canmore 3)
Formerly also entered in error as HP32NW 1.
(HP 4849 0615) Brough (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
The structures on this site were described as being like little houses with a drain at the bottom, by Thomas Irvine of Midbrake, who robbed them to build the wall across the neck of the island.
T Irvine 1897
No boat being available, the site could not be inspected, but the language that Irvine uses suggests that the remains are those of a fish 'skeo' rather than a broch.
RCAHMS 1946
Not visited.  Inaccessible at time because of rough sea conditions.
HP40 1  PIGEON HELLIE
HP/485062
This possible broch on Yell;  no further information.
E W MacKie 2002

HP 49 00

HP 4927 0009 -- Yell, Gossa Water -- Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188884)
One unroofed building and an attached enclosure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 2 February 2001

HP 49 02

HP 4995 0290 -- Yell, Burn Of Rulesgill -- Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188885)
Two conjoined enclosures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 2 February 2001

HP 49 04

HP 4951 0461 -- Yell, Graven -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188679)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building, two roofed buildings, one of which is L-shaped, and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii).
Three unroofed buildings and three enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 5 February 2001.

HP 4956 0423 -- Yell, West-a-firth -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 188677)
What may be a farmstead comprising three unroofed buildings and one enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii). One roofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 5 February 2001

HP 4961 0435 -- Yell, West-a-firth -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188676)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 5 February 2001

HP 4985 0416 -- Yell, West-a-firth -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Sheepfold (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188678)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building, two roofed buildings and a subdivided enclosure annotated Sheepfold is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii). Two roofed buildings and one enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 5 February 2001

HP 4993 0482 -- Yell, Graven -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188791)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building and a subdivided enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet iv) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 24 January 2001

HP 5 0

HP 5 0 -- Unst, Belmont, Diesel Roller -- Cultivation Object (Canmore 157499)
An early model Aveling Diesel Roller
HP50SE 57

HP 5 0 -- Unst, Uyea Sound, Vementry Clack Mill -- Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 217004)

HP 50 04

HP 5000 0416 -- Yell, The Neap -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Field Boundary(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188680)
What may be a farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings, one of which is a long building of two compartments, and some field walls are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii). One unroofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 5 February 2001

HP 5002 0465 -- Yell, West-a-firth -- Chapel (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 73)
HP50SW14 5002 0465.
(HP 4997 0476) Chapel (NR) (Site of).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
The site of the chapel which is said to date from about the 14th century.  It stands in a disused burial ground.
Name Book 1878
No trace of this chapel. The site falls within a ruined enclosure which may be the alleged burial ground but could be an enclosure associated with an old farmstead immediately outside its N side.  Tradition of chapel still known locally.
(HP 5002 0465) The enclosure containing the site of the chapel, originally positioned on HP40SE, has been plotted on  by Air Machine Plotting.
(Undated) information in NMRS.

HP 5026 0434 -- Yell, The Neap -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188681)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed T-shaped building and an attached enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 5 February 2001

HP 50514 04312 -- Yell, Gloup Voe, General -- General View (Canmore 217058)
EXTERNAL REFERENCE
National Library of Scotland - Zetland (MS 3037) plate X - 1 water colour by G Richardson

HP 5052 0491 -- Yell, Kirks, Gloup -- Broch (Iron Age)(Possible), Arrowhead(S), Dagger(S) (Canmore 82)
HP50SW 8 5052 0491.
(HP 5048 04772) Brough (NR) (Site of) Daggers and Darts found 1825-45.
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
In 1845 two stone darts were found buried in this broch and in 1825 daggers were found.
Name Book 1878
The site is grass-grown and no satisfactory indications of a building can now be seen.  Classed as 'Indeterminate Site'.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1931.
All that remains of this structure is an area of disturbed ground. Unable to classify.
HP 50 3   KIRKS    ('Gloup')
HP/505049
Site of possible broch   on Yell.   Although the OS map marked a 'brough' here there is nothing to see now.
Source:  OS card  HP50 SW 8.
E W MacKie 2002

HP 5056 0485 -- Yell, Kirks, Gloup -- Chapel (Period Unassigned), Cross Slab (Early Medieval) (Canmore 77)
Kirk of Gloup, Yell, Shetland, cross-slab
Measurements: H0.71m, W 0.24m tapering towards the foot.
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: HP 5056 0485
Present location: lost
Evidence for discovery: found on the chapel site of Kirks of Gloup sometime before 1854, when J T Irvine saw it at the nearby laird's house of Gloup Haa. By 1863 it had vanished.
Present condition:
Description
This was an undressed triangular slab, on the upper part of which a sunken cross had been carved, equal-armed with expanded terminals.
Date: seventh or eighth century.
References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 65; Ritchie 2011, 26, 29.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
HP50SW 3 5056 0485.
(Area: HU 505 049) A cross-slab from Kirks (HU 5055 0486) is recorded by Irvine as being in the possession of Miss Henderson of Gloup in 1854, but in a further note he says that he made vain search for it at the house of Gloup in 1863.
RCAHMS 1946; J T Irvine nd.
A cancelled note in ONB (1878) states that the supposed site of a chapel lies a few yards SE of HP50SW 8, that the accompanying graveyard was in use until the end of the 18th century, and that a font lies 50 links SW of the chapel site.
Name Book 1878.
Site of church and graveyard pointed out by farmer in a cabbage field behind a row of cottages. Nothing significant to be seen and farmer said that nothing now turns up when field is ploughed (to depth of c. 9"), but bones have turned up in the past and loose stones have been struck at c. 1'.
A MacDonald, Manuscript notes.
No trace of a chapel, font, or cross-slab. Site indicated by Mr Moar (information from M W Moar, Gloup, Yell) at HP 5053 0487.

HP 5066 0456 -- Yell, Gloup -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Corn Drying Kiln (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 75)
Two unroofed buildings are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii). One roofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 5 February 2001

HP 50682 04590 -- Yell, Gloup, Gloup Haa -- Lairds House (18th Century) (Canmore 74)
EXTERNAL REFERENCE
National Library of Scotland - Zetland (MS 3037) plate IX - 1 water colour

HP 5082 0450 -- Yell, Gloup -- Findspot (20th Century), Adze (Stone) (Canmore 70)
HP50SW 11 5082 0450.
A polished stone adze found by W A Moar in 1932 some 250yds from Easterhouse, Gloup (ARC 655).
Information from Accession Register, Shetland.
The find-spot of this adze was pointed out on the ground Mr Moar (Mr W A Moar, Easterhouse Gloup, Yell) at HP 5078 0453.

HP 5099 0497 -- Yell, Gloup -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 69478)
HP50SW 21  5099 0497.
See Architecture.

HP 51 01

HP 5124 0180 -- Yell, Heatherdale -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188902)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building, one partially roofed building, one roofed building and one incomplete enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii). Two unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 2 February 2001

HP 51 04

HP 5102 0489 -- Yell, Garths -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188794)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building, one roofed building and one subdivided enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet iv). One unroofed building, one partially roofed building and one enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 24 January 2001

HP 5111 0455 -- Yell, Gloup -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188682)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 5 February 2001

HP 5196 0452 -- Yell, Hill Of Brekon -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188886)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 2 February 2001

HP 51 05

HP 5109 0505 -- Yell, Whallerie -- Mill(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 188792)
Two unroofed buildings lying adjacent to a burn, which may be mills, are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet iv), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 24 January 2001

HP 52 03

HP 5288 0331 -- Yell, Houlland Hill -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188890)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 2 February 2001

HP 52 04

HP 5212 0408 -- Yell, Clody -- Settlement (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 80)
HP50SW 6 5212 0408.
A cairn and standing stone at Clody, North Yell, were recorded by Irvine in 1863 (J T Irvine).
The cairn had been almost entirely denuded to provide material for the construction of an adjacent 'plantie crub', but the size was estimated to have been about 60' by 40'. The standing stone was near the centre of the cairn.
RCAHMS 1946; J T Irvine nd.
This structure,at HP 5212 0407, on a gentle E slope, defies classification. All that remains is a turf-covered scatter of stones as shown by Irvine, most of them being loose. Although the size and shape of the feature cannot be readily seen, it has possibly been oval and measured approx 15.0m E-W by 12.0m transversely. The "standing stone" is merely one of several earthfast slabs forming no recognisable pattern. The plantie crub is built inside the W arc, apparently incorporating original walling.
There are occasional traces of old field walls in the area, and these together with the position of the structure suggest a homestead rather than a cairn.

HP 5223 0467 -- Yell, The Wartie -- Stone (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 81)
HP50SW 7 5223 0467.
The 'Wartie' recorded by Irvine from "above the Deeks of Bracon, North Yell, up Hena" (J T Irvine) is no longer in existence.  It was a stone bearing a cavity shaped like the impress of a gigantic human foot. Formerly the people used to wash in dew or rain-water that had gathered in the cavity and stand in it to get rid of warts. The tradition was that a giant had planted one foot here and the other on a stone on the Westing of Unst. The 'footprint' measured 12" by 4". It is possible that the cavity was a natural one.
RCAHMS 1946; J T Irvine nd.
"The Wartie", a natural formation, at HP 5223 0467 is still in existence. Name and tradition known locally.

HP 5239 0478 -- Yell, Breckon -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 69477)
HP50SW 20  5239 0478.
See Architecture.

HP 524 041 -- Yell, Burn Of Sandwater -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Mill(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Sheepfold (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188887)
Seven unroofed buildings, two of which lie beside Burn of Sandwater and may be mills and one of these has two compartments, and a sheepfold are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii). Two unroofed buildings and an enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 2 February 2001

HP 5240 0475 -- Yell, Breckon -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 69476)
HP50SW 19  5240 0475.
See Architecture.

HP 52428 04738 -- Yell, Breckon, Mill -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 69475)
HP50SW 18  52428 04738.
See Architecture.

HP 5245 0472 -- Yell, Harpadale -- Burnt Mound (Prehistoric) (Canmore 83)
Excavated by members of the Anthropological Society of London in 1865.
R Tate 1866

HP 5258 0465 -- Yell, Wester Brakes -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188795)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet iv). One roofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 24 January 2001

HP 5271 0410 -- Yell, Burn Of Sandwater -- Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188888)
Four unroofed structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 2 February 2001

HP 528 049 -- Yell, Brekon -- Church (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 76)
HP50SW 2 centred on 528 049.
A church is said to have stood at the western end of the sand in Daall prior to the erection of St Olaf's Church at Ness (HP50SW 1) in the 14th century.
J T Irvine 1898
Shetland Museum records the existence of the houses of Daal in the area centred HP 528 049, but now practically covered by sand. (Probably the fishing community mentioned by RCAHMS - see HP50NW 1).
Information from Shetland Museum, Card Index.
No trace.

HP 52 05

HP 52 05 -- Yell, Sands Of Brekon -- Findspot (Period Unknown), Quern (Period Unknown) (Canmore 27)

HP 5245 0505 -- Yell, Cruness -- Broch (Iron Age)(Possible), Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 25)
HP50NW 7 5245 0505.
(HP 5243 0505) Possible Broch. Visible on RAF air photographs, 106G/UK 98:3338-9 (flown 1946).
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Not a broch but the turf-covered footings of an oval enclosure set into a slope and measuring c.15.5m E-W by c.18.0m transversely overall. The walls are spread to c.3.0m and only in the W can the outer face be seen. Several earthfast stones protrude through the turf, two of which, set 0.9m apart on the S side, could be portal stones, but their position up the slope is an unlikely one for an entrance. Insufficient remains for the wall thickness or any internal features to be ascertained. There are traces of old field walls in the vicinity.
This enclosure cannot be dated, but it has some of the characteristics of a Neolithic/Bronze Age homestead.
HP 50 4   CRUNESS
HP/52450505
Possible broch   on Yell;  no further information.
E W MacKie 2002

HP 527 052 -- Yell, Sands Of Brekon -- Findspot (20th Century), Flake(S) (Quartz) (Canmore 26)
HP50NW 8 c. 527 052.
Surface finds of quartz flakes, confirmed by C Wickham-Jones as intentionally produced, from near the cairns (HP50NW 4).
C B Esselmont and G Moir 1982.

HP 527 058 -- Yell, Sands Of Brekon -- Findspot (20th Century), Unidentified Pottery (Pottery) (Canmore 82969)
Fifty-six pieces of red earthenware pottery, comprising wall sherds, rim sherds, base fragments, legs, handle, perforated piece, several glazed pieces.  Some glaze is brown, one piece white with brown circles and green line, one is glazed cream with brown lines.
This type of pottery is a common find at Breckon, where pieces are often  found exposed by shifting sands.  Now in Shetland Museum. (Registration no. ARC 1993.469)
T Watt 1993.

HP 528 054 -- Yell, Sands Of Breckon -- No Class (Event) (Canmore 212585)
HP50NW 1.01 centred HP 5285 0545
Sites recorded in Area B of the field survey and excavation. The 1982 field survey and 1983 excavation were funded by Historic Scotland in response to continual wind and marine erosion. The survey area in total is over 20ha in extent, with 42 archaeologically significant sites recorded. Of the sites surveyed, the following were excavated in Area B to avoid destruction by erosion:
HP 5286 0547	                   	Mound (Site 30)
HP 5281 0545-5286 0536	Wall (Site 35)
HP 5280 0545	                   	Cairn (Site 36)
HP 5275 0540-5277 0546	Wall (Site 40)
HP 5278 0546	                        	Enclosure (Site 41)
Sites previously recorded in Area B:
HP 5287 0540		Stone setting, interpreted by RCAHMS as a Neolithic / Bronze Age house (HP50NW 1.00)
HP 5276 0541		Stone setting, interpreted by RCAHMS as a Neolithic / Bronze Age house (HP50NW 1.00)
HP 5286 0556		No trace remains of the cists excavated in 1923 (HP50NW 6)
The purpose of the field survey and excavation at the Sands of Breckon was two-fold. Objectives were to identify and retrieve information from remains under threat from erosion, but also to study archaeological stratigraphy within windblown sand.
The Sands of Breckon is an unstable environment with a cylindrical pattern of sand erosion and accumulation. The archaeological remains within the windblown sand are unstratified, making interpretation difficult, as structures and finds have little, or no, context. The interpretation of and protection of archaeological remains within windblown sands is discussed in the report.
There is evidence for funerary, settlement and agricultural activity, dating from prehistory to 1878. Site 36 provides a rare radiocarbon dated example of Iron Age funerary practice. The individual was interred within a cist surrounded by a radial cairn. Other possible examples of funerary practice are the two low mounds of quartzite pebbles (Sites 30 and 39). The stone settings of Site 22 are re-interpreted as the basal stones of longs cists (rather than as settlement remains - HP50W 11). However, the pottery assemblage from Site 22 indicates Iron Age settlement not yet located on the Sands of Breckon.
The excavation archive from Yell, Sands of Breckon has been catalogued. The archive consists of manuscripts, negatives and slides from the 1983 excavation, plus drawings from the 1982 survey. Unfortunately the paper and photographic archive from the 1982 field survey and the drawings from the 1983 excavation were missing at time of cataloguing.
Historic Scotland Archive Project (SW) 2002

HP 5285 0540 -- Yell, Sands Of Breckon -- Settlement (Period Unassigned), Quern (Canmore 18)
HP50NW 1.00      centred 5280 0540.
HP50NW 1.01      HP 5285 0545      Field Survey Area; Excavation
(Name: HP 526 052) Many traces of occupation extending over a long period of time, occur on the Sands of Breckon.  Perhaps the oldest structures are the cairns (HP50NW 4), and the other constructions may range down to a comparatively recent period. A prosperous late medieval fishing community in touch with continental ports was situated here (see also HP50SW 2), and much of the profusion of relics found in the area probably dates from this occupation (RCAHMS 1946).
Williamson (21 St Sunniva St, Lerwick) notes a circular building at HP 5279 0547 with ashes, midden material and "horned" human skull found but subsequently lost (information from Shetland Museum Accession Register and annotated 6" map).
The foundation of a Norse house, at HP 529 052, 50'-60' long, about 12' internal width, with traces of outbuildings, is noted by Stewart (1954).
Amongst the recorded finds from the Sands are Viking combs, now in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS, H Shetelig 1956), a D-shaped bronze buckle (ARC 6723), probably Viking (R J Tulloch, Mid-Yell), two Roman coins - one a worn dupondius of Hadrian, and the other a worn bronze coin of Justinian I (6th century AD) (A S Robertson 1963) and a number of potsherds, mainly late medieval, but one rim with "pie crust" ornamentation, apparently Early Iron Age, also in Shetland Museum (L R Laing 1968).
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1931; J Stewart 1954; H Shetelig 1959; A S Robertson 1963; L R Laing 1968.
Centred at HP 5280 0540 in an area of eroded sand dunes are the amorphous remains of a settlement consisting of a number of ruined buildings and enclosures.
At HP 5273 0541 are the poor remains of an amorphous structure, possibly a Neolithic/Bronze Age house, defined by several large upright slabs and traces of at least two cells, and whose W entrance survives as a low dry-stone passage 1.4m wide and c.3.0m long, flanked within by four upright stones. It occurs in the SW corner of an incomplete dry- stone walled enclosure, whose NW wall terminates at HP 5273 0547 on the remains of a sub-circular stone-walled enclosure c.7.0m in diameter, of uncertain period.
At HP 5284 0539, protruding through the sand, are the remains of an oval building, possibly a Neolithic/Bronze Age house, of which only the SE arc is visible.  This consists of a double wall c.2.6m thick defined by two curving lines of slabs on edge, two or three upright stones in the N sector forming no intelligible pattern, and the possible remains of a hearth.  This may be the circular building noted by Williamson, who used to live nearby, but when contacted all he could remember was that the site had been investigated by a "Professor" from Aberdeen in 1923 who found the "horned" skull and two other skeletons, by digging within the building.  It occurs in the NW corner of a large enclosure defined by stout walls of slabs set on edge, which is possibly later. There are traces of other field walls in the vicinity.
At HP 5280 0546 is a sandy mound c.1.0m high and c.7.0m in diameter, which is covered with white quartz beach pebbles. This could conceivably be a cairn but it shows insufficient detail to classify.
There is no trace of Stewart's Norse house, and no further information about Tulloch's bronze buckle.
Name: HP 5280 0540) Settlement (NR)
OS 1:10,000 Shetland, 1972.
A complete 'trough' quern was found in 1974 at Breckin by a shopkeeper at Gutcher; it is in his possession.
The find is indicative of Bronze Age occupation.
A much worn As of Hadrian and a slightly worn imitation of a dupondius of Antonia, reign of Claudius, were said to have been found at the Sands of Breckon.  Mr Henderson regards the provenance with considerable reserve.
A S Robertson 1974.
Field survey and excavation, as a response to continual wind and marine erosion, was carried out at the Sands of Breckon between 1982 and 1983 (HP50NW 1.01 & HP50NW 11.01). The field survey area was over 20ha in extent, and 42 sites of archaeological interest were recognised. The two distinct groups of stone settings are interpreted as the remains of prehistoric houses.
Historic Scotland Archive Project (SW) 2002.

HP 5287 0517 -- Yell, Sands Of Brekon -- Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Human Remains (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 23)
HP50NW 4 5287 0517.
(HP 5285 0505) Cairns (NR) (Human Remains found 1865).
OS 6" map Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
Excavations in 1863 and 1865 revealed, (R Tate 1866), in some cases, primary cremations with secondary extended inhumations; one, at least, of these contained in a rude cist. One cremation deposit yielded a Middle Bronze Age 'blade', now in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS).
R Tate 1866; J T Irvine 1898.
The cairns are composed of large beach stones and are of exceptional size, the largest standing 8' to 10' high.
J T Irvine 1868
A group of cairns, of unknown extent, periodically covered and uncovered by blown sand.
RCAHMS 1946
Those excavated by Irvine appeared either to overlie or to be connected by traces of a wall of loose stones.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1870; J M Coles 1966.
No trace.
Field survey and excavation, as a response to continual wind and marine erosion, was carried out at the Sands of Breckon between 1982 and 1983 (HP50NW 1.01 & HP50NW 11.01). The field survey area was over 20ha in extent, and 42 sites of archaeological interest were recognised. No trace was found of the cairns reported by Irvine.
Historic Scotland Archive Project (SW) 2002.

HP 5287 0555 -- Yell, Birrier Head -- Cist(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 1265)
HU50NW 6 5287 0555.
(HP 5286 0556) 'Kist' Graves - said to be two tier.(B Williamson, 21 St Sunniva St, Lerwick.)
Information from Shetland Museum Card Index and Annotated 6" map.
No trace. Mr B Williamson stated that the site was investigated by a "Professor" from Aberdeen in 1923, but could remember no further details.
Field survey and excavation, as a response to continual wind and marine erosion, was carried out at the Sands of Breckon between 1982 and 1983 (HP50NW 1.01 & HP50NW 11.01). The field survey area was over 20ha in extent, and 42 sites of archaeological interest were recognised. No trace of the cists was found.
Historic Scotland Archive Project (SW) 2002.

HP 5295 0511 -- Yell, Sands Of Brekon -- Cist (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 24)
HP50NW 5 5295 0511.
(HP 5292 0520) 'Kist' Grave found under enormous boulder contained a huge skeleton. Finder - Mr And. Williamson, The Brake, Breckin. (Bruce Williamson, 21 St Sunniva St, Lerwick.)
Information from Shetland Museum Card Index and Annotated 6" map.
The finder is deceased. Mr B Williamson stated that this skeleton was found by his father over 40 years ago and described the boulder and its position at HU 5295 0511 on a W facing slope. He could remember no further details, except that the skeleton was covered up again.
Field survey and excavation, as a response to continual wind and marine erosion, was carried out at the Sands of Breckon between 1982 and 1983 (HP50NW 1.01 & HP50NW 11.01). The field survey area was over 20ha in extent, and 42 sites of archaeological interest were recognised. A large stone measuring 1.2m by 0.5m by 0.5m was recorded in the position marked by the OS as a 'Kist' grave.
Historic Scotland Archive Project (SW) 2002.

HP 53 00

HP 53 00 -- Yell, Garth -- Mound (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 293802)
HP 53 00 A desk-based study and walk over survey were carried out in response to a proposal to develop a wind farm at Garth, North Yell. Only one feature of interest was noted, a low mound now surmounted by a trig point on top of Ward of Grimsetter; this lies outwith but in the hinterland of the proposed development.
Sponsor: North Yell Development Council.
H Moore and G Wilson, 2007.
H Moore and G Wilson 2006

HP 53 02

HP 5382 0271 -- Yell, Burn Of Gullivoe -- Building (Period Unassigned), Field Boundary (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188891)
One unroofed building and a field wall are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 2 February 2001

HP 53 03

HP 5301 0356 -- Yell, Houlland Hill -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188889)
Three unroofed buildings are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 2 February 2001

HP 53261 03723 -- Yell, Greenbank, Braeside -- School (Period Unassigned), Schoolhouse (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 174695)

HP 53262 03723 -- Yell, Braeside Farm -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 257588)
HP50SW 51  53262 03723.
This site was visited as part of the RCAHMS Scottish Farm Buildings Survey. The farmstead comprises two adjoining cottages and a long byre arranged in a row aligned from NNW to SSE. A lambie house is situated to the W of the cottages. The buildings were roofed but derelict on the date of visit.
Information from RCAHMS (ACD) 10 January 2008; NMRS MS 2560/327

HP 5342 0362 -- Yell, Mid Mursetter -- Croft (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 271060)
A stone-walled dwelling and a long stone-walled byre, arranged in a row, have been recorded on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 2003).  The N part of the farmhouse is depicted as roofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland ) 1881, sheet vii), and the S extension appears on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1900, sheet vii) with a small building to the S.
Information from RCAHMS (MMB) 26 August 2004
HP50SW 52 5342 0362

HP 5366 0388 -- Yell, Greenbank Terrace -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188895)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 2 February 2001

HP 53669 03426 -- Yell, Moarfield -- Dam (Period Unassigned), Footbridge (Period Unassigned), Horizontal Mill(S) (Period Unassigned), Lade (Period Unassigned), Sluice (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 69474)
HP50SW 17  53669 03426.
See Architecture.

HP 53 04

HP 53205 04897 -- Yell, Kirk Of Ness, St Olaf's Church -- Church (12th Century) (Canmore 68)
HP50SW 1 53205 04897.
(HP 5317 0492) Chapel (NR) (In Ruins).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
The 14th century church of St Olaf, which served the parish of North Yell until 1750, since when the building has become dilapidated, and the outside covered with sand. Except for the N wall of the chancel, it is now fragmentary. Once abandoned, the church became a burial place, and the accumulation of sand outside has made necessary a new access at the SE corner of the nave (information from T Tulloch, GPO Gutcher, Yell). The successor to this church, also dedicated to St Olaf, stood at HP 5426 0268 (See  (M)). A bell, last seen on the beach at Cullivoe, was dated 1694 (information from Shetland Museum 6" map and Card Index).
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1931.
The church of St Olaf as described and planned by the RCAHMS.
Revised at 1/2500.
EXTERNAL REFERENCE
Scottish Records Office
Neep. Specification of wright work in the Manse and Offices of Neep.
1830
ruce of Symbister on permanent Loan to Shetland Archives.
Plans and drawings by Sir Henry Dryden in folio titled 'Churches in Orkney and Shetland', dated 1846, 1851-2, 1855, 1863, 1866 and 1870 in the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Collection.

HP 5378 0425 -- Yell, Papil, Burn Of Forsc -- Standing Stone (Prehistoric) (Canmore 79)
HP50SW 5 5378 0425.
A standing stone, 4'2" high, 2'10" broad, and varying from 18" to 6" in thickness, formerly stood close to the burn of Forse (HP 537 042) and on the common-land or Garths of Papal.
J T Irvine 1887
It was of pot-stone such as is found at low tide between Tanga of Papal and the boat 'noust' of that place. In one corner were the initials 'H.I. 1674' and 'M.W. 1683' with an old merchant's mark of something of that description.  The late Dr Hunt of the Anthropological Society dug under it in 1865 with the result that it fell, and it was eventually broken up for building material for the new school-house (HU 537 041) There is a tradition that a queen who came in a ship to Papal, died there and was buried beneath this stone.
RCAHMS 1946.
According to Mr Tulloch, this stone stood at approximately HP 5380 0427. There is now no trace.

HP 5385 0432 -- Yell, Houll -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188896)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 2 February 2001

HP 53873 04058 -- Yell, Greenbank, Greenbank House -- Garden Wall(S) (Period Unassigned), House (Period Unassigned), Outbuilding(S) (Period Unassigned), Pier(S) (Period Unassigned), Shop (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 174696)
This site record was created to indicate a building which is, or was, listed but for which Canmore holds no supplementary information.  Further information on listed buildings is available from
http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designations
Information from RCAHMS (SC), 17 April 2018.

HP 53 05

HP 530 051 -- Yell, Sands Of Breckon -- No Class (Event) (Canmore 212674)
HP50NW 11.01 centred HP 5304 0519
Sites recorded in Area C of the field survey and excavation. The 1982 field survey and the 1983 excavation were funded by Historic Scotland in response to continual wind and marine erosion. The survey area in total is over 20ha in extent, with 42 archaeologically significant sites recorded. Of the sites surveyed in Area C, the following were excavated to avoid destruction by erosion:
HP 5293 0517-5309 0518             	Wall (Site 21)
HP 5304 0541	                            	Stone settings; midden deposits (Site 22). Recorded by RCAHMS (HP50NW 11).
Sites of note and sites previously recorded in Area C:
HP 5308 0513	                                     Occupation surface.
HP 5313 0510	                                     House, Tofts.
HP 5312 0530	                                     Stone spread, recorded by RCAHMS as a broch (HP50NW 3).
HP 5297 0513	                                     Stone, recorded by RCAHMS as a cist (HP50NW 5).
HP 5303 0528	                                     Mill (HP50NW 12).
HP 5285 0505	                                     No trace remains of the cairns excavated by Irvine in 1898 (HP50NW 4).
The purpose of the field survey and excavation at the Sands of Breckon was two-fold. Objectives were to identify and retrieve information from remains under threat from erosion, but also to study archaeological stratigraphy within windblown sand.
The Sands of Breckon is an unstable environment with a cylindrical pattern of sand erosion and accumulation. The archaeological remains within the windblown sand are unstratified, making interpretation difficult, as structures and finds have little, or no, context. The interpretation of and protection of archaeological remains within windblown sands is discussed in the report.
There is evidence for funerary, settlement and agricultural activity, dating from prehistory to 1878. Site 36 provides a rare radiocarbon dated example of Iron Age funerary practice. The individual was interred within a cist surrounded by a radial cairn. Other possible examples of funerary practice are the two low mounds of quartzite pebbles (Sites 30 and 39). The stone settings of Site 22 are re-interpreted as the basal stones of longs cists (rather than as settlement remains - HP50W 11). However, the pottery assemblage from Site 22 indicates Iron Age settlement not yet located on the Sands of Breckon.
The excavation archive from Yell, Sands of Breckon has been catalogued. The archive consists of manuscripts, negatives and slides from the 1983 excavation, plus drawings from the 1982 survey. Unfortunately the paper and photographic archive from the 1982 field survey and the drawings from the 1983 excavation were missing at time of cataloguing.
Historic Scotland Archive Project (SW) 2002

HP 530 054 -- Yell, Breckon -- Findspot (20th Century), Bracelet, Nail, Slag, Unidentified Pottery (Pottery)(Iron Age) (Canmore 123619)
HP 530 054. Surface finds including Iron Age pottery; steatite fragments; pumice; earthenware sherds; nails; slag; baking plate fragments; steatite bangle fragments. A70/1997.
Numerous worked steatite vessel fragments, from N of toft ruin. ARC 1997.107.
Shetland Museum 1997.

HP 5303 0527 -- Yell, Toft -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 69471)
HP50NW 12  5303 0527.
Old Mill (NAT)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 1st ed. (1882), sheet iv.
Now a pile of rubble, almost covered by drifting sand; the Burn of Toft now runs through the under-house.
Field survey and excavation, as a response to continual wind and marine erosion, was carried out at the Sands of Breckon between 1982 and 1983 (HP50NW 1.01 & HP50NW 11.01).  The field survey area was over 20ha in extent, and 42 sites of archaeological interest were recognised. The mill is described as a stone box built over the burn. It is conjectured that the mill was part of the early modern settlement on the Sands of Breckon, but went out of use by the 1870s.
Historic Scotland Archive Project (SW) 2002.

HP 531 051 -- Yell, Sands Of Breckon -- Settlement (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 20)
HP50NW 11.00      centred 5315 0515
HP50NW 11.01      HP 5304 0519      Field Survey Area; Excavation
HP 528 053. Evidence of a quartz knapping site was found within the confines of the stone circle, and in conjunction with several structures within the inner ring, strongly suggests a domestic site.
Besides the quartz implements and corresponding waste, several other artifacts of local origin occurred including a split pebble axe of greenstone with Shetland Early Bronze Age affinities.
B Beveridge, 1972.
Field survey and excavation, as a response to continual wind and marine erosion, was carried out at the Sands of Breckon between 1982 and 1983 (HP50NW 1.00 & HP50NW 11.01). The field survey area was over 20ha in extent, and 42 sites of archaeological interest were recognised. HP50NW 11.00 was recorded as a stone settings surrounded by occupational debris (Site 22). Excavation revealed midden deposits of an early Iron Age date and a surface scatter of artefacts of mixed dates. The stone settings were tentatively interpreted as the basal stones of long cists.
Historic Scotland Archive Project (SW) 2002

HP 5312 0531 -- Yell, Fillacomb Point -- Broch (Iron Age) (Canmore 22)
HP50NW 3 5312 0531.
(HP 5312 0532) Brough (NR) (Site of).
OS 6" map, Shetland, (1900).
'Some stones and rubbish overgrown with grass, situated on a conspicuous elevation on the brink of a precipice.  It is said that the greatest portion of the building has fallen over the cliff.'
Name Book 1878
The OS designation may be accepted.
RCAHMS 1946
Apart from very slight traces of walling in the cliff face, this broch has gone.
Field survey and excavation, as a response to continual wind and marine erosion, was carried out at the Sands of Breckon between 1982 and 1983 (HP50NW 1.01 & HP50NW 11.01). The field survey area was over 20ha in extent, and 42 sites of archaeological interest were recognised. The field survey found no evidence to suggest the site is a broch, and interprets the site as a stone spread.
Historic Scotland Archive Project (SW) 2002.
HP50 1  BREIWICK ('Fillacomb Point')
HP/531053
The site of this possible broch on Yell  consists of "some stones and rubbish overgrown with grass,  situated on a conspicuous elevation on the brink of a precipice.  It is said that the greatest portion of the building has fallen over the cliff" [1].   A 1969 report states that the broch has disappeared [1].
Sources:  1. OS card  HP50 NW 3, with sketch plan:  2. RCAHMS 1946, vol. 3, no. 1744.
E W MacKie 2002

HP 532 053 -- Yell, Breiwick -- Midden (Iron Age), Unidentified Pottery (Pottery) (Canmore 19)

HP 5393 0505 -- Yell, Burgi Geo -- Broch (Iron Age) (Canmore 21)
HP50NW 2 5393 0505.
(HP 5391 0504) Brough (NR).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed.,(1900).
The ruinous remains of a broch now represented by a mound, which stands some 11' high. The overall diameter of the structure must have been at least 52' 6", and surface indications, particularly on the NW and SW, suggest a wall at least 13' 6" thick.
The entrance would seem to have been on the east, but indications of this are not conclusive. The broch has been encircled by two earthen banks, 25 to 30 ft. apart, with a medial ditch. On the S and SW, where the site has been under cultivation, these are completely destroyed, but on the north, surviving fragments show that the inner bank was about 11' distant from the broch and that on the outside it had been stregthened at the base by a foundation of stones. The accumulation of overgrown debris between it and the broch wall rendered detailed examination and exact measurement impossible.
A description written by Anderson (1873) quoting the Rev J Russell, while the interior was still accessible mentions a perpendicular well-like passage said to have communicated with a cave beneath the broch. There is nothing of this to be seen now, but there are some indefinite remains of masonry on the face of the cliff towards the east, which are two low down to admit of close inspection.
Irvine (nd.), describing this structure in 1865-6, says:
This brough has a considerable number of outbuildings and enclosures attached to it, and below it a barrow belonging to it remains quite perfect with a standing stone on top of it.
J T Irvine nd; J Anderson 1873; RCAHMS 1946, visited 1931.
The facing stones of both the inner and outer walls of the broch can be traced, giving an overall measurement of 16.9m with a wall thickness of 3.8m. A large lintel stone, visible in the SE, probably indicates the entrance.
There are traces of a wall close to the broch in the NE segment, probably that described by RCAHMS (1946), but it is obscured elsewhere by tumble. Only in the NW are the two ramparts with medial ditch visible. A modern wall overlies the outer one. The remains of three sub-rectangular buildings in the S and SW appear to be of later date. Otherwise as described by RCAHMS.
At HP 5497 0499, on an uneven hump of ground at the base of the knoll on which the broch stands, is an upright slab, 1.0m high, 1.0m wide, 0.4m thick, of unknown purpose.  Not a barrow.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
HP50 2   GREENBANK     ('Burgi Geo')
HP/539050
Probable broch on Yell island,  now a ruinous mound but still 11 ft.  high;  the overall diameter of the central building is estimated as at least 52 ft. 6 ins. and the indications are that the wall is at least 13 ft. 6 ins. thick.   The entrance may have been on the east.   There are outer defences consisting of two earthen banks  25 ft. to 30 ft. apart with a ditch between;  the inner bank seems to have been about 11 ft. from the broch, and these outworks have been destroyed by cultivation on the south and south-west.  In 1865-66 Irvine gave the internal diameter as 26 ft.  and the wall as 12 ft. thick.   There is supposed to have been a perpendicular passage inside the broch, like a well, and which led to a cave below [3,   180].
Sources:  1. OS card  HP50 NW 2:  2. RCAHMS 1946, vol. 3, no. 1715:  3;   Anderson 1890;  1890.  Irvine 1865.
E W MacKie 2002

HP 5394 0503 -- Yell, Burgi Geo -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188793)
One unroofed building lying immediately to the SW of the broch at Burgi Geo (HP50NW 2) is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet iv). The fragmentary remains of the building are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 24 January 2001

HP 54 00

HP 5457 0032 -- Yell, North Garth -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval) (Canmore 188901)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building, one roofed building and two enclosures, one of which is incomplete, and a head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii). One unroofed building and an enclosure annotated Sheepfold and Sheep Wash are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 2 February 2001

HP 54 01

HP 547 010 -- Yell, Grimsetter -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval) (Canmore 188900)
A farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings, one of which is L-shaped, and two enclosures, and a head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii). Two unroofed buildings and two enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 2 February 2001

HP 54 02

HP 54 02 -- Yell, Cullivoe -- Church (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 72)
HP50SW 13 c. 54 02.
St Olaf's Church the successor to St Olaf's Church (HP50SW 1) which became disused in 1750. In use until 1825-6.
Information from Shetland Museum Card Index and Annotated 6" map
This may be the same as the Chapel site at 'Down Herra', (the old name for the S part of Cullivoe) noted by Mr Tulloch, P.O., Gutcher Yell of which there is no trace.

HP 5425 0269 -- Yell, Cullivoe -- Findspot (20th Century), Lamp (Steatite) (Canmore 69)
HP50SW 10 5425 0269.
A steatite lamp, found on an old chapel site at Cullivoe, was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) by Mr Sandison, Cullivoe.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1932
This lamp was probably found at St Olaf's Chapel at HP 5426 0268, (HP50SW 1) as Mr Sandison, now deceased, lived close by.

HP 54266 02586 -- Yell, Cullivoe, General -- Village (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 217083)
NMRS REFERENCE
Architect: John M Aitken - Cullvoe water supply

HP 54418 02197 -- Yell, Cullivoe, St Olaf's Church -- Church (Period Unassigned), War Memorial (20th Century) (Canmore 174692)
For nearby manse, see HP50SW 23.
Church [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1973.
This site record was created to indicate a building which is, or was, listed but for which Canmore holds no supplementary information.  Further information on listed buildings is available from
http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designations
Information from RCAHMS (SC), 17 April 2018.

HP 5461 0213 -- Yell, Cullivoe, Manse -- Manse (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 174693)
For nearby church, see HP50SW 22.
Manse [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1973.

HP 5467 0293 -- Yell, Crussa Ness -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188892)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 2 February 2001

HP 5479 0210 -- Yell, Cullivoe, Pier -- Pier (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 174694)
Pier [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1973.

HP 54 03

HP 5401 0348 -- Yell, Backhouse -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188894)
One unroofed building of two compartments  is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 2 February 2001.

HP 541 038 -- Yell, Greenbank -- Quarry(S) (Period Unassigned), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) (Canmore 274120)
A walkover survey was undertaken in August 2004 in advance of a proposed access road and septic tank. The only features of archaeological origin were the remains of a rig system and quarry pits, both possibly 19th century.
Report lodged with Shetland SMR and the NMRS.
Sponsor:	Ross-shire Black & Veatch.
B Ballin Smith 2004
HP50SW 53   HP 541 038

HP 542 030 -- Yell, Kellister -- Chapel (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 71)
HP50SW 12 c. 542 030.
(HP 5421 0308) A pre-reformation chapel site at Killister is noted by Mr T Tulloch, Post Office, Gutcher.
Information from Shetland Museum Card Index and Annotated 6" map.
The site of this chapel is not known by Mr Tulloch, GPO, Gutcher, Yell except that it was at Kellister, and that it was probably associated with St Ninian's Chapel. (HP50SW 4).

HP 5424 0305 -- Yell, Kellister -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188893)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed long building, one partially roofed building and one enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii). Four roofed buildings and one enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 2 February 2001

HP 54 04

HP 5407 0444 -- Yell, Heoga Ness -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188897)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 2 February 2001

HP 5421 0445 -- Yell, Loch Of Papil -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 188898)
What may be a farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings, one of which has three compartments, and an attached enclosure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii). Two unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 2 February 2001

HP 5424 0404 -- Yell, Papil -- Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Chapel (Period Unassigned), Midden (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 78)
HP50SW 4 5424 0404.
(HP 5426 0407) Chapel and Burial Ground (NR) (Site of).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
The Ordnance Survey Name Book (ONB, 1878) records that traditionally a chapel of considerable dimensions stood here, but now no trace remains; and that great quantitites of human remains from the graveyard have been found from time to time (?the kitchen midden described above).
Name Book 1878.
At Papil (a significant name suggesting the site of an early monastic establishment) there is the site of a chapel dedicated to St Ninian (Irvine nd.).
Adjoining the chapel site a kitchen midden has been exposed by sea erosion; and there are also indications of a ruined building, too masked by vegetation and blown sand to allow accurate identification.
J T Irvine nd.; RCAHMS 1946, visited 1931.
A building in the corner of a triangular enclosure, the traditional side of the chapel, 'but could be anything'. It is set on a slight natural (?) ridge.  The building measures 28ft N-S by 17ft E-W with turf-covered walls c.1ft high (the E wall is merely footings): the enclosure walls are turf-covered ridges 1ft to 18ins high, with much stone visible on the E side.
Information contained in letter and plan from A MacDonald to OS 25 August 1969.
A building and enclosure generally as described and planned by MacDonald. Although this building cannot be identified as a chapel from ground observation, the tradition, the name Papil, and the finding of human bones suggests there was a chapel somewhere in the vicinity.  The kitchen midden, comprising limpet shells and animal bones, as well as traces of crude walling, is visible in the adjacent cliff edge at a lower level indicating an earlier occupation site of unknown period. Surveyed at 1/2500.
Chapel [NR] (site of ) [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1973.

HP 5431 0423 -- Yell, Papil -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188899)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 2 February 2001

HP 55 00

HP 5578 0052 -- Unst, Hoga Ness -- Broch (Iron Age) (Canmore 50)
HP50SE 3 5578 0052.
(HP 5578 0054) Brough (NR).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
The remains of the Broch of Hoga Ness and its massive defensive works, described by Low (Rev G Low 1879) in 1774 as "razed, but well fortified by two deep ditches and ramparts towards the land."
The general outline of the broch can only be traced with difficulty. It appears to have had an overall diameter of about 60ft, and a wall thickness of roughly 15ft.  No indications of an entrance, or cells or passages within the wall can now be observed.
The surrounding defences, although mutilated, can still be clearly followed, as the ramparts are massive and the ditches deep and in places cut through rock. The outer ditch is present in the NE quadrant only. Within it is the outer rampart which curves inwards in the SE and NNW interrupting the inner ditch. A crossing has been left for a way of approach at this NNW point.  The inner rampart can be seen, in the NE sector at least, to have consisted of a wall at least 10ft thick. At other points, especially near the crossing in the NNW, both ramparts seem to have been reinforced by a stone facing built with a batter. Between the end of the inner ditch and the edge of the cliff in the SE, an outer and inner rampart are again to be seen, though they are of very much slighter dimensions than elsewhere, and no ditch has been dug between them. A wall has evidently run from the S face of the broch to the edge of the cliff, but it is reduced now to overgrown foundations.
G Low 1879; RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930.
A broch generally as described by RCAHMS. There are traces of the entrance in the SW.
HP50 6   HOGA NESS  ('Belmont')
HP/558005   (visited 7/6/63)
This probable broch on Unst (also known as Belmont) stands at the end of a broad, flat, green turfed peninsula on which is a ruined farm (Ills. 4.1 (top) and 4.2) .  The broch itself was a ruined mound in 1774 [1, 151] and it backs on to the steep, rocky shore which is sheer in places,  forming cliffs about 20 ft. high;  it is defended by extensive outer defences on the landward arc [4,  fig. 659].
The building is badly ruined but an overall diameter of about 60 ft. is probable with a wall about 15 ft. thick.  The outworks form a massive system of concentric ramparts and ditches (Ill. 4.2).  The inner defence is a stone wall or a stone-faced rampart; next to this is a deep ditch followed by a high bank and then an outer ditch.  The outer entrance was probably on the western side where the system is interrupted.  In the short stretch between this entrance and the sea the second bank is faced inside with masonry built with a marked batter;  it is therefore probably a stone-faced bank rather than a wall.   The inner ditch seems to be partly rock-cut and the inner wall is about 10 ft. thick.
Sources:  1. Low 1869:  2. Hibbert 1882,   397:  3. OS card  HP50 SE 3:  4. RCAHMS 1946, vol. 3, no. 1545.
NMR Photographs: 3P, 1T.
E W MacKie 2002

HP 55784 00525 -- Brough, Hoga Ness -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313158)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 5584 0055 -- Unst, Loch Of Belmont -- Cairn (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 142309)
HP 5584 0055. Circular grass-covered mound, c 4m in diameter and c 0.2m high, has six rough boulders around its perimeter. In the vicinity there are at least three other cairns, c 2m in diameter and 0.3-0.5m in height. There are also further upright stones across the landscape c 50m apart between the cairn and the mill site at HP 5614 0064.
Sponsors: Historic Scotland and SNH, through Land Use Consultants
H F James 1998.

HP 55 01

HP 5597 0124 -- Unst, Loch Of Belmont -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Quarry(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 271057)
Traces of what is probably a large circular enclosure, bounded by a low bank, have been recorded on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 2003) on a low ridge between Bluemill [Bluemull] Sound and Loch of Belmont.  Several large boulders are visible within the enclosure and there are some small scale quarries to the NW.
Information from RCAHMS (MMB), 19 February 2004.

HP 55 04

HP 55700 04600 -- Unst, Blue Mull -- Mound(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 37)
(Area HP 557 046) Two small, apparently pre-historic, oval mounds lie close together on the extremity of the Blue Mull.  Each measures about 10' in diameter NW-SE by 6' SW-NE.
RCAHMS 1946.
No trace

HP 55773 04647 -- Unst, Lunda Wick, Blue Mull -- Lime Kiln (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 330250)
An 'Old Limekiln' is depicted on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 6" mapping. It is visible on modern satellite imagery.
Information from NTS (SS) May 2013

HP 55832 04234 -- Unst, Blue Mull -- Monastery (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 38)
(HP 558 043) Traces of a rampart occur on the upper side of the declivity which runs from Freckles Geo (HP 558 045) to Lamba Geo (HP 558 041). Two small, irregularly-shaped, turf enclosures lie at the foot of the declivity, one on either side of the east track which ascends it. Rampart and enclosures may be comparatively modern.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930.
At HP 5580 0425 on the exposed S end of the Blue Mull between the wall described by the RCAHMS and sheer cliffs, about 200 feet high, are the turf-covered footings of seven sub-rectangular buildings, grouped together.  Oriented E-W they vary from 7.0m by 4.5m, to 4.5m by 3.5m, with entrances in the E. No stones are visible, and it may be assumed they were built of turf. Possibly a monastic settlement similar to Brough of Deerness, Orkney (HY50NE 14).
The so-called rampart described by the RCAHMS is 0.5m high and spread to 2.0m, and follows the top edge of a steep natural slope which isolates the headland. It is unlikely to be defensive and was probably built comparatively recently to form a sheep pound on the headland, a typical Shetland feature, although it could be associated with the group of huts. The 'enclosures' mentioned by the RCAHMS are probably two grassy platforms at the foot of the slope - purpose unknown.

HP 55941 04300 -- Unst, Freckles Geo -- Dyke (Period Unassigned), Rampart (Post Medieval)(Possible) (Canmore 330253)
Traces of a rampart occur on the upper side of the declivity which runs from Freckles Geo (HP 558 045) to Lamba Geo (HP 558 041). Two small, irregularly-shaped, turf enclosures lie at the foot of the declivity, one on either side of the east track which ascends it. Rampart and enclosures may be comparatively modern.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930.

HP 56 00

HP 560 007 -- Unst, Loch Of Belmont -- Cist(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 65)
HP50SE 7 c. 560 007.
Stone cists exist near the loch of Belmont, on the side next to the Broch of Oganess (HP50SE 3).
J T Irvine 1887
No trace and no local knowledge of these cists.

HP 560 007 -- Unst, Loch Of Belmont -- Cist(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 65)
HP50SE 7 c. 560 007.
Stone cists exist near the loch of Belmont, on the side next to the Broch of Oganess (HP50SE 3).
J T Irvine 1887
No trace and no local knowledge of these cists.

HP 5611 0064 -- Unst, Loch Of Belmont -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188710)
'...a ruin...'
OS Name Book 1881.
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 6 February 2001.
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 5614 0064 -- Unst, Loch Of Belmont -- Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 142310)
HP 5614 0064. Foundations of a small mill located at the southern end of the Loch of Belmont. The mill lade appears as a hollow, c 0.2m deep, extending in a straight line from the loch to the mill.
Sponsors: Historic Scotland and SNH, through Land Use Consultants.
H F James 1998.

HP 56497 00935 -- Unst, Belmont House -- House (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 60)
HP50SE 39.01    HP 56506 01022      Farmstead and Farmhouse

HP 5656 0050 -- Unst, Belmont, Pier -- Pier (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 157431)

HP 5671 0071 -- Unst, Belmont -- Dyke (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194837)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 6550 1650  Drystone dyke.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000.

HP 5676 0089 -- Unst, Belmont -- Standing Stone(S) (Prehistoric) (Canmore 47)
(HP 5676 0091) Standing Stones (NR).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900)
Two similar and supposedly ancient standing stones set about 8' apart. They are about two feet square, four feet high and tapering.
OS Name Book 1878.
Two stones as described. They stand close to an old field wall largely built of stones set on edge, and it is probable that they formed part of a wall now denuded.

HP 5678 0082 -- Unst, Belmont -- Site (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 57)
A low scatter of stones, some of which are earthfast measuring 7.5m across and 0.6m high. Too indeterminate to classify.

HP 5683 0070 -- Unst, Belmont -- Farmstead (Norse), Settlement (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 49)
(HP 5683 0073) Viking House
Information from Shetland Museum 6" map.
A Viking House 74ft by 22ft, with walls 3ft thick reduced to lower course. On the N side is an outhouse or enclosure, 38ft by 24ft, with rounded corners. At the W end is a plantie-crub.
Information from Shetland Museum Card Index
This is a typical example of a Norse type farmsteading which may be of any date between the Viking period and 150-200 years ago. It is constructed down a slight slope measuring 20.0m by 4.5m internally with walls 0.8m to 1.5m thick. Several large slabs define parts of the inner wall face, and the SE end has rounded corners. It is overlaid in part by a ruined plantie-crub, and the footings of a small modern enclosure lie to the N.
Norse Farmstead [NR]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1973.
HP 5683 0070  During July and August investigations on a Norse farmstead were initiated on a slope near Belmont (Wadbister) at the S tip of Unst. A Norse longhouse c 22 x 5m (internally) was uncovered. The house, which is suspected to be of 9 to 10th-century date, had curved walls of c 1m in thickness and was aligned downslope. A smaller Late Norse house with a length of c 12m was later built on top of the Viking structure. There are traces of other buildings in the vicinity and a stone dyke surrounding the farmyard is still preserved. Approximately 100m S another house structure of presumed pre-Norse date was discovered. A number of cup marks assumed to be Bronze Age were recognised in the surface of a rocky outcrop near the Norse site.
Most finds are of stone, especially steatite and schist. They include a number of sherds of steatite vessels, sinkers, spindle whorls, a hanging lamp and a miniature millstone.
Sponsors: Shetland Amenity Trust, Copenhagen University.
A C Larsen 1996.
HU 56 99; HU 57 99; HP 56 00; HP 57 00. The southernmost area of Unst was surveyed in order to provide a context for last year's excavation at Belmont (Larsen 1996). Field systems associated with the site were mapped, together with four other potentially Norse buildings and their fields. Two of the Norse sites lay amongst the crofting settlements of Mulla, Easter and Wester Heogland, for which good documentary evidence survives. Two groups of boat-shaped stone settings were located and may represent Viking boat-graves, but they may be of earlier date. The more obvious sites had been previously recorded but the sheer density of the sites and their inter-relationships had not previously been recognised - over 600 elements being recorded.
In addition, a small area around the excavated site at Soterberg was also mapped in order to identify features potentially related to the site.
Sponsors: Historic Scotland,  Shetland Amenity Trust, Shetland Enterprise Company.
V E Turner and M Macleod 1997
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001
HP 568 007 Belmont
The settlement of which the Norse site is part is located on a W-facing slope consisting of marginal hill grazing at around 60m OD. A small stream runs through the site. The Norse settlement is aligned downslope and is part of a multi-period complex. Excavation of the site began in 1996 (Larsen 1997a, b) as part of an extensive investigation of Viking Age (early Norse) and Late Norse settlement in Unst, initiated in 1994 by the University of Copenhagen (Stummannhansen 1995a, b). Systematic field walking, survey and trial excavations at a number of sites led to a research and training excavation at Belmont. The 1996 investigation led to the removal of a planticrub covering a structure which was partly excavated and preliminarily interpreted as a two-phase Norse longhouse. In the initial excavation report, the site is referred to as Setters (Larsen 1997a, b) after the nearest place-name.
The principal objective for 2006 was to delimit as far as possible the area of Norse settlement in order to determine the construction and character of the different house units, the settlement structure, the economic resource unit and the dating of the different phases of the Norse farm. The excavation area of 10 years ago was extended significantly to the N and S and a little to the W and E in an effort to delimit the Norse farm.
Longhouse
The Norse dwelling house first recorded in 1996 was excavated in sections throughout the floor layer in order to locate any potential signs of the inner house construction and habitation phases. The longhouse was approximately 22m long x 7m wide at the broadest (centre) part of the long wall (external measurements). The walls are curved with a thickness of approximately 1m at the house-ends and 1.5m in the middle of the house. They are constructed with inner and outer shells of dry stones, with cores of turf and smaller stones. The house is orientated approximately E-W. In the E, upslope end, a presumed elongated hearth is centrally placed in the floor and along the inner side of the walls signs of possible benches are recorded. Further evidence of the internal construction is represented by a posthole for a probable roof support. The W, lower-lying end of the house presumably served as a byre. A feature suggestive of a drain from this end runs from the inner to the external wall of the house and then downslope from the gable end. The longhouse has a least one entrance situated near the middle of the northern sidewall. The southern long wall of the longhouse appears to have been straightened in a later building phase.
Extensions
Deturfing in 2006 led to the discovery of two extensions to the N of the longhouse and possibly another to the S. The northerly rectangular extensions were situated on either side of the longhouse entrance.
A later construction
At a later stage the house was rebuilt. A shorter version of similar construction was erected partly re-using the older foundations at the W end of the longhouse. This new house was approximately 13 x 6m (externally) and had a fireplace against the S wall.
Paved areas and drains
Several features connected with the longhouse were recorded and partly excavated during the excavation.
Paved areas were documented inside the house near the entrance and, in a fragmentary nature, at the W end. Outside the house, fragmentary paved areas were recorded mainly around the N part of the E gable end and along the W part of the northern long wall. Paved areas along the southern long wall were found to the S and W. What appeared to be paved steps were uncovered outside the entrance in the middle of the northern long wall leading to the N.
A stone-built drain was revealed outside and along the southern long wall. It was finely paved at its E end and situated very close to the stream which had a bend where the drain began. The drain continued downslope along the long wall and probably also partly inside the house.
Outhouse or enclosure
An oblong structure situated parallel and to the N of the longhouse might be connected with it. This appeared to be of single stone wall construction, with no evidence of turf. This structure was probably either an outhouse or an enclosure for animals.
Stone walls
Two further stone walls were recorded. One was connected to the SW gable end of the house and ran S. The other wall was better preserved and was connected to the NE part of the E extension N of the longhouse. This wall ran N and then W. A smaller circular, stone structure had been incorporated on its southern side. This might have been a grain-drying building.
Norse finds
Around 300 finds have been recorded during the excavations, including artefacts (eg steatite, serpentine or schist lamps, spindle whorls, net sinkers), fragments of household articles, and raw materials, both local and imported.
Preliminary dating
The layout of the structures as well as the finds suggest possible dates for the settlement site. The earliest phase of the longhouse, with its curved walls, its size, the byre and the centrally-placed hearth, has parallels with other sites in Shetland (eg the earliest Norse phase at Jarlshof) and the Faroe Islands, which have been dated to the 9th to 10th centuries AD.
The later phase has parallels with the Norse site at Underhoull. The hearth is placed along the wall and the size of the house is smaller, features which seem characteristic for the medieval or late Norse period. This structure is currently tentatively dated to the 11th to 12th centuries AD.
Rock carvings
A cup-marked area of bedrock to the NW of the longhouse was already known (Larsen 1997a, b). Additional cup-marks were discovered this year in the same area. Meanwhile, the excavations revealed cup-marked exposures in the paved area S of the southern long wall. Another cup-marked stone was found in the NW corner of the gable end.
Field survey
Prior to excavation, detailed survey was carried out at a number of longhouse sites within Unst. Detailed contour survey was carried out in penmap at the longhouses at Hamar (two sites), the Head of Mula, Lund and Stove (Bond et al 2006). Detailed survey of house sites and associated field systems/landscape features were carried out at Belmont, Gardie, Watlie, Stove, Underhoull and Hamar. The results of these surveys have been processed in GIS. They helped inform which sites should be examined by excavation. Augering and more detailed examination of the soils in the vicinity of the sites are continuing. This will provide additional information about the economy and land-use of these, potentially marginal, sites.
Archive to be lodged with NMRS once post-excavation completed.
Sponsor: European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Heritage Lottery Fund, Historic Scotland, Shetland Amenity Trust, Shetland Development Trust, Shetland Enterprise, The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, University of Copenhagen
JM Bond, A-C Larsen and VE Turner 2006.
HP 568 007 - Belmont - The settlement, of which the Norse site is part, is located on a W facing slope consisting of marginal hill grazing at around 30m OD. The Norse settlement is aligned downslope and is part of a multi-period complex. Earlier excavations took place in 1996 and 2006 (Larsen 1997a, 1997b; Bond, Larsen and Turner 2006), as part of an extensive investigation of Viking Age (early Norse) and Late Norse settlement in Unst.
The principal objective for 2008 was to further investigate the phases defined in 2006 including:
• Deposits pre-dating the construction of the longhouse.
• A Viking longhouse (primary house) with curved walls and with drains constructed before the house. Soils
associated with the house.
• Second phase longhouse with the walls straightened and with the extensions added to the building. Soils
associated with this phase of the longhouse and its extensions.
• Late Norse structure built over the north-western portion of the longhouse and with a re-modelled north-western extension. Soils associated with this phase of the house and its extensions.
• Deposits post-dating abandonment of the longhouse.
• Planticrub structure and soils associated with the planticrub cultivation. The planticrub was constructed
over the abandoned Late Norse house in the postmedieval period.
• The construction and character of the different house units, the settlement structure, the economic resource
unit and the dating of the different phases of the Norse farm.
The excavation area of two years ago was extended with a new area (Area 20) to the N of the NW extension and with another area (Area 19) to the S of the longhouse. Removing the last remains of the planticrub on top of the northern longwall made it possible to get a better insight into the different building phases of the Norse settlement.
Longhouse (House 1) – The interior of the Norse dwellinghouse (measuring approximately 22 x 7m) was excavated through the removal of internal baulks and further removal of floor layers. In the SE (upper slope) part of the longhouse the centrally placed longfire (hearth) was further investigated and a paved area was found N of the hearth. This paved area leads to a tentatively identified entrance in the northern long wall.
The bench located in 2006 in the northern part of the upper end of the house was located further to the NW and was seen as a continuous structure running along the northern longwall. In the lower-lying end of the longhouse a set of postholes for roof supporting posts were identified near the NW gable end, and together with the posthole identified in 2006 the two postholes can be linked to House I. Another new discovery in House I was an entrance in the middle of the southern longwall opposite the northern entrance located in 1996. This year's work confirmed that the original northern longwall had been straightened in a later building phase.
Extensions – The western extension situated to the N of the longhouse was further excavated and a paved passage was located running between the northern longwall and this extension. From this passage an entrance leads into the extension. The deposits in the eastern extension were only briefly investigated but it was possible to locate a concentration of hammer scale indicating that metalworking activities had taken place there.
Later construction – A better understanding of the shorter, rebuilt, later house (House II – c13 x 6m) was obtained. Apart from the fireplace constructed against the S wall (already identified in 1996) a new centrally placed hearth was found. This hearth was constructed re-using part of the internal drain of House I. A little to the N of this hearth a posthole (for a roof supporting post) cut into the bedrock was excavated. To the S of the hearth a flat stone situated opposite this posthole indicated a probable base for another roof supporting post.
An additional possible posthole was found immediately inside the SE gable end of House II. To the N of this possible posthole a bench was located inside the eastern gable end running SE/NW along the northern wall of House II. This area was extremely rich in finds (see below). Environmental samples were taken from inside the structures.
Paved areas and drains – Several paved areas connected with the longhouse were more thoroughly investigated – eg around the entrance area of the northern longwall in House I. A slab with two drilled holes found in the interior part of this entrance of the longhouse might indicate the presence of an internal dividing wall (eg made of wicker). A part of the internal drain in House I was reused as a hearth in House II.
Outhouse or enclosure – The SE part of the oblong structure situated parallel and to the N of the longhouse was uncovered in order to determine any stratigraphic relationship between this structure and the Norse settlement. The pathway running from the northern entrance of the longhouse and between the two extensions was discovered to continue further to the N. It was possible to follow the pathway passing and overlying the oblong structure which means that the latter is older that the pathway. The structure seems to have a double-walled construction, but its dating is uncertain. Parallels are known from Neolithic times in Shetland (eg West Mainland).
Stone walls – The stone walls uncovered in 2006 were further surveyed in 2008 in order to produce data for a three dimensional model of the Norse site.
Norse finds – More than 300 finds were uncovered this season, including artefacts such as steatite lamps, net
sinkers, line sinkers, hones of schist (local and imported Eidsborg types), fragments of household articles such
as pottery and steatite bowls as well as large amounts of raw materials and manufacturing waste. One of the most significant finds this season was an iron bloom found in a circular stone structure to the S of the longhouse (found on the last day of excavation). Some form of channel seems to be running downslope from this structure. Another find of potential importance is a roundish, composite metal object, presumably a weight.
Preliminary dating – The layout of the structures and the finds suggest possible dates for the settlement site. The earliest phase of the longhouse, its curved walls, size, the byre and the centrally placed hearth, has parallels with other Norse sites in Shetland and the Faroe Islands, dated to the 9th–10th centuries AD. The later House II has parallels with the Norse coastal site at Underhoull. The two hearths indicate two different phases of House II. The house is smaller, a feature which seems characteristic of the medieval or late Norse period. The structure is currently tentatively dated to the 11th–12th centuries AD.
Rock carvings – The cup-marked feature to the S of the southern longwall was further delimited but it is still
uncertain whether it is a cup-marked stone or if the cupmarks were made on bedrock.
Economy – The large quantities of worked steatite, raw material and manufacturing waste indicate that steatite
quarrying and production might have played a very important role in the economy of Norse Belmont. This summer, a survey took place in order to determine the proximity and extent of local steatite resources. Several outcrops were found in the vicinity and some showed traces of having been worked. The survey and geological maps show seven to eight outcrops of steatite near Belmont.
The discovery of an iron bloom indicates that iron smelting could also have played a part in the economy of Belmont. Excavations will continue at Belmont in 2009.
British and Danish sponsors, funding bodies and support: European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Heritage Lottery Fund, Historic Scotland, Shetland Amenity Trust, Shetland Development Trust, Shetland Enterprise Company, Shetland Islands Council, The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, University of Aberdeen, University of Bradford and University of Copenhagen
J M Bond, A C Larson and V E Turner, 2008

HP 5686 0056 -- Unst, Gallow Hill -- Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188709)
One unroofed building and an attached enclosure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001

HP 5695 0094 -- Unst, Setters Of Belmont -- Dyke (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194832)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 5695 0094  Drystone dyke.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000.

HP 56 01

HP 56051 01268 -- Unst, Braeside -- Croft (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 271059)
A roofless stone-walled dwelling with two attached outbuildings arranged in a row and a yard has been recorded on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 2003) on rising ground about 170m NW of Loch of Belmont. The building is depicted as roofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii) and as roofless on the current edition of the OS 1:10,000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (MMB) 24 August 2004
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 5620 0180 -- Unst, Ness Of Wadbister -- Broch (Iron Age)(Possible) (Canmore 302820)
HP50 11  NESS OF WADBISTER
Possible broch on Unst;  no further information.
E W MacKie 2002
HP/56200180

HP 5635 0180 -- Unst, Voeside -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Storehouse (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313113)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 565 019 -- Unst, Snarra Voe -- Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 44)
HP50SE 24 565 019.
HP 565 019 (C S T Calder 1965) Cairns are noted by Irvine (J T Irvine) near Snarravoe, but they have now entirely disappeared. The sites of several were pointed out by an old resident, but no distinctive remains were visible.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1933.
No trace. Irvine is possibly referring to HP50SE 31.

HP 56506 01022 -- Unst, Belmont Farmsteading -- Farmhouse (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 217030)
HP50SE 39.01  56506 01022.
This site was visited as part of the RCAHMS Scottish Farm Buildings Survey. Located to the N of Belmont House, the farmstead comprises a U-plan steading open to the S. The farmhouse, which lies between the two ranges, is a one and a half storey dwelling with a curved wall in front enclosing a garden. The range to the W consists of a byre and stable plus a granary above. The range to the E consists of a byre and bothy. The farm was in a derelict and dangerous condition on the date of visit.
Information from RCAHMS (ACD) 16 January 2008; NMRS MS2560/325

HP 56 02

HP 5646 0201 -- Unst, Crossquoy -- Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 51)
(HP 5648 0203) ? Norse Site
Information from Shetland Museum 6" map
Close to the top of the low cliff on the N side of Snarra Voe is a low walled enclosure, 28 1/2ft square, with walls 2 1/2ft thick and rounded corners. It is completely surrounded, at a distance of 65yards, by walling and is possibly a Norse sheep or cattlefold.
Information from Shetland Museum Card Index
At HP 5645 0204, a D-shaped enclosure, about 7.0m by 7.0m internally over walls 1.2m thick and 0.4m high, faced with slabs set on edge. Although it is well embedded in the turf and appears to be old, its date is indefinite, and cannot be attributed to the Norse period without the proof of excavation. A larger rectangular enclosure is attached to the SE side and other stones in the cliff-edge suggest that another structure has been eroded away by the sea. The site is enclosed by an old field wall, probably associated.  According to Mr Owers (V E Owers, Hamar, Baltasound) he has found Iron Age pot sherds on this site from time to time, in rabbit burrows.
A small rectilinear enclosure lying within a larger enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973), where another enclosure is shown attached to the first.
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001.

HP 5674 0280 -- Unst, Snabrough, Southerhouse -- Croft (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 128770)
See also HP50SE 8.
The roofless stone-walled dwelling with attached outbuildings and a large stone-walled enclosure on this croft have been  recorded on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 2003) lying on rising ground near the shore of Loch of Snabrough. The building is depicted as roofed on the 1st edition of the OS6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii) and as roofless on the current edition of the OS 1:10,000 (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (MMB) 24 August 2004
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 5674 0292 -- Unst, Snabrough -- House (Norse) (Canmore 128771)

HP 568 022 -- Unst, Breck -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313149)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 5682 0270 -- Unst, Loch Of Snabrough -- Broch (Iron Age) (Canmore 66)
See also HP50SE 49.
(HP 5682 0273) Sna Brough (NR).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900)
The remains of a broch, on a low-lying promontory, the lower levels of the main structure being largely buried under the grass-grown debris at its base. No precise measurements or details can, therefore, be given. The over-all diameter, however, must have been from 55' to 60'.
On the SE, one can still trace the inner and outer faces of the broch wall, which has been 14' 6" thick at some distance above floor-level. The entrance, from the NW, is filled with debris, but the heavy lintel lying apparently in situ, although at the present ground-level, indicates its position. There are no clear signs of the large hollow apartments, oblong, widest at each end, and following the curve of the wall (Rev G Low 1879) which were still visible in the 18th century.
On the south side the loch afforded adequate protection, but on the landward side there was a strong wall or rampart and a wet ditch, both of which curved across the broad neck of the promontory. The former is between 30' and 35' distant from the outer face of the broch, and still rises to a height of 6'6" from the inner margin of the ditch. It is continuous but for a gap of 4'2" between the broch entrance and the inner end of a cause- way, which was presumably once submerged in the wet ditch, but is today dry and much over-grown.
Between the outer wall and the broch there is some slight evidence of out-buildings but these are obscured by accumulated debris.
G Low 1879; RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930.
Sna Brough, generally as described by the RCAHMS.  The corbelling of two chambers on either side of the entrance is visible. A low wall mostly obscured by tumble extends from one end of the outer rampart to the other, along the margin of the loch S of the broch tower.
Revised at 1/10,000.
HP50 9 SNA BROCH   ('Loch of Sna-brough' or  'Snaburgh')
HP/568027  (visited 7/6/63)
This   probable solid-based broch  on Unst, stands on a short, low promontory on the shore of the Loch of Snabrough.  Few of its structural details can be made out now.  The site stands on rolling cultivable land in an open and exposed position except for the loch on the south side;  elsewhere it is protected by an outer defence system.  A strong masonry wall, or rampart with an external stone face [1],  with a ditch outside it runs round on the landward side, across the neck of the promontory and from. 30-- 35 ft.  from the outer face of the broch;  it is still 6 ft. 6 ins.  above the inner edge of the ditch.   There is a gap in this wall in front of the broch entrance and in line with a causeway across the ditch.  I noted that the wall also runs along the edge of the loch so that it completely surrounds the broch mound.  There are traces of outbuildings between the broch and the outer wall.
Structural analysis:  Level I:  The Commission noted the inner and outer faces of the broch wall --14 ft. 6 ins.  thick -- on the south-east, and the entrance on the north-west with a heavy lintel at  present ground level though apparently in situ  [4,    133].  The corbeling of two chambers on either side of the entrance was noted in 1969 [1].   In the late 18th century Low noted "large hollow apartments ... following the curve of the wall" which  are shown as mural cells in his plan [2,   152];  there are no signs of these now unless they be those just mentioned.
Level II:  the 1774 plan also clearly shows a segment of the first floor gallery on the north side,  specifying that it is higher than the ground level storey with its cells.   This clearly shows that the site is a hollow-walled broch.   In addition the indication of a tall, corbelled guard cell  on each side of the entrance implies at least one upper gallery, as at Dun Mor Vaul (NM04 4).
Refs:  1. OS card  HP 50 SE 8 (with sketch plan):   2:  Low 1774,    151-52 and fig. 3.   Hibbert 1822   398:    4. RCAHMS  1946, vol. 3,  no. 1546 and fig. 660.
E W MacKie 2002

HP 5682 0277 -- Unst, Loch Of Snabrough -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 271012)
The robbed foundations of at least six rectangular buildings have been recorded on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 2003).  One building appears to underlie the wall depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map  (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii).
Information from RCAHMS (MMB) 19 February 2004

HP 5684 0273 -- Unst, Snabrough -- Burnt Mound (Prehistoric) (Canmore 270991)
A large, irregular, grass-covered burnt mound lies immediately to the N of the Broch of Snabrough (HP50SE 8), and has been recorded on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 2003).
Information from RCAHMS (MMB) 24 August 2004

HP 5688 0234 -- Unst, Snarravoe -- Settlement (Neol/bronze Age) (Canmore 61)
At HP 5687 0238, on the gentle S slope of a hill, are the turf-covered footings of a large oval building measuring 15.0m N-S by 5.8m E-W internally, over walls, 2.5m thick and 0.5m high.  Both wall faces, containing many large slabs set on edge, are occasionally visible.  The inner wall face curves inwards to form a "waist" indicative of a double chambered structure; the entrance being from the lower S end.  Within the structure is a large earthfast stone 0.8m high.
This building cannot be positively classified without excavation, but there is little doubt that it is a Ne/Ba homestead similar in plan to the Benie Hoose of Whalsay (HU56NE 5).

HP 569 020 -- Unst, Snarravoe -- Findspot (20th Century), Pendant, Polished Knife, Spindle Whorl (Canmore 42)
HP50SE 22 c. 569 020.
A polished pointed oval stone knife, a decorated steatite spindle-whorl, a pendant formed from an oval pebble etc. found at Snarravoe by Mr Wm Sutherland, and donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS).
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1950
Mr Sutherland (Uyeasound, Unst) stated that these objects were found at different times at different places around Snarravoe.

HP 5693 0243 -- Unst, Loch Of Snabrough -- Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 52)
HP50SE 31 5693 0243 and 5695 0242.
(HP 5672 0235), (HP 5678 0237), (HP 5682 0247) Cairns
Information from Shetland Museum 6" map.
3 cairns lie close together about 150yds S of Snabrough Loch (HP 56 02) A:- Small round cairn B:- ruined C:- On the S slope of the Hill, about 40yds SW of "A" and "B", has been denuded.
Information from Shetland Museum Card Index
'A', at HP 5691 0246, is a robbed cairn defined by an almost complete kerb measuring 6.4m in diameter. A large slab on edge within appears to be the remains of a cist. It seems as if this cairn has had a double kerb, for there are several earthfast stones making an incomplete circle one metre inside the other.
'B' at HP 5694 0245, is a scatter of stones, some earthfast, some upright, on a conspicuous knoll c.25.Om SE of 'A'. A slight hollow contains an earthfast slab on edge, which may be part of a cist. Too amorphous to positively identify, but this has almost certainly been a cairn.
'C', at HP 5687 0238, a Neolithic/Bronze Age House.

HP 5698 0288 -- Unst, Snabrough, Northerhouse -- Croft (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188686)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building, one partially roofed building and one enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii). One unroofed building and one enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 56 03

HP 56172 03280 -- Unst, Hellier Geo -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188685)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001

HP 56237 03489 -- Unst, Loch Of Vigga -- Boundary Dyke (Period Unassigned), Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188684)
One unroofed structure attached to a boundary dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001

HP 56470 03640 -- Unst, Wick -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 56)
HP50SE 35 5647 0364.
An indeterminate structure overgrown with peat and measuring about 90m by 6.5m, with a hollowed centre. Numerous stones, some earthfast, are visible, but these form no intelligible pattern. Situated amidst old field walls.

HP 56782 03603 -- Unst, Wick -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313151)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 56803 03571 -- Unst, Valind -- Rig And Furrow (Medieval) (Canmore 330251)
An area of rig and furrow can be seen from modern satellite imagery. It appears to lie within the field system depicted on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 6" mapping.
Information from NTS (SS) May 2013

HP 5689 0300 -- Unst, Snabrough, Westerhouse -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313134)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey inludes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 56900 03700 -- Unst, Lund -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313150)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 56 04

HP 56500 04200 -- Unst, Vigga -- Farmstead (Norse)(Possible) (Canmore 330254)
A survey was undertaken of potential Norse farmsteads, in addition to those previously recorded in 1994-95. Structures are rectangular and aligned downslope.
HP 5650 0420 Vigga 1. Divisional wall at upper end. Side room along W wall; 12.5 x 3.5m N-S.
L H Smith 2005

HP 56511 04192 -- Unst, Vigga -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188683)
A farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings, one of which is T-shaped, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 56538 04144 -- Unst, Vigga -- Farmstead(S) (Norse)(Possible) (Canmore 283399)
A survey was undertaken of potential Norse farmsteads, in addition to those previously recorded in 1994-95. Structures are rectangular and aligned downslope.
HP 5650 0420 Vigga 1. Divisional wall at upper end. Side room along W wall; 12.5 x 3.5m N-S.
HP 5653 0413 Vigga 2. Central dividing wall and small room off middle of N wall. Aligned along slope with drainage to both E and W; 17 x 3.5m E-W.
L H Smith 2005

HP 56693 04094 -- Unst, Lund, St Olaf's Chapel And Churchyard -- Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Chapel (Period Unassigned), Church (12th Century), Churchyard (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 64)
Lundawick 1 (St Olaf), Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.76m, W 0.14m
Stone type:
Place of discovery: HP 5669 0409
Present location: in the churchyard at Lund.
Evidence for discovery: recorded by RCAHMS in 1930.
Present condition: good.
Description
This irregularly shaped cruciform stone has short arms and a rounded upper arm.
Date: ninth to eleventh centuries.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1541; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 102.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
Lundawick 2 (St Olaf), Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.84m, W 0.32m
This is a rare example of a cruciform stone with a small pecked cross between the two short side-arms. the upper arm is broad and rounded, while the shaft flares a little and then tapers to a rounded point.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1541; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 103.
Lundawick 3 (St Olaf), Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.94m, W 0.53m
This cruciform stone has short squared side-arms, a flared upper arm and a round-footed shaft.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1541; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 104.
Lundawick 5 (St Olaf), Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.96m, W 0.32m
A long triangular slab has been carved into a cruciform stone by creating rounded notches above and below the side-arms, leaving short squared arms.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1541; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 106.
Lundawick 6 (St Olaf), Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.64m above ground, W 0.32m
This slab has been shaped into very short side-arms and a short flaring upper arm.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1541; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 107.
Lundawick 9 (St Olaf), Unst, Shetland, cross-slab
Measurements: H 1.24m, W 0.32m
Present location: in the Unst Heritage Centre at Baltasound.
Evidence for discovery:
Present condition:  worn.
On the upper part of one broad face of this slab is carved a cross in low false relief.
References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 124.
Lundawick 10 (St Olaf), Unst, Shetland, carved stone
Measurements: H 1.42m +, W 0.72m +
Present location: in the church at Lund, re-used as the lintel to a window in the north wall. Although the church dates back to the twelfth century, this window is thought to be a later insertion.
Present condition:
Incised on this slab are two lines converging towards a diamond-shaped tip. This design perhaps resembles a club rather than either a fish or a serpent and is undatable.
Date: early medieval or later.
References: Gifford 1992, 496-7; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 130.
(HP 5668 0412) Church (NAT) (In Ruins).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
A roofless 12th century church, standing in its graveyard. It is oblong and single-chambered, and measures 47'5" (14.5m) by 22'2" (6.76m) over walls varying from 3'6" (1.1m) to 4'6" (1.37m) in thickness. The east portion has evidently been rebuilt upon the old foundation for a length of some 17' (5.19m). The fabric is in an extremely bad state of repair. The masonry, local rubble in lime mortar, is rough.
A built-up doorway can still be traced at the west end of the south wall, but the present entrance is in the west gable and is archaic in appearance, having inclined jambs - a Celtic, not a Romanesque, feature. To the south of the church are eight headstones in the form of rude stone crosses, and within the church are the tombs of two 16th century Bremen merchants.
RCAHMS 1946.
The ruin of an Established church dismantled about 1770. The graveyard is still in use.
Name Book 1878
The roofless shell of a church as described and planned by the RCAHMS. The graveyard, now enlarged, is still used and the headstones as illustrated are in situ.
One of the window lintels has a fish (or serpent?) carved on it, which clearly pre-dates its use as a lintel stone.
Information contained in letter from V Turner, Shetland Amenity Trust, 14 September 1989.
HP 566 040 A desk-based study and programme of trial trenching were carried out in response to a proposal to extend the existing cemetery at Lund. The site lies adjacent to the 12th-century church, dedicated to St Olaf, and an existing cemetery. Numerous sites of all periods are recorded within the wider hinterland. Trenching covered some 20% of the proposed extension area; localised but ill-defined deposits of an archaeological nature were noted. These consisted of ash-rich soils, a small amount of coarse pottery and some possibly worked quartz flakes.
Sponsor: Shetland Islands Council.
H Moore and G Wilson, 2006.

HP 56 05

HP 5656 0584 -- Unst, Brough Holm -- Broch (Iron Age) (Canmore 11)
HP50NE 3 5656 0584.
(HP 5656 0585 Brough (OE)
OS 6" map Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
A broch, surrounded at a distance of about 21' by a massive defensive wall, probably about 10' thick. Outside the wall is a ditch about 20' broad, and beyond this a rampart of earth and stones, still 4' to 5' high.
The structure has occupied practically the whole of the island, but there is no trace of any causeway to the shore. The waves have swept away quite two-thirds of the main building, along with the rocky face on which it stood. What is left is in ruinous condition, but the encircling outer rampart is still traceable from the NW to the ESE. Spence states that 'The laird of Lund built a booth on the Holm with stones taken from the ancient walls, while hundreds of tons have been carried away as ballast by the fleet of haaf boats that fished from the Ayre of Mewgord.  In its original from this must have been one of the most extensive of the brochs (Spence 1899).
Irvine (nd.)  relates the tradition that the stones to build the broch were procured from a quarry on the west side of Valla Field, where the road track crosses from the east of the island, and that they were shipped at the Wick of Callaster and brought round to the Holm.
Spence (1899) rejects this story and suggests a hollow known as 'Berg-grave' on the Brae of Newgord (HP 57 06 Breck of Newgorth) as a more likely quarry site.
J Spence 1899; J T Irvine nd; RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930.
A broch, generally as described by RCAHMS. The outer bank has been truncated by a modern building. A break in the E side of the defensive wall may indicate an entrance but it is more likely to be later mutilation to facilitate robbing of the broch. There are indications of probable outbuildings between this wall and the broch and on the outside of the defences.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
HP50 5		BROUGH HOLM  (‘Broch Holm of Lundawick')
HP/566059.
A probable broch on Unst occupying almost the whole of an islet off the coast,  but with no trace of a causeway to the shore.   It is "surrounded at a distance of about 21ft. by a massive defensive wall, probably about 10 ft. thick" and traceable from north-west to east-south-east.   "Outside the wall is a ditch about 20 ft. broad,  and beyond this a rampart of earth and stones,  still 4 ft. to 5 ft. high" [1, 2].   Erosion has removed about two-thirds of the main building and hundreds of tons of stones are reported to have been removed from the site for boat ballast [3].
Sources:1. OS card HP50 NE 3:  2. RCAHMS 1946,  vol. 3,  no.  1548:  3. Spence 1899, 46-9:   4. Hibbert 1822, 398.
E W MacKie 2002

HP 5658 0584 -- Unst, Brough Holm -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188804)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 January 2001
The ruined shell of this rectangular building lies immediately to the NE of the broch (HP50NE 3). It has a central doorway flanked by two windows.
Information from RCAHMS (DCC) 14 February 2005

HP 5695 0589 -- Unst, Westing, North Booth -- Cultivation Remains (Period Unassigned), Unidentified Pottery (Pottery) (Canmore 215987)
A pilot project, entitled the Shetland's Past Project, was begun in the spring of 2001. The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. During this pilot year, three history groups (Bressay, Fetlar and Whalsay) have formally been participating in the project, with two further history groups (Foula and Unst) joining the project, albeit on a more informal basis. The project has been met with so much enthusiasm that it hopes to be able to raise sufficient funds to encourage and train other heritage groups and interested individuals to take an active part in recording the cultural heritage of Shetland. Below is a list of the archaeological sites, which have so far been recorded as part of the project.
HP 5695 0589  Two substantial artificial soil horizons separated by sand deposits, identified in section extending over a length of 84m. Steatite-tempered pottery fragments, steatite fragments, quartz, and pumice have been recovered. The foundations of a fishing lodge are located to the immediate S. Whole area subject to severe coastal erosion. Pottery and worked stone artefacts have been recovered.
Sponsors: Council for British Archaeology, Community Fund, Shetland Amenity Trust.
B Simpson 2001

HP 5697 0598 -- Unst, Westing -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188805)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 January 2001

HP 56 06

HP 5665 0640 -- Unst, Westing, Kirkaby Church -- Broch (Iron Age)(Possible), Burial Ground (Medieval)(Possible), Church (Medieval), Enclosure (Period Unknown), Site (Prehistoric) (Canmore 10)
A medieval church within a graveyard, evidently overlying an earlier structure or broch, the vague remains of which are visible to the SE of the graveyard wall. The church comprised a nave and chancel, the former measuring 13' 9" by 12', the latter about 10' by 7', inside walls 2' 9" thick (see Irvine's plan). The entrance was probably in the W end.
D MacGibbon and T Ross 1896-7.
On the highest point of a natural knoll are the turf-covered footings of a church, apparently unicameral, with a rounded E end, within the footings of an enclosure.  The church measures 30' E-W by 20' N-S over walls 3 1/2' thick; the enclosure c.86' E-W by 98' N-S over walls built of large stones 3 1/2' thick now overlaid by modern walling on the S, E and part of the N sectors.  To the NE of the church at a lower level, there are the footings of a circular structure, 14' internal diameter, which is built out from the enclosure and now overlaid by a modern wall. Its E sector is either destroyed or perhaps never existed.  Immediately to the N of the enclosure are the vague traces of one or more indeterminate structures which may be modern or may be part of a graveyard extending northwards for about 25 yards.
A MacDonald Mss Notes, 26 August 1967
The church at HP 5664 0640 is generally as described by MacDonald except that it measures internally c.4.0m in breadth. The wall thickness can no longer be seen, and the E end is greatly mutilated by the later walling so that the length of the church is difficult to determine. There is no trace of the chancel planned by Irvine but this may be due to the mutilation. The surrounding wall, almost certainly delineates a graveyard, about 17.0m across, though no graveslabs remain. The circular structure to the NE of the church is as described by MacDonald and possibly pre-dates the church, but the alleged remains of an earlier 'broch' to the SE of the enclosure wall are no longer in evidence.  The remains to the N of the wall, mentioned by MacDonald, are too amorphous to enable classification. Church probably 12th century (information from A MacDonald).  Dedication not known.
HP50  7		KIRKABY
HP/566064.
A possible broch on Unst not noted by the Royal Commission.  There are vague traces of a circular structure north-east of the remains of the Medieval church on top of the natural knoll.
Source:  OS card  HP50 NE 2.
E W MacKie 2002

HP 5665 0640 -- Unst, Westing, Kirkaby Church -- Broch (Iron Age)(Possible), Burial Ground (Medieval)(Possible), Church (Medieval), Enclosure (Period Unknown), Site (Prehistoric) (Canmore 10)
A medieval church within a graveyard, evidently overlying an earlier structure or broch, the vague remains of which are visible to the SE of the graveyard wall. The church comprised a nave and chancel, the former measuring 13' 9" by 12', the latter about 10' by 7', inside walls 2' 9" thick (see Irvine's plan). The entrance was probably in the W end.
D MacGibbon and T Ross 1896-7.
On the highest point of a natural knoll are the turf-covered footings of a church, apparently unicameral, with a rounded E end, within the footings of an enclosure.  The church measures 30' E-W by 20' N-S over walls 3 1/2' thick; the enclosure c.86' E-W by 98' N-S over walls built of large stones 3 1/2' thick now overlaid by modern walling on the S, E and part of the N sectors.  To the NE of the church at a lower level, there are the footings of a circular structure, 14' internal diameter, which is built out from the enclosure and now overlaid by a modern wall. Its E sector is either destroyed or perhaps never existed.  Immediately to the N of the enclosure are the vague traces of one or more indeterminate structures which may be modern or may be part of a graveyard extending northwards for about 25 yards.
A MacDonald Mss Notes, 26 August 1967
The church at HP 5664 0640 is generally as described by MacDonald except that it measures internally c.4.0m in breadth. The wall thickness can no longer be seen, and the E end is greatly mutilated by the later walling so that the length of the church is difficult to determine. There is no trace of the chancel planned by Irvine but this may be due to the mutilation. The surrounding wall, almost certainly delineates a graveyard, about 17.0m across, though no graveslabs remain. The circular structure to the NE of the church is as described by MacDonald and possibly pre-dates the church, but the alleged remains of an earlier 'broch' to the SE of the enclosure wall are no longer in evidence.  The remains to the N of the wall, mentioned by MacDonald, are too amorphous to enable classification. Church probably 12th century (information from A MacDonald).  Dedication not known.
HP50  7		KIRKABY
HP/566064.
A possible broch on Unst not noted by the Royal Commission.  There are vague traces of a circular structure north-east of the remains of the Medieval church on top of the natural knoll.
Source:  OS card  HP50 NE 2.
E W MacKie 2002

HP 5690 0656 -- Unst, Quoy -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313124)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 5691 0623 -- Unst, Newgord -- House (Norse) (Canmore 128768)
(Scheduled as Newgord, rectangular house 300m SE of site of church at Kirkaby, Unst).
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated March 1998.

HP 57 00

HP 5718 0020 -- Unst, Gallow Hill -- Chambered Cairn (Neolithic) (Canmore 36)
HP50SE 17 5718 0020.
(HP 5718 0023) Cairn (NR).
OS 6" Map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
The delapidated remains of a cairn which has probably had a diameter of some 30'. There are signs of careful building round the margin, but only foundations of a wall-face can now be traced.
RCAHMS 1946
A heel-shaped chambered cairn, 1.2m high, with the interior and facade considerably masked by tumble, but with the kerb particularly well defined. It measures about 15.0m across its concave SSE facade, which faces down the slope, and c10.5m transversely. Within are faint indications of what may have been an inner circular kerb giving a two-tiered effect. Three large stones 0.8m apart are apparently part of a passage which leads to a chamber 1.0m square defined by three slabs on edge. This two-tiered effect with entrance in the 'upper storey' is similar to the Wideford Hill chambered cairn (HY41SW 1) in Orkney.
Survey Diagram.

HP 5750 0015 -- Unst, Gallow Hill -- Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188708)
One unroofed building and an attached enclosure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001

HP 5751 0058 -- Unst, Pund Of Gallowmill -- Cairn (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 34)
HP50SE 15 5751 0058.
(HP 5752 0061) Cairn (NR) Stone Cist found AD 1825.
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
A much-dilapidated cairn lying within an enclosure adjoining two sheep-folds.
Many of the large blocks of stone of which it was constructed have apprently been used to build the surrounding wall and shelters.
The marginal outline can no longer be distinguished, but in their present condition the remains cover an area about 35' in diameter.
A cist measuring 3'6" by 2'3" by 15" but lacking the slab on the east side, is visible among the debris.  It lies with its major axis NNW - SSE, and has been formed of unusually massive slabs, the one on the west being 1'5" thick and the one on the south 1'2".
The OS map states that it was uncovered in 1825, but there is no record of its contents.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930.
This cairn is so destroyed that few features are left except three sides of the cist and about 6.0m of the SW arc of the kerb. Several upright stones including an upright block in a straight line in the SE suggest a facade but are more likely due to later mutilation.
Revised at 1/10,000.

HP 5752 0070 -- Unst, Gallow Hill -- Cairn (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 43)
HP50SE 23 5752 0070.
(HP 5752 0073) Cairn (NR) Stone Cists found AD. 1825.
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900)
The ruins of a very large cairn excavated by Hunt in July 1865,(J Hunt 1866), when he found the remains of a human skeleton with some limpet shells.  'Several skulls' were reported to have been found previously. The cairn was demolished, during the war, so completely that practically no trace has been left. The stones were used to build a look-out shelter.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930.
The amorphous remains of a cairn as described by the RCAHMS.

HP 5756 0002 -- Unst, Gallow Hill -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188712)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii). One partially roofed building and two enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 5778 0020 -- Unst, Gallow Hill -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188711)
A farmstead comprising one partially roofed building and two enclosures, and three unroofed structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii). One unroofed building, two enclosures and three unroofed structures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 5797 0067 -- Unst, Hoganess -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313120)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 57 01

HP 570 019 -- Unst, Snarravoe -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Field System (Period Unassigned), Township (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 128772)
The First Edition of the Ordnance Survey 6-inch map (Shetland, sheet viii, 1882) shows five or six roofed buildings at Snarravoe, with associated enclosures and a field system. The buildings form two distinct groups. One group (N) comprises three or four buildings, which face each other, forming a cluster which is almost square. The second group (S) comprises two or three long buildings,  aligned NE/SW, which are arranged in a line facing SE to the Loch of Snarravoe.
Information from RCAHMS (IMM), 17 February 2011.
First Edition Ordnance Survey 6-inch map  (Shetland, sheet viii, 1882)

HP 5715 0173 -- Unst, Loch Of Snarravoe -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188696)
One unroofed long building of three compartments, which is attached to a field wall, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001

HP 5764 0135 -- Unst, Burn Of Scord -- Dyke (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194806)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 5764 0135  Drystone dyke.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HP 57 02

HP 5701 0271 -- Unst, Snabrough, Easterhouse -- Croft (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 270989)
A roofless stone-walled dwelling with an attached outbuilding has been recorded on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 2003) lying on rising ground near the shore of Loch of Snabrough. The building is building is depicted as roofed on the 1st edition of the OS6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii) and as roofless on the current edition of the OS 1:10,000 (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (MMB) 24 August 2004
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 5729 0240 -- Unst, Gardin -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313139)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 5747 0210 -- Unst, Loch Of Snarravoe -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188687)
One unroofed building of two compartments is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001

HP 5754 0260 -- Unst, Loomi Shun -- Settlement (Neol/bronze Age) (Canmore 54)
HP50SE 33 5754 0260.
At HP 5752 0263, on a SE slope, are the turf-covered footings of an oval Neolithic/Bronze Age homestead, measuring 6.2m NW-SE by 4.7m NE-SW internally over walls, 0.4m high and 2.2m average width. The entrance is on the lower SE side. A slab set transversely within the homestead indicates at least one cell. All traces of associated fields, which may have existed here, have been destroyed by later cultivation.

HP 5783 0222 -- Unst, Snabrough Pund -- Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned), Structure (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 58)
A scatter of large stones mixed with the remains of a small building. Some of the stones are earthfast and set on edge and may be the remains of an earlier structure.
One unroofed building and two enclosures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001

HP 57 03

HP 57000 03400 -- Unst, Blyth Houll -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313142)
Uyeasound Primary School visited the abandonded croft at Blyth Houll to take a GPS plot and photographs to show the location and current condition of the croft recorded previously by June Owers.

HP 57003 03738 -- Unst, Lund -- House(S) (Norse) (Canmore 128773)
The turf-covered foundations of at least two subrectangular buildings and a what is probably a yard have been recorded on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 2003) on sloping ground about 200m NW of Lund.  One building, which lies approximately N and S, has a small enclosure attached to the W and the other which runs approximately E and W has what may be an attached enclosure to the S.
Information from RCAHMS (MMB) 24 August 2004

HP 57017 03520 -- Unst, Blyth-houll -- Farmstead (Norse)(Possible) (Canmore 283396)
A survey was undertaken of potential Norse farmsteads, in addition to those previously recorded in 1994-95. Structures are rectangular and aligned downslope. HP 5702 0352 Blyth-houll 2. Side room along lower W wall; 15 x 4m N-S. Two small structures built over the site.
L H Smith 2005

HP 57023 03439 -- Unst, Blyth-houll -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330252)
A small unroofed structure is depicted attached to the eastern side of enclosing wall of Blyth-Houll farmstead (HP50SE 128) on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 6" mapping.
Information from NTS (SS) May 2013

HP 57069 03486 -- Unst, Blyth-houll -- Farmstead (Norse)(Possible) (Canmore 283395)
A survey was undertaken of potential Norse farmsteads, in addition to those previously recorded in 1994-95. Structures are rectangular and aligned downslope. HP 5708 0345 Blyth-houll 1. Divisional wall at upper end; 18 x 4.8m NE-SW. Mound over lower part of house.
L H Smith 2005

HP 57128 03962 -- Unst, Vinstrick -- Findspot (20th Century), Unidentified Object(S) (Norse) (Canmore 59)

HP 57144 03629 -- Unst, Lund -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Walled Garden (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 216963)
HP50SE 100  57151 03651.
A stonewalled, roofless farmhouse of at least two phases of construction, and a formal steading with at least four buildings one of which is partially roofed, have been recorded on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 2003).  The buildings are depicted as roofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii) and as roofless on the current edition of the OS 1:10,000 map (1973). There are the remains of a walled garden to the SE of the farmhouse.
Information from RCAHMS (MMB) 24 August 2004.
This site was visited as part of the RCAHMS Scottish Farm Buildings Survey. The farmstead is noted as the remains of a two storey house. The ruined steading which comprises several outbuildings, includes a barn, a byre, 3 loose boxes, a horse engine plus a but & ben shepherd's house. The buildings were derelict on the date of visit.
Information from RCAHMS (ACD) 14 January 2008; NMRS MS2560/343
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 57263 03503 -- Unst, Blyth-houll -- Farmstead (Norse)(Possible) (Canmore 283397)
A survey was undertaken of potential Norse farmsteads, in addition to those previously recorded in 1994-95. Structures are rectangular and aligned downslope. HP 5725 0350 Blyth-houll 3. Two rooms with ?side room along lower E wall; 14 x 4m N-S.
L H Smith 2005

HP 5727 0398 -- Unst, Vinstrict -- Farmstead (Norse)(Possible) (Canmore 283398)
A survey was undertaken of potential Norse farmsteads, in addition to those previously recorded in 1994-95. Structures are rectangular and aligned downslope. HP 5727 0398 Vinstrict. Fragmentary walls; 25 x 5m N-S.
L H Smith 2005

HP 5733 0394 -- Unst, Vinstrick -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188691)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building of three compartments, one unroofed structure and one enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii). One unroofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 57459 03320 -- Unst, Burragarth -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 69482)
See Architecture.

HP 5754 0395 -- Unst, Burragarth -- Standing Stone (Prehistoric) (Canmore 46)
(HP 5754 0397) Standing Stone (NR).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
See also HP50SE 9.
A rough quadrangular boulder with no clear evidence of packing at base. It stands 3' high and has a girth of 7' at base.  It is locally supposed to have been a boundary stone.
OS Name Book 1878; RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930.
As described by the RCAHMS: almost certainly a boundary stone.
Using the 4m high standing stone described on HP50SE 9 as backsight, this 1m high standing stone at a distance of 0.7km to the NNW, acts as skyline foresight for a hitherto unnoticed lunar alignment with declination 28'.629.
H Exton 1994b.

HP 57608 03825 -- Unst, Burragarth -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 279669)
This site was visited as part of the RCAHMS Scottish Farm Buildings Survey. The farmstead is aligned from NE to SW and consists of a detached cottage plus a linear range of outbuildings. The buildings were roofed but in a derelict and dangerous condition on the date of visit.
Information from RCAHMS (ACD) 15 January 2008.
NMRS, MS2560/328.

HP 57680 03083 -- Unst, Loch Of Stourhoull -- Cairn (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Standing Stone (Prehistoric) (Canmore 29)
HP50SE 10 5767 0308.
(HP 5766 0311) Standing Stone (NR)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
A roughly triangular block of schist, 4' high, set with a slight inclination towards the west, in what was probably its original position on the margin of a very dilapidated cairn of large stones.  It is now used as a straining post for a hill fence.
Scheduled as 'Standing Stone'.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930.
This standing stone is as described. It stands on the NW edge of a scatter of large blocks, only two or three of which are earthfast, on top of an eminence.  These may represent the remains of a cairn but insufficient remains to be certain. The standing stone is considered locally to be a boundary stone.

HP 5769 0371 -- Unst, Burragarth -- Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188690)
One unroofed building and two enclosures, one of which is incomplete, are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii).
One unroofed building marked by pecked lines is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 6 February 2001.

HP 5773 0382 -- Unst, Burragarth -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188692)
One unroofed building of two compartments is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 6 February 2001.

HP 57751 03566 -- Unst, Burragarth -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 69481)
See Architecture.

HP 5783 0359 -- Unst, Burragarth -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 69480)

HP 5787 0334 -- Unst, Loch Of Bordastubble -- Standing Stone (Prehistoric) (Canmore 67)
(HP 5786 0336) Standing Stone (NR)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
See also HP50SE 26.
A massive and irregularly-shaped standing stone, some 12' high, with its major axis NW-SE. It has a girth of 19' 6" at base and of 22' at 4' above ground, where it reaches its maximum width of 8' 2".
In spite of having been packed at the base, it shows a decided tilt towards the SW.  The few large stones lying round about seem to have no connection with it.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930.
As described and illustrated.
Using this 4m high standing stone as backsight, the standing stone at Burragarth [HP50SE 26] at a distance of 0.7km to the NNW, acts as skyline foresight for a hitherto unnoticed lunar alignment with declination 28'.629
H Exton 1994b.
This is a truly massive boulder of gneiss, 3.6m high and a girth of 6.7m (colour photograph on pA3). Its location on low-lying ground is not typical, and it may be that this natural glacial boulder proved too huge to move. An attempt seems to have been made to chock it into an optimum position.
Information from ‘Exploring Scotland's Heritage: Shetland', (1997).

HP 57 04

HP 5714 0470 -- Unst, Kame Of Cruss -- Barrow (Prehistoric)(Possible) (Canmore 48)
HP 5714 0471. At the highest point of a headland there is a mound 8.0m in diameter and 0.8m high, apparently of earth.  Looks like a barrow, but is probably natural as it is only one of a number of similar but smaller mounds along the coast.

HP 572 041 -- Unst, Burga Sand -- Findspot (20th Century), Pendant (Stone) (Canmore 108250)
HP 572 041  Polished serpentine pendant. Found in eroding bank at W end of Burga Sand. ARC 1995.133.
T Watt and I Tait 1996

HP 5722 0418 -- Unst, Burga Sand -- Midden (Viking), Wall (Viking), Axehead (Iron)(Viking) (Canmore 39)
HP50SE 2 5722 0418.
(Area: HP 571 042) A midden containing fragments of typical Viking steatite bowls, as well as an iron axe, part of a rotary quern and a large quantity of animal bones, has been partially eroded by the sea on the west shore of Burga Sand and some 263yds from the Underhoull farmstead, (HP50SE 1). The nearest parallel to the axe is from Straumi in Iceland.
This suggests that a second long-house probably exists somewhere on this SW shore of the bay.
A Small 1967
Midden material and rough walling, are visible in the cliff edge at HP 5720 0422.

HP 5725 0424 -- Unst, Burga Sand, Underhoull, Boat-noost -- Naust (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 88166)
Small boat-noost, 4' deep.
Information from Ms V Turner (Shetland Amenity Trust), 16 December 1991.

HP 57280 04625 -- Unst, Baila -- No Class (Event) (Canmore 346806)
HP 57280 04625 An evaluation of possible archaeological features was undertaken on 13 January 2013 prior to the construction of a house close to the remains of an Iron Age broch at Underhoull (HP50SE 12).Two features of potential interest were identified; a linear arrangement of stones and an amorphous, turf covered mound. Intrusive investigation of these features established that the linear stone feature was the poorly preserved remains of a field boundary. The mound was found to be a natural feature consisting of peat overlying glacial till.
Archive: RCAHMS and Shetland Museum (intended). Report: Shetland Amenity Trust
Funder: Mr Stephane Kefferstein
Rick Barton, Rick Barton Archaeological Consultancy
2012

HP 5733 0475 -- Unst, Baila -- Field System(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 270988)
At least three conjoined oval fields, probably of prehistoric date, have been recorded on obliques aerial photographs lying on the hillside to the NW of Baila. The field banks are broad and some stretches appear to be faced with large boulders. Some phasing in the sequence of construction is evident.
Information from RCAHMS (DCC) 14 February 2005

HP 5734 0435 -- Unst, Underhoull -- Farmstead (Norse), Field System (Period Unassigned), Settlement (Viking), Souterrain (Prehistoric) (Canmore 28)
HP50SE 1 5734 0435.
(HP 5733 0438) A habitation site exhibiting evidence of Early Iron Age, Broch period, and Viking occupation, excavated by Small (1967) from 1962 to 1966 under the auspices of RAF Saxa Vord and assisted by Unst Field Club and Aberdeen University Geographical Society.
The original structure on the site was an Early Iron Age hut with an adjacent souterrain covered by a pile of stones.
This was followed, after a definite stratigraphical break by another, larger hut with an associated working area to the SW. The hut was clearly datable by pottery to the period 1st century BC to 2nd century AD, contemporary with the Broch of Underhoull (HP50SE 12) nearby.
Their exact relationship however awaits the excavation of the broch.
The working area produced large quantities of pottery sherds, nodules of worked and partially-worked clay and evidence of iron smelting. There was little or no evidence of a building on the site.
Neither the Early Iron Age nor the broch period hut was fully investigated due to the wish to preserve the massive Viking remains - some of the finest of their type in Scotland.
On stratigraphical grounds it is clear that the site was deserted for some considerable time before its reoccupation by a Viking longhouse - a simple, basically self-supporting farmstead. The boat-shaped plan of the building is characteristic of Phase 1 of the Norse settlement at Jarlshof (HU30NE 1), ie AD 800-850.  Additions, re-constructions and modifications (including a probable corn-drying chamber at the NE corner of the house) indicate occupation over a considerable time, probably stretching into the 10th century.
A number of small mounds encircle the flat areas around the house. Although covered with field-clearance stones, excavation suggests that they were hay-drying ricks. Local tradition names the site 'Kummel Field,' probably from these mounds.
A small boat noost, 4' deep, occurs near the centre of the head of Burga Bay, but there is no means of dating its construction.
A Small 1967.
Iron Age - Viking occupation site as described by Small (1967).  In the area are numerous field walls and cultivation terraces, many of which will be contemporary with the broch and longhouse but some are fairly modern.
Re-surveyed at 1/2500.
Excavated by Alan Small, 1962 to 1966.
Sources: A Small 1967; 1968.

HP 5746 0445 -- Unst, Underhoull -- Broch (Iron Age) (Canmore 31)
HP50SE 12 5746 0445.
(HP 5745 0443) Brough (NR).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
The broch of Underhoull or Overbrough has been almost entirely destroyed, but its position, on the top of a prominent knoll is clearly marked by the surviving traces of its defensive works.
Although the walls have practically disappeared, surface indications show that the structure has been of normal type and probably about 55' in diameter over all, with a wall thickness of roughly 15'.
Outside for about half the circumference are two concentric ramparts of earth, with a wide intervening ditch, 9' in maximum depth, which has been levelled and brought under cultivation. The approach was apparently from the NW.  Irvine (nd.) notes marks of an out-building beyond ditch on east side, perhaps later than Brough.
J T Irvine nd.; RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930.
Broch of Underhoull as described by the RCAHMS.  The broch has measured overall 17.2m E-W by 16.8m transverse- ly with the entrance visible in the SW. Part of the outer rampart has been destroyed on the S side by cultivation terraces. There are numerous field walls in the area, including one massive wall extending from the outer rampart in a S direction along the crest of the hill. Some are undoubtedly associated with the broch, some with nearby Viking occupation (HP50SE 1 and HP50SE 32 ), and some are comparatively recent, but it is impossible to differentiate between the various periods.
Re-surveyed at 1/2500.
HP50 10		UNDERHOULL
HP/575044 (visited 7/6/63)
This probable broch on Unst stands on the edge of a ridge which slopes down with increasing shallowness to the (Ills. 4.1 (lower) and 4.3).   The Commission considered that the broch itself, situated on a mound about 250m from the shore at Lunda Wick,  has been almost entirely destroyed and that all that is left is under its own debris.   Surface indications suggest that the broch has a diameter of 55 ft. with a wall c. 15 ft. thick [2].   Two concentric ramparts of earth surround the broch, forming a D-shaped enclosure and ending at the edge of the steep slope.  A deep and wide ditch is between the banks (Ill. 4.3).   Excavations have been carried out on the slope between the broch and the shore and the remains of an extensive settlement revealed [4].
Refs: 1.  OS card  HP 50 SE 12 (with sketch plan):  2. RCAHMS 1946, vol. 3, no. 1547,   133 and figs. 658 and 660:  3. Irvine 1865:  4.  Small 1966.
NMR photographs:  2P, 1T.
E W MacKie 2002

HP 5747 0417 -- Unst, Kirkamires -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313115)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 5747 0475 -- Unst, Baila -- Farmstead (Norse)(Possible) (Canmore 283388)
A survey was undertaken of potential Norse farmsteads, in addition to those previously recorded in 1994-95. Structures are rectangular and aligned downslope. HP 5747 0475 Baila. Side rooms along upper NW and lower SE walls; 14 x 4.5m NE-SW.
L H Smith 2005

HP 575 045 -- Unst, Underhoull -- Cist(S) (Period Unassigned), Dyke (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 32)
HP50SE 13 575 045.
(Area: HP 575 045) There is a place in Unst, near the broch of Underhoul, where what appears to be the outer dyke of an old town can be traced.... a short time ago while a party of workmen were engaged in the construction of a road inside this old dyke, a burial place was discovered, in which were found three graves, each enclosed by four rough stone slabs. No human remains were found, but each cist contained a mortar and a lamp, both of stone. The mortar was smaller than the old "knockin' stane," and by its shape and wear seemed adapted for holding between the knees of the operator when being used. The inside hollow was capable of holding two pounds of meal. The "lamp", was a bit of stone hollowed out like a saucer - just a stone "collie". It looks as if it had been saturated with oil, and bore traces of the action of fire (Spence 1899).
RCAHMS 1946; J Spence 1899.
It seems possible that the dyke referred to may be that which is shown on the OS 6" map as running SE then NNW from the defences of the broch of Underhoull (HP50SE 12).
OS(ES) 28 November 1968.
No further information. Numerous old field dykes in the area.

HP 5755 0444 -- Unst, Underhoull -- Farmstead (Norse) (Canmore 53)
At HP 5755 0448, on a gentle SE slope, are the turf-covered footings of a Norse farmstead measuring c.19.5m NW-SE by c.5.0m NE-SW.  Virtually no stones protrude through the turf, so details of the walling cannot be ascertained, except that it appears to be quite substantial and the side walls are not straight. The remains of a cross-wall can be seen, and
the entrance is in the SE.  Ground disturbance to the N and S of the building indicates two amorphous annexes and traces of field walls, probably contemporary, are visible.

HP 5757 0411 -- Unst, Middleton -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313116)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 5767 0432 -- Unst, Underhoull -- Burnt Mound (Prehistoric), Quern(S), Vessel(S) (Steatite) (Canmore 40)
At HP 5767 0434, is an amorphous burnt mound with some large earthfast stones protruding but forming no recognisable structures. Some 30m to the WNW in a modern dry-stone dyke, two fragments of a square steatite vessel were found by Lt-Col Edmondston in 1962, and donated to the Shetland Museum (ARC 65528). Part of a large steatite bowl was seen in the same spot at the time of investigation.
Recorded by OS (NKB) 5 May 1969

HP 5773 0461 -- Unst, Murrasko -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188797)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed L-shaped building lying within an enclosure and one unroofed structure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v). One unroofed building and one enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 24 January 2001

HP 5795 0480 -- Unst, Erns Hamar -- Mound (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 88167)
Boat-shaped cairn of large stone aligned E-W, with large stone near E end, 15' by 7'.
Information from Ms V Turner (Shetland Amenity Trust), 16 December 1991

HP 5798 0422 -- Unst, Underhoull, North House -- Burnt Mound (Prehistoric), Polished Axehead (Stone) (Canmore 33)
At HP 5798 0422 there is a cresentic burnt mound 12m by 6m by 1m high.  Mr Fraser (Crosbister, Westing, Unst) found a polished stone axe in the vicinity of the mound, and donated it to the Shetland Museum.
Recorded by OS (NKB) 5 May 1969

HP 57 05

HP 5708 0501 -- Unst, Tafts Of Coppister -- Farmstead (Norse) (Canmore 16)
HP50NE 8 5708 0501.
At HP 570 050, are the footings of a building, 44ft long, 22ft wide, with walls 3ft thick, with one end on the cliffshore. The east end is rounded. There is a circular enclosure on the south side and another on the west end. Possibly a Viking site.
Information from Shetland Museum Card Index (P Moar, June 1968).
At HP 5707 0501 are the turf-covered walls of a Norse type farmstead with S annexe, whose W end has been destroyed by the erosion of the cliff on which it stands. It now measures internally c. 15.0m E-W by 4.0m transversely with walls c.  1.5m thick faced internally with a discontinuous line of upright slabs. A modern build-up of stones crosses it at the cliff edge.
The annexe appears to be sub-circular, and outside this are two upright stones of yet another structure. The complex is similar in size, plan and construction to Underhoull (HP50SE 1) and HP50NE 4 and HP50NE 5  .

HP 5715 0580 -- Unst, Westing -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188803)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 January 2001

HP 5716 0511 -- Unst, Tafts Of Coppister -- Findspot (19th Century), Cinerary Urn(S) (Canmore 15)
HP50NE 7 5716 0511.
(HP 5714 0511) Urns found AD 1895 (NAT).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
No local information regarding these urns, found in a roadside quarry. Nothing in the Ordnance Survey Name Book (ONB).

HP 57181 05681 -- Unst, Westing, Norse Mill -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 9)
See also HP50NE 9.
(Location cited as HP 572 057). Norse Mill, Westing, 19th century or earlier. A restored mill, with turf thatch over a corrugated-iron roof. There is a window opposite the door. An 8-paddle tirl, with inclined paddles, drives a pair of 36in (0.91m) diameter stones.
J R Hume 1977.
This site was visited as part of the RCAHMS Scottish Farm Buildings Survey.
Information from RCAHMS (ACD) 16 January 2008.
Related site:  HP50NE 59     HP 57277 05655      Unst, Westing, Burn of Bigton

HP 5720 0590 -- Unst, Newgord West -- Farmstead(S) (Norse)(Possible) (Canmore 283394)
A survey was undertaken of potential Norse farmsteads, in addition to those previously recorded in 1994-95. Structures are rectangular and aligned downslope.
HP 5720 0590 Newgord West 1. Well-preserved curved W wall and upper room, but lower part of E wall removed. Side rooms along lower E wall and outline along lower W wall; 21 x 4.5m N-S. Mound to N; 4m diameter.
HP 5717 0595 Newgord West 2. Side room along lower E wall; 17 x 4m N-S.
LH Smith 2005

HP 5721 0566 -- Unst, Westing, Kirk-knowe -- Burial Ground (Medieval), Chapel (Medieval) (Canmore 14)
HP50NE 6 5721 0566.
(HP 5720 0567) Chapel and Burial Ground (NR) (Site of).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
A slight eminence in an arable field. It is well known to be the site of an ancient Romish Chapel. In 1840 part of the building was standing several feet in height but was then removed by Mr Peter Smith, Kirknowe, for the purpose of building houses. Human remains were also found, which contributed to the belief that there was a burial ground associated, though its boundary could not be defined.
Name Book 1878
No trace; no further information.

HP 57277 05655 -- Unst, Westing, Burn Of Bighton -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 253981)
HP50NE 59  57277 05655.
This roofless, stonewalled croft has been recorded on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 2003) and comprises a dwelling, which has been extended, and an attached store and what was probably a byre at each end.  Stonewalled enclosures lie to the ENE and SSW and a roofless rectilinear outbuilding, identified as a lambie shed, lies to the SSE.
Information from RCAHMS (MMB) 17 February 2004.
This site was visited as part of the RCAHMS Scottish Farm Buildings Survey. The farmstead comprises a linear range aligned from NNW to SSE with a separate lambie house to the SSE. The range consists of two cottages, a byre and a stable. The farm was roofless and derelict on the date of visit.
Information from RCAHMS (ACD) 16 January 2008; NMRS MS2560/360.
Related site:
HP50NE 11 57181 05681 Unst, Westing, Norse Mill

HP 5728 0540 -- Unst, Bighton -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 188802)
What may be a farmstead comprising one unroofed building and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 January 2001

HP 5745 0538 -- Unst, Hamaron -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188801)
A farmstead comprising one partially roofed L-shaped building, three roofed buildings, one of which is also L-shaped, and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v). Two unroofed buildings and two enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 January 2001.

HP 5752 0561 -- Unst, Bighton, Westing -- Farmstead (Norse) (Canmore 13)
HP50NE 5 5752 0561.
(HP 574 057). Norse house, 'Sturatafts', near Bighton, Westing.  It is a mere foundation, 50' to 60' long, with an interior width of about 12'. There are traces of outbuildings.
J Stewart 1954
On a fairly steep NW slope, at HP 5751 0564 are the turf-covered walls of a Norse farmstead, with an annexe against the SW wall, and a crude outbuilding c.12.0m to the S. It measures internally 16.0m NW-SE down the slope, and 3.8m transversely, with walls about 1.5m thick, faced internally with a discontinuous line of slabs, maximum height 0.8 m. It is similar in size, plan and construction to Underhoull (HP50SE 1) and HP50NE 4 and HP50NE 8. 
Low field walls in the vicinity are almost certainly contemporary.

HP 5757 0584 -- Unst, Feall -- Farmstead (Norse)(Possible) (Canmore 283386)
A survey was undertaken of potential Norse farmsteads, in addition to those previously recorded in 1994-95. Structures are rectangular and aligned downslope. HP 5757 0584 Feall. Little structure (E-W) remaining, but three parallel drains exit site 5m apart.
L H Smith 2005

HP 5758 0508 -- Unst, Houllnan -- Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188798)
Three unroofed structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v). One unroofed structure is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 January 2001

HP 5761 0541 -- Unst, Hamaron -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188800)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 25 January 2001.

HP 57738 05727 -- Unst, The Kiln -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313137)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 5794 0567 -- Unst, Gossa Water -- Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188806)
Two unroofed structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v). One unroofed structure is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 January 2001

HP 57 06

HP 57112 06836 -- Unst, Buneberg -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188811)
Two unroofed buildings, lying approximately 65m apart are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 January 2001

HP 5714 0627 -- Unst, Newgord -- Field System (Norse), House (Norse) (Canmore 128767)
(Scheduled as Newgord, rectangular house and field-system, SE of Loch of Quoy, Unst).
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated March 1998.

HP 5714 0638 -- Unst, Loch Of Quoy -- Building (Period Unassigned), Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188808)
One unroofed building and one unroofed structure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v). The unroofed stucture is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 January 2001

HP 5730 0647 -- Unst, The Barn -- Farmstead (Norse)(Possible) (Canmore 283387)
A survey was undertaken of potential Norse farmsteads, in addition to those previously recorded in 1994-95. Structures are rectangular and aligned downslope. HP 5730 0647 The Barn. Three rooms; 14 x 5.8m E-W.
L H Smith 2005

HP 5730 0655 -- Unst, Loch Of Quoy -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188809)
A farmstead comprising one partially roofed building of complex shape and one enclosure and four unroofed structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v). One partially roofed building, two enclosures and the fragmentary remains of three unroofed structures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 January 2001
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 5742 0603 -- Unst, Ayre Of Collaster -- Planticrub (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194773)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 5742 0603   Planticrub.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HP 5750 0624 -- Unst, Newgord -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188807)
Two unroofed structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973), where the structure to the W is shown with only two walls.
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 January 2001

HP 5757 0611 -- Unst, Shadow Cottage, Westing -- Farmstead (Norse) (Canmore 12)
HP50NE 4 centred 5757 0611.
(HP 574 061). A Norse house lies north of Fjel (?Feall), Westing.  It is a mere foundation, 50' to 60' long, with an interior width of about 12'. There are traces of outbuildings.
J Stewart 1954
At HP 5756 0613, on a gentle slope, are the turf-covered footings of a Norse farmstead, measuring internally 14.0m E-W, and 4.0m transversely. The inner wall face is visible as a discontinuous line of large slabs set on edge, protruding through the turf. The outer wall face is only occasionally visible but the wall would appear to be about 1.5m thick. There is an entrance in the W gable.
There are traces of outbuildings contiguous to the S side of the long-house, and 12.0m to the SW. The poor remains of field walls and cultivation terraces nearby appear to be contemporary.

HP 57 07

HP 57290 07160 -- Unst, Ayre Of Collaster -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188812)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 January 2001

HP 57504 07111 -- Unst, Ayre Of Collaster -- Naust (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330237)
A naust, above the beach at Ayre of Collaster was noted by the NTS regional archaeologist during a field survey in 2012.
Information from NTS (SS) May 2013

HP 57544 07139 -- Unst, Ayre Of Collaster -- Building (Period Unassigned), Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188813)
One unroofed building of two compartments and three unroofed structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v). One unroofed building and two unroofed structures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 January 2001

HP 57681 07115 -- Unst, Southerhouse -- Drain(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330236)
An area of land dug for drainage can be seen on satellite imagery 70m to the northeast of the structure at Burn of Southerhouse (HP50NE 71).
Information from NTS (SS) May 2013

HP 57727 07065 -- Unst, Burn Of Southerhouse -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330235)
A small unroofed structure is depicted in this location of the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 6" mapping.
Information from NTS (SS) May 2013

HP 57779 07231 -- Unst, Collaster -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330228)
A small enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the Ordnance Survey 6" mapping, and is shown on the current 1:10000 Ordnance Survey map.
Information from NTS (SS) May 2013

HP 57821 07175 -- Unst, Southerhouse -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330229)
An enclosure is depicted here on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 6" mapping, and is shown on the current 1:10000 OS map.
Information from NTS (SS) May 2013

HP 57823 07134 -- Unst, Southerhouse -- Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188815)
A farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings, one of which is T-shaped, and two enclosures, another unroofed building lying approximately 150m to the NE (HP 5792 0725), three separate enclosures and one unroofed structure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v). One unroofed building, four enclosures and one unroofed structure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 January 2001

HP 57841 07061 -- Unst, Burn Of Southerhouse -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 69473)
HP50NE 13  5784 0705.
Mill (NAT)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 1st ed., (1882), sheet v.
Only a pile of stone remains; the overall shape of this mill can no longer be seen.
The horizontal mill on the Burn of Southerhouse is depicted on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 6" mapping, and was visited by the NTS regional archaeologist. In its current state it is highly denuded and barely capable of interpretation.
Information from NTS (SS) May 2013

HP 57934 07457 -- Unst, Collaster -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188816)
A farmstead comprising four unroofed buildings, two of which are long buildings with subdivisions, one roofed building and three enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v). Three unroofed buildings and three enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 January 2001
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 57972 07329 -- Unst, Scarpa -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313123)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 57978 07678 -- Unst, Collaster -- Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188817)
Five unroofed structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v). Four unroofed structures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 25 January 2001.

HP 57981 07533 -- Unst, Collaster -- Lazy Beds (Post Medieval) (Canmore 330209)

HP 57 08

HP 57852 08661 -- Unst, Clave -- Building (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval) (Canmore 188819)
A farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings and one enclosure, a head-dyke and a separate unroofed building (HP 5783 0891) are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v). One unroofed building and a modern boundary dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 January 2001

HP 57 12

HP 57119 12493 -- Unst, Flubersgerdie -- Broch (Iron Age)(Possible), House Platform(S) (Period Unassigned), Planticrub (Period Unassigned), Promontory Fort (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 84)
(HP 5709 1248) Brough (NR).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900)
The supposed site of a broch.
OS Name Book 1878.
There is now no structural evidence of a broch at the site, which is entirely suitable for a stronghold.  The creeks on either side are called the North and South Geo of the Brough.  A "plantie-crub", mostly built of turf, has at one time occupied part of the promontory, but it has fallen into ruin.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1946.
As described by RCAHMS.
HP 633 049.  A probable promontory fort lies about two- thirds of the way up the steep rocky slope on to the promontory between the North and South Geos of Brough, at Taing of Brough. The massive foundation courses of a strong stone wall are concealed by hummocky turf. On the promontory are traces of indefinite structures and towards the seaward end, two long rectangular buildings.
R G Lamb 1970.
The promontory fort is high and narrow between the precipitous Geos of Brough. The path approaches across a narrow saddle. About two-thirds of the way up the steep slope to the summit there are the remains of a stone wall, now at most four courses high, running across.  Behind it on the summit is a very hummocky area with projecting stones. Towards the seaward end of the promontory are two oblong footings, one 4.6m by 7.6m of turf and stone, the other 3m by 8.5m of turf only.  At the SW end of the first oblong is another, roughly squarem depression.
The large headland of which the Taing is an extension, the Flubersgerdie is isolated by a broad marshy depressio, on the seaward edge of which is a ruined wall built of quite exceptionally massive boulders.
R [G] Lamb 1980.
The description of a promontory fort (HP60SW 27) at HP 633 049 by Lamb in 1970 corresponds with his 1980 account of the promontory fort at Flubersgerdie.
Information from RCAHMS (PM), 7 January 2009.
R G Lamb 1970; R G Lamb 1980.
HP51 2  NORTH GEO OF BROUGH ('Flubersgerdie')
HP/571125.
Possible broch on Unst;  no further information.
E W MacKie 2002

HP 57391 12423 -- Unst, Flubersgerdie -- Dyke (Period Unassigned), Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188756)
Three unroofed structures attached to a length of field wall are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii). One unroofed structure and the wall are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 19 January 2001

HP 58 00

HP 5819 0025 -- Unst, Brecknagarth -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188707)
A farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001

HP 5823 0075 -- Unst, Winbat -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Norse), Head Dyke (Post Medieval) (Canmore 188700)
A farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings, one of which is L-shaped, and one enclosure, and a head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii). One unroofed building, one enclosure, both marked by pecked lines, and the fragmentary remains of the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001
A survey was undertaken of potential Norse farmsteads, in addition to those previously recorded in 1994-95. Structures are rectangular and aligned downslope. HP 5824 0075 Winbat 2. Under ruined crofthouse. Poorly defined; 16 x 5m N-S.
L H Smith 2005

HP 5825 0080 -- Unst, Winbat -- Farmstead (Norse) (Canmore 283401)
A survey was undertaken of potential Norse farmsteads, in addition to those previously recorded in 1994-95. Structures are rectangular and aligned downslope. HP 5825 0080 Winbat 1. Complex site with many structures exposed, crossed by later dykes; 26 x 4.5m N-S. Extends above dyke, but poorly defined in this area. Side room along E wall. Detached ?byre to W aligned along slope.
L H Smith 2005

HP 5830 0075 -- Unst, Winbat -- Farmstead (Norse) (Canmore 283402)
A survey was undertaken of potential Norse farmsteads, in addition to those previously recorded in 1994-95. Structures are rectangular and aligned downslope. HP 5830 0075 Winbat 3. Three rooms. Upper and lower walls more clearly defined and narrower. Middle room 15m long, only outline of walls remain; 28 x 4.3m E-W.
L H Smith 2005

HP 5835 0042 -- Unst, Upper Clipprigarth -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188703)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building, one partially roofed building, one unroofed structure and four enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii). Three unroofed buildings and four enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001

HP 5835 0069 -- Unst, Sutapund -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188701)
A farmstead comprising three unroofed buildings and one enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii). Two unroofed buildings and one enclosure, all marked by pecked lines, are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001

HP 5851 0037 -- Unst, Lower Clipprigarth -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188705)
A farmstead comprising one partially roofed building, one small roofed building and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii). One unroofed buildingss and two enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001

HP 5857 0011 -- Unst, Tuvvacuddies -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188706)
One unroofed structure and an attached enclosure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973), where they are marked by pecked lines.
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001

HP 5862 0070 -- Unst, Stembelshoull -- Farmstead (Norse) (Canmore 283426)
A survey was undertaken of potential Norse farmsteads, in addition to those previously recorded in 1994-95. Structures are rectangular and aligned downslope. HP 5862 0070 Stembelshoull. 27 x 15m overall NW-SE. Overgrown site with fragmentary walls and enclosure wall attached to S corner encircling site.
L H Smith 2005

HP 5864 0043 -- Unst, Lower Clipprigarth -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188704)
A farmstead comprising one partially roofed L-shaped building and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii). One unroofed building and two enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001

HP 588 007 -- Unst, Uyeasound -- Findspot (20th Century), Bowl (Stone)(Bronze Age) (Canmore 108176)
HP 588 007  Large bowl of igneous rock of the Bronze Age. Found while excavating foundations for house site in 1970s. ARC 1995.321.
T Watt and I Tait 1996.

HP 5880 0070 -- Unst, Rockfield -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188702)
A farmstead comprising one partially roofed L-shaped building and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii).
Two roofed buildings and five enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 6 February 2001.

HP 58 01

HP 5807 0154 -- Unst, Burn Of Scord -- Sheep Shelter (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194804)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 5807 0154  Drystone sheep shelter.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HP 5836 0102 -- Unst, Loch Of Gardie -- Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188699)
Two unroofed structures and a length of head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001

HP 5842 0120 -- Unst, Broomhill -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188697)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building and one roofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii). One unroofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 5862 0113 -- Unst, Broomhill -- Building (Period Unassigned), Field Boundary (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188698)
One unroofed L-shaped building and an attached to a length of field wall are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973), where the field wall is marked by pecked lines.
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001

HP 5886 0101 -- Unst, Uyeasound -- Cairn (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Farmstead (Norse), Mound (Period Unassigned), Standing Stone (Prehistoric) (Canmore 194838)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 5886 0101  Oval, earthen mound and standing stone; ?burial cairn.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000.
A survey was undertaken of potential Norse farmsteads, in addition to those previously recorded in 1994-95. Structures are rectangular and aligned downslope. HP 5888 0100 Gardie. 15 x 10m overall N-S; mound, with smaller mound 50m to S.
L H Smith 2005

HP 58 03

HP 581 030 -- Unst, Loch Of Stourhoull -- Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned), Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188688)
Two enclosures, one of which is incomplete, are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973), where a third enclosure NE of the Burn of Vinstrick and an unroofed structure to the SW are shown.
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001

HP 5830 0379 -- Unst, Crosbister -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188689)
"...a small house..."
Name Book 1881
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001

HP 5884 0391 -- Unst, Hamarberg -- Rock Carving (Period Unassigned), Ting (Viking)(Possible) (Canmore 41)
HP50SE 21 5884 0391.
A boulder bearing ornamentation of a unique character lies about 200yds SE of the township of Gunnister in the Hamarberg district.  It rests on top of a low circular heap of small stones, which has a diameter of about 12', and its greatest dimensions are 6' 4" by 3'3 1/2" by 1'3". Around the margin it has been scalloped in a series of carefully pecked-out or ground-out hollows, which measure, on an average, about 4 3/4" by 3" by 1 3/4".  It would be idle to guess at its significance, but it has been stated that on the bare summit of the rock over its site has held the earliest Law Ting Court in Shetland, afterwards removed to Tingwall (J T Irvine).
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930
At HP 5884 0393, is the sculptured boulder described.

HP 58 04

HP 5839 0408 -- Unst, Knowe Of Scolla -- Cairn (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 35)
HP50SE 16 5839 0408.
HP 5838 0411. A pile of small loose stones adjacent to a slab set on edge protruding 0.1m above the turf.  It could conceivably be a cist slab with excavated cairn material beside it.

HP 5841 0411 -- Unst, Gunnister -- Standing Stone (Prehistoric) (Canmore 30)
HP50SE 11 5841 0411.
(HP 5839 0414) Standing Stone (NR)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
A standing stone showing traces of packing at base, but now not more than 2' 6" high with a width of 2' 11" at base and an average thickness of 11". The major axis lies NW-SE. There is reason to believe that the stone was once considerably higher. To the NW, deeply embedded in the turf lies what is evidently a broken-off portion, rather more than 4' long.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930.
This stone is a roughly rectangular slab with another beside it. It stands within an amorphous green mound, 30.m high, with several earthfast stones protruding, which is situated on a conspicuous crest. Possibly the remains of a cairn, but insufficient detail survives to enable positive identification.

HP 589 046 -- Unst, Trona Dale -- Field System(S) (Period Unassigned), Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188796)
Two fields, one of which is subdivided, are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v).
The fragmentary remains of the field to the S and two unroofed structures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 24 January 2001.

HP 58 05

HP 5826 0511 -- Unst, Houlls Pund -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188799)
An enclosure named Houlls Pund is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 January 2001

HP 58 06

HP 58099 06778 -- Unst, Burn Of Southerhouse -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188814)
An enclosure of two compartments is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 January 2001

HP 58280 06940 -- Unst, Valla Field -- Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188810)
A series of three conjoined enclosures, one of which is incomplete, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 January 2001

HP 58 07

HP 58031 07631 -- Unst, Loch Of Collaster -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330208)
A single roofed building is depicted in this location on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 6" mapping.
Information from NTS (SS) April 2013

HP 58100 07400 -- Unst, Scarpa -- Midden (Iron Age), Roundhouse (Iron Age) (Canmore 108170)
Large house site, several large stones remaining, including a prominent upright with parallel sides. To the S is an associated midden, from where around two dozen potsherds were found in 1995. Iron Age pottery; A61-1995; A62-1995.
T Watt and I Tait, 1996
The roundhouse and midden were visited by the NTS regional archaeologist as part of a wider archaeological survey across NTS properties on Unst and Yell.
Information from NTS (SS) May 2013

HP 58201 07219 -- Unst, Bool -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313122)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 58 08

HP 5895 0860 -- Unst, Burn Of Houllnastroura -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188818)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 January 2001

HP 58 10

HP 58556 10732 -- Unst, Old Verdarett -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330204)
A single unroofed structure is depicted in this location on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 6" mapping.
The simple structure is unusual in its location on a knoll some distance from the nearest fields. The denuded remains appear relatively old, and may only ever have been low: no stone rubble survives in the vicinity, and there do not seem to be any dykes nearby which might have been built from material robbed from Old Verdarett.
Information from NTS (SS) April 2013

HP 58617 10941 -- Unst, Dale Of Woodwick -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 86)
HP51SE 3 5862 1098.
An oval structure measuring c10.0m by c8.0m, reminiscent of a Neolithic/ Bronze Age house, but probably modern.

HP 58 11

HP 58274 11429 -- Unst, Mid Field -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330205)
An unroofed structure is shown in this location on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 6" mapping.
Information from NTS (SS) April 2013

HP 58279 11352 -- Unst, Woodwick, Mid Field -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188755)
One unroofed building and one roofed building  are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii). One unroofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 19 January 2001
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 58312 11650 -- Unst, Woodwick -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Sheepfold (Period Unassigned), Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188754)
A farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings, one of which has an outshot, and three enclosures, one of which is annotated Sheepfold, two unroofed structures (HP 5828 1144) and a head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii). Four unroofed buildings, three enclosures, one unroofed structure and the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 19 January 2001
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 58 12

HP 58180 12336 -- Unst, Heimar Water -- Dyke (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330206)
An orthostatic dyke was observed 200m SW of Heimar Water by the NTS Regional Archaeologist. Running for 45m in a NE-SW alignment, the dyke was once peat covered, and therefore likely to be prehistoric in date.
Information from NTS (SS) April 2013

HP 58503 12450 -- Unst, Heimar Water -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188757)
An enclosure built adjacent to Heimar Water is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 19 January 2001

HP 58 13

HP 58037 13615 -- Unst, North Water -- Mill (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 330207)
The remains of a mill were unexpectedly found near the seaward end of the outflow of North Water during a visit by the NTS Regional Archaeologist. The remains are very dilapidated and perhaps older than the better-built 19th-century examples seen elsewhere on Unst. The nearest settlement is Woodwick, about 2km to the South.
Information from NTS (SS) April 2013

HP 58213 13460 -- Unst, North Water -- Field System (Period Unassigned), Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188758)
One unroofed structure and a field-system are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 19 January 2001

HP 5851 1384 -- Unst, Libbers Hill -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188759)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 19 January 2001

HP 5874 1362 -- Unst, Libbers Hill -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188760)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 19 January 2001

HP 59 00

HP 598 007 -- Unst, Uyeasound Pier -- Pier (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 293794)
HP 598 007 A desk-based study and topographic survey were carried out in response to a proposal to develop Uyeasound Pier. The proposed development will impact upon the hinterland of the existing pier and may also involve an extension to existing quarry at Belmont to provide infill material. No features of interest were found within the proposed development area, although features thought to represent crafting remains, were noted in the wider hinterland.
Sponsor: Shetland Islands Council.
H Moore and G Wilson, 2006.

HP 59 01

HP 59133 01919 -- Unst, Uyeasound -- Planticrub (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194803)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 5911 0192  Rectangular planticrub.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000.
This planticrub is situated in improved pasture 170m SW of Gletna Kirk (HP50SE 5). It measures about 6.5m from NE to SW by 4.5m transversely over rubble walls and still remains in use.

HP 59201 01081 -- Unst, Uyeasound, Greenwell's Booth -- Storehouse (17th Century) (Canmore 62)
For (adjacent) Uyeasound Harbour (HP 592 011), see HP50SE 34.
This building remains roofless and disused. An information board in front of it (to the E) records:
'Greenwells Booth
All that is known thus far, largely extracted from the register of Sasines:
1646  William Bruce of Sumburgh sold William Bruce his "natural" brother a tenement (an area of land) at the south side of Uyeasound "on the west part of the Quoy, commonly called the Dutch Quoy of Sound, separated by a dyke from the lands of Ronan, Gardie and Umboth"
1646-1705  Booth probably constructed
1705  Laurence Bruce of Sumburgh sold to James Scott of Voesgarth, the booth and two yards possessed by the deceased William Bruce, Merchant at Uyeasound, and the booth sometime possessed by Derek Kuning, Merchant in Bremen. (The second booth is probably in the Clivocast area).
1745  Andrew Scott of Grenwell gave his son John a booth at Uyeasound.
1756  'Greenwell Booth' appears as a boundary mark in a land transaction (confirming the reference of 1646).
1826  James Ogilvie had been served as heir to Andrew Scott of Greenwell and [illegible] of the things transferred was a booth at Uyeasound.
1828  William Mouat of Garth bought the booth from James Ogilvie of Stove, who was also known as James Ogilvie of Greenwell.
1856  The booth was leased by Hay & Co. from Captain Thomas Cameron.
1856-1981  Nothing known except one of the walls collapsed and the building fell into a dangerous state of repair.
1930's  The photograph [reproduced on the information board] opposite was taken.
1981  Booth in the ownership of Mr. John Scott of Bressay.
1982  Property donated to the S.I.C. [Shetland Islands Council] by Mr. John Scott.
1985  Emergency repairs undertaken.
1991  Interpretative sign erected by SAT [Shetland Amenity Trust].'

HP 59217 01092 -- Unst, Uyeasound, Pierfront Buildings -- Booth (19th Century), House (19th Century), Shop (19th Century) (Canmore 157434)
Symmetrical, vertically-boarded timber door at ground in centre bay with 4-pane timber fixed-lights in flanking bays. Single loft window centring SW gable. Large timber and corrugated-iron lean-to addition to rear.
These buildings form a pleasing group lining the NE side of harbour with Greenwell's Booth (Historic Scotland)

HP 5927 0105 -- Unst, Uyeasound, Harbour -- Harbour (18th Century) (Canmore 55)
For store (Greenwell's Booth) at HP 5919 0108, see HP50SE 40.
(Location cited as HP 593 011). Harbour, Uyeasound, 18th to 19th century. Formed by a straight pier and an L-plan pier. The former appears to be older, is beautifully built of drystone rubble and has an inset ramp. The latter is of rougher rubble construction. At the landward end are two storehouses, one of them now roofless.
J R Hume 1977.

HP 5930 0104 -- Unst, Uyeasound -- Broch (Iron Age) (Canmore 45)
HP50SE 25 5930 0104.
(HP 5929 0107) Brough (NR) (Site of).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900)
A heap of stones and boulders almost entirely covered by high tide.
Name Book 1878
All that remains are two large broch-like stones protruding from the base of the pier which now overlays the broch. Part of the pier has collapsed, obscuring any trace of the rest.
HP50 8 MUSSELBURGH   ('Uyeasound')
HP/593011.
Site of possible broch  on the shore of Uyea Sound on Unst,  consisting of a "heap of stones and boulders almost entirely covered by high tide";  the site is partly covered by a modern pier [1].
Sources:  OS card  HP50 SE 25:  2.  RCAHMS 1946, vol. 3, no. 1582.

HP 5934 0172 -- Unst, Uyeasound -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194842)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 5934 0172  Horizontal mill.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000.

HP 5940 0122 -- Ayre Of Uyeasound, Unst, Da Dick -- Fish Trap (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 282303)
(Location cited as HP 5940 0122). A fish trap at this location is under investigation by members of the Nautical Archaeology Society (Scotland).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 August 2006.
(Location cited as HP 5940 0122). This fish trap is situated on a dynamic shoreline, which is aligned E-W where a steep stone bank falls into a snady bay. The entire structure lies within the kelp zone.
Reported as `da dik' (the dyke) by local residents, the crescent-shaped structure fronts the entire length of the beach, a comprises a thick line of closely-packed boulders (measuring up to 1,m high and 2m across) set on a sandy seabed. A centrally-positioned gap (possibly a robbing feature) is apparent, but there is no evidence of wattlework or other systematic construction. No artefacts were identified, and no specific date can be suggested, but the depth of the structure may suggest a comparatively early date; a `Celtic' or `Norse' date is envisaged.
In general terms, this structure is considered comparable to the classic crescentiform Welsh gorad, which is commonly considered early. This example is compared with a specific example (cited by Momber) in Caernarfon bay, North wales.
(Methodology detailed: height of tide figures, theodolite [EDM] readings and marine life survey results listed).
NMRS, MS/2757.

HP 59877 01770 -- Unst, Lerquoy -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Stack Stand (Post Medieval) (Canmore 279672)
HP50SE 109  59877 01770.
This site was visited as part of the RCAHMS Scottish Farm Buildings Survey. The farmstead comprises a cottage with a separate double pile outhouse set at right angles to the house. The buildings were derelict on the date of visit.
Information from RCAHMS (ACD) 15 January 2008; NMRS MS2560/342
This farmstead, which is situated in improved pasture, comprises a building standing at the W corner of a subrectangular enclosure. The building measures about 15.5m from NW to SE by 3.5m transversely over rubble walls and contains two compartments. The SE compartment is roofed and remains in use as a cottage, which has a porch protecting its entrance on the SW. Two gabled outshots extend NE from the unroofed NW compartment of the building. The NW one of these is also roofed and remains in use as a shed. Traces of a stack stand are situated about 8m NE of the SE end of the cottage. The building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, Sheet VIII), but it has been heavily altered since.

HP 59888 01623 -- Unst, Middleton -- Building (19th Century) (Canmore 188673)
This building is situated in improved pasture immediately WNW of a sub-rectangular yard that contains a pen in its NE corner (HP50SE 246) and the remains of a possible Norse farmstead in its SSW corner (HP50SE 119). It measures 8m from WNW to ESE by 6m transversely over boulder walls up to 3m thick. There is an entrance on the SSW and a pen in the NW corner. The ESE end-wall is notably thicker than others and contains a recess off-centred SSW.
The building is depicted roofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, Sheet VIII).

HP 59903 01614 -- Unst, Middleton -- Farmstead (Norse) (Canmore 283403)
A survey was undertaken of potential Norse farmsteads, in addition to those previously recorded in 1994-95. Structures are rectangular and aligned downslope.
HP 5990 0160 Middleton. Curved wall on E side; 18m N-S. Incorporated into later enclosure wall next to small ruined crofthouse.
L H Smith 2005.

HP 59978 01571 -- Unst, Dandies -- Mound (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313641)
A large stony mound, probably a clearance cairn, stands on the edge of a patch of unimproved ground 70m W of the new house at Dandies. The mound was overgrown and masked by vegetation on the date of visit and it size and shape were not recorded.

HP 59996 01715 -- Unst, Hoversta -- Clearance Cairn (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313657)
A clearance cairn measuring about 5m in diameter is situated in the S corner of a field 120m SE of Lerquoy (HP50SE 109).

HP 59 02

HP 59232 02059 -- Unst, Gletna Kirk -- Building, Chapel (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 63)
HP50SE 5 5922 0206.
(HP 5922 0208) Gletna Kirk (NR) (In Ruins). Burial Ground (NR).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
The ruin of an old church, supposed to be pre-Reformation, 'repaired at several times and used for penning cattle.'
It is also known as the 'Old Kirk'. 'Glet' meaning 'old'.
A burial ground, considered to be of great antiquity, but now disused, lies on the north side of the building and is enclosed by a decayed stone wall.
Name Book 1878
The remains of an oblong structure measuring externally 61'5" E-W by 24' 5" N-S. The walls, which are about 3' thick, and have been built of large boulders without mortar, are now reduced to their lowest courses. Internally the building has been divided by a transverse partition 3'8" wide, the west compartment being 24' 3" long. An enclosure can be traced on the north.
The National Musueum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) possesses a collection of unglazed pottery from this ruin (PSAS 1876) which may indicate its having been domestic in character.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1876; RCAHMS 1946
It cannot be ascertained whether Gletna Kirk, as described by the RCAHMS, was a kirk, or merely a substantial croft-house, but on the evidence of enclosures attached to the N and S of the building, old field enclosures similar to others in the area, it seems likely that it was a crofthouse. Name still known.
Revised at 1/10,000.
The building is depicted as a ruin on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, Sheet VIII), when the remains of an enclosure, identified at the time as a burial ground, were still to be seen immediately to the N.

HP 59495 02356 -- Unst, Burn Of Breimires -- Sheepfold (19th Century) (Canmore 188694)
This sheepfold is situated in rough peaty moorland 120m NE of Brecka Water. It is funnel-shaped on plan and measures about 18m from WNW to ESE by 15m transversely over rubble walls. It is divided into two parts by a wall extending across the funnel from N to S, which is broken by a central entrance. The fold is depicted as a simple rectangular structure on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Unst 1882, Sheet VIII).

HP 5951 0250 -- Unst, Burn Of Breimires -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188693)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001

HP 59696 02013 -- Unst, Dam Loch -- Planticrub(S) (19th Century) (Canmore 188695)
Two ruined planticrubs are situated on a natural mound in rough peaty moorland 120m NNW of the head dyke N of Uyeasound. The more westerly (HP 59692 02014) measures about 5m square over collapsing rubble walls up to eight courses high, while the more easterly (HP 59700 02012) measures about 3m square over walls surviving up to ten courses high. The two planticrubs are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, Sheet VIII).

HP 59 04

HP 59397 04802 -- Unst, Loch Of Watlee -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 69479)
HP50SE 41 5939 0480.
See Architecture.
This horizontal mill straddles a lade (HP50SE 137) which has been taken off the W side of an unnamed burn that flows towards the Burn of Watlee from the NE. The building measures about 3.5m from N to S by 3m transversely over low rubble walls and the lade re-joins the burn about 5m to the W.
The mill is depicted unroofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, Sheet V).

HP 59414 04807 -- Unst, Burn Of Watlee -- Lade (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330245)
A mill lade, presumably relating to the Horizontal Mill (HP50SE 41) was noted during a field visit by the NTS regional archaeologist.
Information from NTS (SS) May 2013

HP 59421 04807 -- Unst, Burn Of Watlee -- Kiln (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 330244)
What may be the grass-grown remains of a kiln are terraced into rising ground 30m NE of the Burn of Watlee. The flue faces down the slope.

HP 59 05

HP 5915 0595 -- Unst, Loch Of Watlee -- Stone Setting (Neol/bronze Age) (Canmore 194774)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 5915 0595  Large numbers of scattered earthfast stones.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HP 5919 0593 -- Unst, Loch Of Watlee -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Planticrub (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194776)
HP50NE 56 5919 0593 and 5928 0595
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 5928 0595  Planticrub.
HP 5919 0593  Enclosure constructed from massive rocks.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HP 5924 0583 -- Unst, Loch Of Watlee -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 69472)
HP50NE 12  5924 0583.
Mill (NAT)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 1st ed.,(1882), sheet v.
Only a pile of stones remains; in it can be seen the under-house.

HP 5925 0583 -- Unst, Loch Of Watlee -- Souterrain (Prehistoric) (Canmore 17)
HP50NE 9 5925 0583.
At HP 5923 0585, the remains of an earth-house are exposed in old peat diggings (information from R Niven-Spence, Uyeasound). They consist of a dry-stone passage, about 3.0m in length and 1.1m in width, covered by large lintel stones.

HP 59609 05214 -- Unst, Watlee -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned), House (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 129794)
This building is terraced into the rising ground on the SW side of a rectilinear enclosure about 180m NW of the A968 public road. It measures 14.4m from WNW to ESE by 3.6m within a wall reduced to a boulder-faced grass-grown bank 1.3m thick and 0.5m high. The interior reveals a break of slope 7.1m from the ESE end, while the WNW end is slightly dished. The building is depicted unroofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, Sheet V).

HP 59616 05259 -- Unst, Watlee -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330246)
A semi-circular stone structure was noted during a visit by the NTS regional archaeologist.
Information from NTS (SS) May 2013

HP 59682 05348 -- Unst, Watlee -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330247)
This farmstead stands in improved pasture on the SW side of a polygonal enclosure 125m SE of the Loch of Watlee. The dwelling measures about 10.5m from NNE to SSW by 5m transversely over clay-bonded rubble walls standing to wall-head height. A doorway giving out onto an outshot on the WNW is flanked by windows and there is a fireplace in the SSW end. Another doorway provides access to an outshot on the SSE, which is linked with a further outshot on the SSW. This is also accessed by a doorway immediately SSW of the SE corner of the dwelling. A further outshot extends SSE from the SSW end of this outshot.
The only structures depicted roofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map are the dwelling, the last mentioned outshot and two buildings on the ESE which are attached to the exterior of the enclosure (Shetland 1882, Sheet V). In addition there is a well shown outside the enclosure roughly 12m SW of its SE corner. All the buildings are shown unroofed on the 2nd edition of the map (1902, Sheet V).

HP 59721 05073 -- Unst, Watlee -- Chambered Cairn (Neolithic), Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 7)
HP50NE 1 5971 0507.
(HP 5971 0509) Cairn (OE).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
Watlee: A possibly chambered round cairn, greatly robbed, partly for the ruined enclosure against its north side. The site is now turf-covered except for the considerable number of large slabs lying about. Among these there can be traced a kerb with a diameter of 31' to 33', the stones, generally hardly protruding above the turf and the highest exposed for 1'6". In the centre of the cairn is an arc formed of four angular blocks a little over 1' high and set with their straight faces inwards. These stones suggest the foundation course of the east half of a small circular chamber, with a diameter of about 6'. Two larger stones, 1'6" and 2'9" high, one lying inside the arc and the other to the west of it, do not appear to belong to this plan and maybe displaced though they appear to be earthfast.
A S Henshall 1963
Cairn as described and planned by Henshall.
This cairn remains as described by Henshall, but the enclosure to the NE measures about 8m from NNW to SSE by 5m transversely within a boulder wall that has been severely robbed on the SE.
The cairn is shown on both the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882 and 1902, Sheet V)

HP 5986 0567 -- Unst, Watlee -- Cottage (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188876)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building, one roofed building, one enclosure and a length of enclosure wall, and a separate unroofed building lying approximately 110m to the W are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v). Two unroofed buildings and one incomplete enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 31 January 2001
This farmstead is situated in improved pasture on the NW side of a trapezoidal enclosure 120m SE of the Loch of Watlee. It measures about 10m from NNE to SSW by 4.5m over clay-bonded rubble walls that still stand in places to wall-head height. There is a central door flanked by windows looking out on to a narrow terrace on the WNW, while a drain runs along the back of the building. An outshot at the NNE end is entered by an external doorway and a second longer outshot has been constructed against its WNW wall.
All the noted structures are depicted roofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, Sheet V), but unroofed on the 2nd edition of the map (1902, Sheet V).

HP 59957 05468 -- Unst, Watlee -- Quarry (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330248)
This disused quarry is situated in improved pasture about 60m NW of the A968 public road. It is open to the NNE, its exposed face measures about 15m from WNW to ESE and the floor is littered with grass-grown stony debris. Immediately to the E and S of the quarry are several narrow linear test cuttings which have been dug on a NW and SE orientation.
The quarry is annotated ‘Chromate Quarry' on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, Sheet V); it is annotated ‘Disused' on the 2nd edition of the map (1902, Sheet V).

HP 59 06

HP 5923 0631 -- Unst, Knowe Of Setter -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188875)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 31 January 2001

HP 5935 0629 -- Unst, Knowe Of Setter -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188873)
A farmstead comprising one partially roofed T-shaped building and an attached enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v). One unroofed building and the fragmentary remains of an enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 31 January 2001

HP 594 066 -- Unst, Burn Of Caldback -- Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned), Field Boundary(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188874)
Two conjoined enclosures and two attached lengths of field wall are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 31 January 2001.

HP 5941 0601 -- Unst, Loch Of Watlee -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194775)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 5941 0601  Remains of crofting out-building.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HP 5950 0647 -- Unst, Knowe Of Setter -- Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188872)
Two unroofed structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 31 January 2001

HP 5966 0639 -- Unst, Black Loch -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188871)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 31 January 2001

HP 5998 0689 -- Unst, Burn Of Caldback -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188877)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 1 February 2001.

HP 59 07

HP 5942 0717 -- Unst, White Hagmark -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188870)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 31 January 2001

HP 5990 0768 -- Unst, Cathoull -- Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188820)
One unroofed building and one enclosure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v). One unroofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 January 2001

HP 5996 0778 -- Unst, Burn Of Mailand -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188869)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 31 January 2001.

HP 59 08

HP 5971 0854 -- Unst, Burn Of Houllnastoura -- Planticrub (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194772)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 5971 0854  Turf planticrub.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HP 59 09

HP 590 090 -- Unst, Burn Of Scrovnagill -- Clearance Cairn (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 243304)
The Shetland's Past Project was begun in spring 2001 (DES 2001, 83-5). The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. Thanks to the enthusiasm and dedication of those participating groups, funding has now been secured to consolidate and expand this project. Below is a sample of just some of the sites discovered and recorded in the last six months.
HP 590 090	?Clearance cairn.
Report deposited in Shetland SMR.
Sponsor: Shetland Amenity Trust
Unst History Group, O Cambridge 2002

HP 598 094 -- Unst, West Scrafield -- Souterrain (Prehistoric) (Canmore 8)
An earth-house was discovered many years before 1930 at West Scrafield (HP 598 094), in a field about 300yds SW of the ruined church of Balliasta (HP 602 096). It was immediately filled in. The passage, which is said to have been lintelled lay at a considerable depth. The only object found was a broken pot of black ware which was not disturbed.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930.
No further information.

HP 5988 0953 -- Unst, West Scrafield -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188822)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 January 2001

HP 5995 0960 -- Unst, Cathoull -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188821)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building, one roofed building and two enclosures, one of which is incomplete, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v). One unroofed building and two incomplete enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 January 2001

HP 59 10

HP 59337 10299 -- Unst, Houlland -- Byre (Period Unassigned), Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned), Field System(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 330203)
Only a byre now marks the site of the un-named settlement above Hargal Burn, about 400m SW of Houlland, but very extensive fields and possible structural remains survive as earthworks. Strip fields to the West of the byre extend down to the burn, and may still have structural remains at the top of the strips.
Information from NTS (SS) April 2013

HP 59399 10218 -- Unst, Hargal Burn -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330202)
This large, round-ended building with an internal division was noted about 150m east of the byre (and has previously been suggested as potentially medieval or even Norse). No structures are shown in this area on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 6" mapping.
Information from NTS (SS) April 2013

HP 59597 10300 -- Unst, Baliasta -- Broch (Iron Age)(Possible), Sheepfold (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 85)
HP51SE 2 596 103.
Listed among 'Sites reputed to be brochs, but with no convincing remains of any period other than modern.
N Fojut 1985.
HP51 1   BALIASTA 1
HP/596103
Possible broch on Unst.
Sources:   none yet. OS card?
E W MacKie 2002

HP 59660 10482 -- Unst, Houlland -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Pony Pund (19-20th Century) (Canmore 163866)
HP51SE 4  59652 10464.
The stone-walled farmhouse and steading with attached courtyard have been recorded on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 2003).  There are fragmentary earthworks of what may be an earlier enclosure aligned NE and SW.
Information from RCAHMS (MMB) 2 February 2004
This site was visited as part of the RCAHMS Scottish Farm Buildings Survey. The farmstead comprises a farmhouse with a separate outbuilding to the S. The outbuilding consists of a 3-stall stable and 6-stall byre plus long barn with loft, cart shed and general store. There is an open courtyard and enclosed pony pund attached to the N side of the barn. The farm was in good condition and occupied on the date of visit.
Information from RCAHMS (ACD) 14 January 2008; NMRS MS2560/339

HP 5971 1023 -- Unst, Gardie -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188823)
A farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings, one of which is L-shaped, one roofed building and one enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v). One unroofed building, one roofed building and two enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 January 2001

HP 59 11

HP 5969 1177 -- Unst, Lee Of Petester -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188750)
A farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings, one partially roofed long building and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii). Three unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 18 January 2001
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 59693 11451 -- Unst, Loch Of Cliff -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188749)
A farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings and one enclosure, and one unroofed structure lying approximately 120m to the NE are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii). One unroofed building, one roofed building, one enclosure and three unroofed structures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 18 January 2001.
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 59856 11074 -- Unst, Loch Of Cliff -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188748)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 18 January 2001.

HP 59 12

HP 5935 1235 -- Unst, Petester -- Croft (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188753)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed long building and one roofed building with an attached enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii). One unroofed building and one enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 18 January 2001
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 5945 1217 -- Unst, Petester -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313117)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 5946 1205 -- Unst, Petester -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313099)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 5951 1214 -- Unst, Petester -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313118)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 5957 1218 -- Unst, Petester -- Croft (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188752)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building of three compartments, one partially roofed building, one roofed building, one unroofed structure and six enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii). Two unroofed buildings, one roofed building and four enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 18 January 2001
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 5960 1243 -- Unst, Petester -- Croft (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 270984)
An unroofed stone-walled building and another building with an enclosure attached have been recorded on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 2003) on sloping ground overlooking the Loch of Cliff.  The building was roofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii) and on the 2nd edition of the same map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1900, sheet ii).
Information from RCAHMS (MMB) 27 January 2004

HP 5961 1229 -- Unst, Petester -- Croft(S) (Period Unassigned), Field System (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 270987)
A complex field system, consisting of a series of narrow roughly rectangular enclosures lying parallel to each other across steeply sloping ground on both sides of an unnamed stream running into the Loch of Cliff, has been recorded on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 2003). The plots are defined by banks and terraces created by cultivation.  A series of rectilinear fields bounded by stone dykes are depicted on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1900, sheet ii) but are not shown on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii).
Information from RCAHMS (MMB) 27 January 2004

HP 5974 1237 -- Unst, Petester -- Croft (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 270983)
One roofed stone-walled single-storey building and two unroofed buildings have been recorded on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 2003) on sloping ground overlooking the Loch of Cliff.  All the buildings were roofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii) and on the 2nd edition of the same map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1900, sheet ii).
Information from RCAHMS (MMB) 27 January 2004

HP 5978 1206 -- Unst, Petester -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188751)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed L-shaped building of three compartments and an attached enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii). One small unroofed building and an attached incomplete enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 18 January 2001

HP 5985 1219 -- Unst, Petester -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 270986)
A stone-walled enclosure has been recorded on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 2003) to the S of an unnamed burn, on sloping ground overlooking the Loch of Cliff.  The enclosure is depicted as two-celled on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii).
Information from RCAHMS (MMB) 27 January 2004

HP 5987 1225 -- Unst, Petester -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 270985)
A stone-walled, two-celled enclosure has been recorded on oblique aerial photography (RCAHMSAP 2003) on the N bank of an unnamed burn, on sloping ground overlooking the Loch of Cliff.  The enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii).
Information from RCAHMS (MMB) 27 January 2004

HP 59 15

HP 5940 1505 -- Unst, Mill Fiel -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188761)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 19 January 2001

HP 6 0

HP 6 0 -- Unst -- Findspot (20th Century), Club (Weapon), Dish, Hammerstone, Vessel(S) (Canmore 102)
HP60NW 3 6 0.
The following were found in Unst by Mr A T Cluness, Ross-park, Uyeasound.  Fragments of four steatite vessels, (ARC 65516), fragment of steatite dish (ARC 65515), handled club (ARC 65514), hammerstone or pounder (ARC 65512).
Shetland Museum accessions register.
Mr A Cluness is now deceased. No further information.

HP 6 0 -- Unst -- Grave (Viking) (Canmore 92)
HP60NW 1 6 0.
A 9th century bronze tortoise brooch (Rygh type 647) a small circular bronze box, and a small oval button of serpentine, all found in a grave at Unst in 1861, were acquired by the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1893.
S Grieg 1940; A O Curle, M Olsen and H Shetelig 1954

HP 6 0 -- Unst -- Beaker (Canmore 99)
HP60NW 16   Unlocated
Fragments of a beaker (of Clarke's N/NR type?) from Unst were purchased for the Royal Museum of Scotland (RMS, formerly the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS]) in 1886 (Accession no: EG 33).  (Unst parish name centred HP 612 083).
NMAS 1892; D L Clarke 1970.

HP 6 1

HP 6 1 -- Unst, Haroldswick, Wind Pump -- Wind Pump (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 217043)

HP 6 1 -- Unst General -- General View (Canmore 268826)

HP 60 00

Finds: Axehead (Stone) (HP 602 007)
HP 6009 0047 -- Unst, Clivocast -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188672)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001

HP 6042 0053 -- Unst, Lee Of Clivocast -- Cremation (Period Unassigned), Inhumation (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Armour (Canmore 139)
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.

HP 6044 0055 -- Unst, Clivocast -- Standing Stone (Prehistoric) (Canmore 138)
HP60SW 6 6044 0055.
(HP 6043 0058) Standing Stone (OE).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900)
A standing stone, pyramidical in shape which has a girth of 6'4", and 3'2" high. It is packed at base with small stones.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930
The stone is said to be associated with the tumulus site (HP60SW 7) to the SW which is alleged to be the burial place of a Viking.
Name Book 1878
A standing stone as described.
Revised at 25".

HP 6044 0055 -- Unst, Clivocast -- Standing Stone (Prehistoric) (Canmore 138)
HP60SW 6 6044 0055.
(HP 6043 0058) Standing Stone (OE).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900)
A standing stone, pyramidical in shape which has a girth of 6'4", and 3'2" high. It is packed at base with small stones.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930
The stone is said to be associated with the tumulus site (HP60SW 7) to the SW which is alleged to be the burial place of a Viking.
Name Book 1878
A standing stone as described.
Revised at 25".

HP 6061 0071 -- Unst, Uyea Breck -- Standing Stone (Prehistoric) (Canmore 137)
HP60SW 5 6061 0071.
(HP 6058 0074) Standing Stone (OE)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900)
A fine monolith of schist, leaning towards the NE. It rises to a height of 9'10" over the packing of small stones at the base, where it is 2'10" wide by 1'2 1/2" thick, the broader faces aligned almost N-S.
RCAHMS 1946 (visited 1930).
This stone is said to mark the spot where the son of the Viking Harold Harfager was killed about 900AD.  He is said to have been buried in the tumulus to the SW (HP60SW 7).
Name Book 1878
As described.
Most of the is land's standing stones are squat boulders, but this is a slender monolith of schist, 3m high, set on a slope overlooking Skuda aound and the island of Uyea.
Schist was a good medium for tall stones, and there is another, 2.3m high, known as the Ripple Stone, on Fetlar (HU 627905).
Information from ‘Exploring Scotland's Heritage: Shetland', (1997).

HP 60 01

HP 60013 01910 -- Unst, Hoversta -- Quarry (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313712)
This quarry, situated about 110m WNW of Hoversta, is one of a number along the N verge of the road that leads E to Mailand farmsteading. Roughly oval on plan, it measures about 10.5m from ENE to WSW by 8m transversely and up to 1.2m in depth on the ENE. The quarry is not depicted on either the 1st or 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882 & 1902, sheet viii), but nor is the adjacent farm road and it is very likely that the former was opened to supply material for the construction and maintenance of the latter.

HP 60039 01664 -- Unst, Hoversta -- Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313640)
At least seven heaps of field cleared stones, none very large, lie scattered across an area of pasture about 240m SW of Hoversta (HP60SW 54).

HP 60050 01054 -- Unst, Tower Hill -- Quarry (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313607)
This disused quarry is one of three on a rocky knoll known as Tower Hill (see also HP60SW 181 & 182). Roughly oval on plan and open to the public road on the NW, it measures at least 9.5m from NW to SE by 6.5m transversely.

HP 60057 01757 -- Unst, Hoversta -- Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Norse)(Possible), Quarry (Period Unassigned), Unidentified Pottery (Iron Age) (Canmore 115)
HP60SW 15 6005 0175.
Sherds from Hoversta, Uyeasound, were donated to the NMAS by A H Priest, Hoversta.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1961
Mr Priest indicated where he found the sherds, at HP 6004 0178, whilst digging into a turf-covered, disturbed area of ground c.30.0m N to S by c.32.0m transversely. It is raised c.1.0m above the surrounding area and a number of large stones protrude from the turf, but form no recognisable pattern.  There is obviously an artificial structure here but its nature is impossible to determine.
The sherds can be classified as IA period - possibly pre-broch and comparable with Jarlshof.
Information from A S Henshall, National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS), 1969.
A survey was undertaken of potential Norse farmsteads, in addition to those previously recorded in 1994-95. Structures are rectangular and aligned downslope. HP 6007 0175 Hoversta. Complex mound with wall remains in SE corner; 25 x 15m overall N-S. Small later structure built on upper end.
L H Smith 2005
What appear to be the remains of a subrectangular building are set end-on into the SW face of a low rise some 165m SW of Hoversta (HP60SW 54). The building, which is situated immediately SW of a later building and planticrub (HP60SW 55), is aligned NE and SW, and has been heavily robbed, surviving best on the SE where a 2m length of coursed outer face is still visible. Some edge-set facing-stones also remain at the SW end, and an orthostat stands on the line of the wall towards the NE end of the NW side, roughly coincidental with where there appears to be a subdivision in the building. An irregular shaped enclosure is attached to the SE side of the building. In addition, there are several quarry scoops on the low rise to the NW, another larger one to the SW (HP 60031 01740) and a row of three clearance cairns immediately S.

HP 60057 01767 -- Unst, Hoversta -- Building (Period Unassigned), Planticrub (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188671)
One unroofed building of two compartments is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973), where only three walls are shown.
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001
A planticrub stands in a field of rough pasture about 110m SW of Hoversta farmsteading (HP60SW 54). Rectangular on plan with a possible entrance in its SE end, it measures about 5m in length by 4.5m over a ruinous drystone wall. It overlies the NW end of a two-compartment building, the SE end of which has been reduced to barely perceptible footings. The relationship between this building and the building and enclosure (HP60SW 15) immediately S is not known.
This building is depicted unroofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, sheet viii), but the 2nd edition of the map (1902, sheet viii) shows only the planticrub.

HP 60060 01089 -- Unst, Uyeasound Church And War Memorial -- Church (Period Unassigned), War Memorial (20th Century) (Canmore 163875)
Uyeasound Church [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1973.
A data upgrade project to record war memorials.

HP 60066 01026 -- Unst, Tower Hill -- Quarry (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313608)
This disused quarry is one of three on a rocky knoll known as Tower Hill (see also HP60SW 180 & 182).  Situated on the SE flank of the knoll, it is subsquare on plan, measuring about 10.5m from NW to SE by a similar distance transversely.

HP 60068 01981 -- Unst, Hoversta -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313713)
A roughly circular enclosure, measuring no more than 5m in diameter within a wall reduced to grass-grown boulder footings, is situated on flat boggy ground 160m NW of Hoversta (HP60SW 54). Some of the boulders in the wall have been revealed by peat-cutting, while the tips of another two on the N arc protrude through a peat baulk. There is a gap on the SE. There is no demonstrable relationship between the enclosure and the field-system (comprising irregularly sized and shaped areas defined by stony banks) in which it lies.

HP 60073 01037 -- Unst, Tower Hill -- Quarry (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313609)
This disused quarry is one of three on a rocky knoll known as Tower Hill (see also HP60SW 180 & 181). Situated on the E flank and open to the public road on that side, it is irregular on plan, measuring at least 13m from NW to SE by about 8m transversely.

HP 60085 01957 -- Unst, Hoversta -- Mound (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313714)
An oval, grass-grown stony mound, measuring up to 5.5m across, stands in a pasture field about 135m to the NW of Hoversta (HP60SW 54). It is unclear whether it is natural or man-made.

HP 60095 01526 -- Unst, Dandies -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313642)
Now abandoned and roofless, this farmstead comprises a cottage, an adjoining building to its rear (NE) side, both standing on the SW side of a stone-walled enclosure, and  a second enclosure immediately downslope to the S. The cottage has a central doorway and flanking windows in its SW face, the door once protected by a porch that has been removed leaving only its concrete floor and scarring on the face of the cottage. There are chimneys in either gable, with the fireplace in the kitchen in the SE end having been replaced by a freestanding cast iron range. There is a window in the NW end, offset to the NE, and a window and a doorway in the NE side, the latter providing access to the adjoining building. At some stage, the walls of the cottage have been raised to accommodate an upper, attic floor, and a fireplace at this level is situated in the NW gable, offset to the NE. The adjoining building has a central window in its NE side with doorways at either end against the cottage wall. These provided access into outshots: that at the SE end containing two compartments, now largely ruinous; that at the NW end surviving only as a rectangular platform. A concrete walled enclosure that abuts the SE gable of the cottage preserves the outline of what was probably an outshot.
The cottage has been replaced as a habitation by a new bungalow built a short distance uphill to the NW. As depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetrland 1882, sheet viii), the farmstead comprised only a single roofed building standing at the N end of a small area of cultivated ground. By the end of the 19th century, however, when the revision for the 2nd edition of the map was undertaken (1902, sheet viii) the two conjoined buildings and the two large enclosures had been constructed.

HP 60102 01919 -- Unst, Hoversta -- Quarry (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313715)
This quarry, situated immediately NW of Hoversta, is one of a number along the N verge of the road that leads E to Mailand farmsteading. Irregular on plan and open to the WNW, the quarry measures about 8m from NNE to SSW by 7m transversely and 1m in depth. It is not depicted on either the 1st or 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882 & 1902, sheet viii), but nor is the adjacent farm road and it is very likely that the former was opened to supply material for the construction and maintenance of the latter.

HP 60105 01822 -- Unst, Hoversta -- Clearance Cairn (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313684)
A heap of field-cleared stones, measuring no more than 1.5m in diameter, is situated in a pasture field some 90m to the WSW of Hoversta (HP60SW 54).

HP 60129 01474 -- Unst, Dandies -- Quarry (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313643)
This shallow, grass-grown, quarry is situated in a field of pasture 50m SE the old farmhouse at Dandies (HP60SW 192). It measures approximately 6m from WNW to ESE by 4m transversely and is open to the WNW.

HP 60163 01736 -- Unst, Hoversta -- Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Planticrub (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313683)
This planticrub, which stands in pasture 120m to the SSW of Hoversta (HP60SW 54), measures 4m square over a ruinous drystone wall. Two heaps of field-cleared stones can be seen lying close together 25m to the WSW (HP 60126 01726 and HP 60133 01730).

HP 60182 01818 -- Unst, Hoversta -- Building (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Norse)(Possible), Mound (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313685)
The remains of at least two subrectangular buildings, both reduced to grass-grown footings, and a large stony mound are situated amongst stone litter at the top of a pasture field immediately SW of Hoversta farmsteading (HP60SW 54). The first building, which has been set end-on into the slope on the NE, contains two compartments, the upper one with a break in its NW side that provides access into what appears to be an adjoining parallel building. This building is as long as its neighbour but much narrower. The remains of another building, again surviving only as footings, are situated immediately upslope. It is orientated NW and SE and whilst the NW end is preserved, the opposite end is less well preserved and the overall length of the structure, which is probably at least 12m, is unknown. The NE side of the building is overlain by the edge of a grass-grown mound of stone and ash measuring about 7m in diameter.

HP 60188 01860 -- Unst, Hoversta -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188670)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed L-shaped building, one roofed building, two unroofed structures and three enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii). Two roofed buildings and one incomplete enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001
This farmstead was not recorded in detail on the date of visit, but a cursory examination has shown that the principal range depicted on the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882 & 1902, sheet viii) still stands and is now in use as a store. Other parts of the steading, including a building that is described elsewhere (see HP60SW 201), either survive in heavily modified form or have been removed.

HP 60217 01894 -- Unst, Hoversta -- Quarry (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313716)
This quarry, situated at Hoversta, is one of a number along the N verge of the road that leads E to Mailand farmsteading. Roughly triangular on plan and open to the SSW, it measures about 10m across the mouth and narrows to 2m at the rear, some 10m from the road. It is now no more than 0.8m in depth. The quarry is not depicted on either the 1st or 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882 & 1902, sheet viii), but nor is the adjacent farm road and it is very likely that the former was opened to supply material for the construction and maintenance of the latter.

HP 60219 01460 -- Unst, Dandies -- Quarry (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313644)
This small grass-grown quarry is situated in a stony pasture field 130m ESE of the old farmhouse at Dandies (HP60SW 192). It measures no more than 2m across.

HP 60224 01829 -- Unst, Hoversta -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313686)
This abandoned farmstead comprises a cottage, orientated NW and SE and still roofed, a principal outshot adjoining its NW end that has subsidiary outshots attached to its NE and SW sides, and a U-shaped structure, reduced to footings, situated on a low rise a short distance to the SE (HP 60231 01819). The cottage is of random rubble construction with a central doorway and flanking windows on the SW. The doorway has a porch of shuttered concrete. The principal outshot, which is roofless, has a doorway in its SW side, adjacent to the NW gable of the cottage. The two subsidiary outshots, which are also roofless, each has an entrance in its SE side.
An unroofed L-shaped building is depicted here on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, sheet viii). By the beginning of the 20th century, however, the present cottage, together with its principal outshot is shown roofed on the 2nd edition of the map (1902, sheet viii) and it is possible that they represent a completely new build since 1882. The subsidiary outshots were added later.

HP 60253 01464 -- Unst, Dandies -- Quarry (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313645)
This grass-grown quarry is situated in stony pasture some 160m ESE of the old farmhouse at Dandies (HP60SW 192). Possibly opened to provide stone for the wall that passes close to its E side, the quarry measures at least 11.5m from NNE to SSW by 8m transversely.

HP 60276 01544 -- Unst, Dandies -- Quarry (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313646)
This grass-grown quarry, which comprises two shallow conjoined pits, is situated in rough pasture 160m ENE of the old farmhouse at Dandies (HP60SW 192). Roughly oval on plan, it measures 13.7m from E to W by up to 5.4m transversely.

HP 60295 01455 -- Unst, Too Burn -- Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313632)
Two small piles of field-cleared stones stand on either side of a modern fence that separates two fields of improved pasture 200m ESE of Dandies farmsteading (HP60SW 192).

HP 60298 01139 -- Unst, Murrister -- Mound(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313610)
Three peaty mounds are situated amongst drainage channels in a wet boggy field some 230m to the ENE of Uyeasound Church (HP60SW 35). They may be natural in origin.

HP 60319 01999 -- Unst, Hoversta -- Shooting Stand (Modern) (Canmore 313721)
This shooting stand or butt is one of a row of four (see also HP60SW 210 & 212-13) which has been built on the line of a stony field bank in a field of rough pasture about 190m NE of Hoversta (HP60SW 54). L-shaped on plan and open to the NE and SE, the butt comprises a low rubble wall measuring no more that 1.7m in length on either its SW or NW sides.

HP 60332 01867 -- Unst, Hoversta -- Quarry (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313717)
This quarry, which was situated about 110m E of Hoversta and was one of a number along the N verge of the road that leads E to Mailand farmsteading, has been destroyed by recent development. Visible on vertical aerial photography, it was roughly oval on plan and measured no more than 10m from WNW to ESE by 5m transversely. The quarry is not depicted on either the 1st or 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882 & 1902, sheet viii), but nor is the adjacent farm road and it is very likely that the former was opened to supply material for the construction and maintenance of the latter.

HP 60332 01993 -- Unst, Hoversta -- Shooting Stand (Modern) (Canmore 313722)
This shooting stand or butt is one of a row of four (see also HP60SW 210-11 & 213) which has been built on the line of a stony field bank in a field of rough pasture about 190m NE of Hoversta (HP60SW 54). L-shaped on plan and open to the N and E, the butt comprises a low rubble wall measuring no more that 1.5m in length on either its S or W sides.

HP 60346 01236 -- Unst, Murrister -- Mound (Period Unassigned), Peat Stand (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 313617)
This grass-grown mound, possibly a peat stand, is situated in wet, boggy ground 310m NE of Uyeasound Church (HP60SW 35). Subrectangular on plan, it measures about 4m from NW to SE by 2.6m transversely over a slightly dished interior. There are several old peat cuttings close-by.

HP 60362 01864 -- Unst, Hoversta -- Quarry (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313718)

HP 60369 01984 -- Unst, Hoversta -- Shooting Stand (Modern) (Canmore 313723)
This shooting stand or butt is the easternmost of a row of four (see also HP60SW 210-12) which has been built on the line of a stony field bank in a field of rough pasture about 190m NE of Hoversta (HP60SW 54). L-shaped on plan and open to the N and E, the butt comprises a low rubble wall measuring no more that 1.9m in length on either its S or W sides.

HP 60371 01566 -- Unst, Mailand -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313926)
What may be the remains of an oval enclosure are situated in improved pasture 240m SW of the farmhouse at Mailand. Largely defined by intermittent boulders, but probably open on the SE, the enclosure measures no more than 11m across internally and its bank on the W overlies the line of an earlier field wall.

HP 60379 01502 -- Unst, Too Burn -- Planticrub (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194849)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 6038 0150  Planticrub.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000
This polygonal planticrub, which stands in an area of rough pasture 300m SSW of the farmhouse at Mailand, measures up to 5.6m across a drystone wall of large boulders and rubble. It may have a blocked entrance on its lower (SW) side, where the planticrub appears to overlie the line of wall that has been reduced to a stony bank.

HP 60392 01743 -- Unst, Mailand -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313733)
This small, roofless two-compartment building is situated in a field of pasture 110m WSW of the farmhouse at Mailand. Rectangular on plan, it measures about 6.3m from E to W by 3.1m transversely over a drystone wall that generally survives to wall-head level and two shallow gables. There appears to have been an entrance into both compartments on the S, but that into the E compartment has been partly blocked to form a window and that into the W compartment has collapsed. The partition wall is formed by two large boulders; the footings of an outshot extend from the E end.

HP 60398 01618 -- Unst, Mailand -- Quarry (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313939)
A small U-shaped quarry, open to the S, has been dug into the slope of an improved pasture field 190m SW of the farmhouse at Mailand. It is situated adjacent to a ruinous field wall for which it may have provided stone.

HP 60406 01854 -- Unst, Mailand -- Quarry (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313719)
This quarry, situated about 110m WNW of the farmhouse at Mailand is one of a number along the N verge of the road that leads to the steading from the W. Roughly oval on plan and open to the S, it measures about 9.5m from N to S by 8.5m transversely and no more than 0.5m in depth. The quarry is not depicted on either the 1st or 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882 & 1902, sheet viii), but nor is the adjacent farm road and it is very likely that the former was opened to supply material for the construction and maintenance of the latter.

HP 60413 01783 -- Unst, Mailand -- Mound (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313732)
This low, grass-grown mound, which measures up to 6.5m in diameter and is situated in a field of pasture immediately W of Mailand, appears to be a dump of modern debris.

HP 60422 01984 -- Unst, Hoversta -- Quarry (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313724)
This small, grass-grown, quarry is situated in a field of pasture 260m NE of Hoversta farmsteading (HP60SW 54). It measures no more than about 4.5m in diameter.

HP 60434 01716 -- Unst, Mailand -- Quarry (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313735)
This small, grass-grown, quarry is situated in a field of pasture 90m SW of the farmhouse at Mailand. It has been dug into a gentle SE-facing slope and measures no more than 4m across.

HP 60449 01537 -- Unst, Mailand -- Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Planticrub(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313940)
This ruinous planticrub, measuring no more than 4m square, stands 250m SSW of the farmhouse at Mailand, on the leading edge of a terrace in a field of improved pasture. This terrace coincides with the boundary of an area of improved ground depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, sheet viii), though the planticrub itself is not shown.

HP 60460 01648 -- Unst, Mailand -- Building (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Enclosure (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Planticrub (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 313949)
Nothing is now visible of what was either an unroofed building or a small enclosure, possibly even a planticrub, which is depicted about 140m SSW of the farmhouse at Mailand on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, sheet viii).

HP 60472 01693 -- Unst, Mailand -- Quarry (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313736)
This grass-grown quarry is situated in a field of pasture 85m SSW of the farmhouse at Mailand, where it has been dug into a gentle S-facing slope. Oval on plan, but open to the SSE, it measures about 5.4m from ENE to WSW by 3.2m transversely.

HP 60477 01675 -- Unst, Mailand -- Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313737)
Two small heaps of field cleared stones, 12m apart, are situated in a pasture field about 100m SSW of the farmhouse at Mailand.

HP 60480 01605 -- Unst, Mailand -- Planticrub (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 314252)
What was almost certainly a planticrub is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, sheet viii) 170m SSW of the farmhouse at Mailand. Nothing is now visible of it, but its original position may, in part, be indicated by a kink in the line of the later field wall.

HP 60486 01466 -- Unst, Too Burn -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313956)
The grass-grown footings of a small rectangular structure overlie the line of a ruinous field bank in an area of wet boggy ground 300m S of Mailand. It measures no more than 3.6m from NNW to SSE by 2.8m overall.

HP 60520 01794 -- Unst, Mailand -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313726)
All that now remains of this building, which stands immediately NNE of the farmhouse at Mailand, is its concrete floor and its S wall, in which there is a window. The building measures about 7.6m from N to S by 6m transversely.

HP 60526 01748 -- Unst, Mailand -- Grindstone (Canmore 313738)
A grindstone lies in a field of pasture 30m SE of the farmhouse at Mailand. It measures 520mm in diameter by 65mm in thickness, and has an 80mm square hole at its centre.

HP 60543 01709 -- Unst, Mailand -- Building (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 313739)
The remains of a small structure are situated in a field of pasture 75m SSE of the farmhouse at Mailand.  Probably originally rectangular on plan, it measures at least 4.2m from E to W by 3m transversely over low grass-grown footings. The structure was either intended to be open to the E or else this end has been removed. Visited by RCAHMS (ARG) 29 April 2010.

HP 6056 0171 -- Unst, Mailand -- Souterrain (Prehistoric) (Canmore 123)
Traces of building, described by workmen as a fairly well constructed drain covered over with small flat lintel-stones, laid edge to edge were discovered in digging foundations of an extension to a small outhouse at the croft of Mailand near Uyeasound about 1933. The structure which lay about 4' below the surface, was destroyed.  During the operations a number of primitive stone implements, some fragments of rough hard-baked pottery and a few pieces of saddle-querns were recovered.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1933
Mr Jamieson (Mailand, Unst) who was present when the structure was discovered, indicated the site, at HP 6056 0149, on a slight rise in a farmyard on a SE facing hill slope. He remembers it as stone built walls with lintel stones placed over, but no trace of it remains and the finds have been dispersed. Almost certainly a souterrain.
Nothing is now visible of this possible souterrain, which was discovered in 1933, and its site now underlies somewhere close to the W corner of a large farm yard enclosure.

HP 60563 01791 -- Unst, Mailand -- Clearance Cairn (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313727)
A large heap of field-cleared stones stands in a field of improved pasture 50m ENE of Mailand farmhouse. Oval on plan, it measures 10m from E to W by a maximum of 6m transversely.

HP 60572 01893 -- Unst, Mailand -- Clearance Cairn (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313725)
A broad band of field cleared stones, which measures 40m from NNW to SSE, is situated in a field of improved pasture 110m NE of Mailand farmhouse.

HP 60579 01711 -- Unst, Mailand -- Kiln (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Mound (Period Unassigned), Platform (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313740)
A subcircular mound, measuring up to 4.5m in diameter by 1m in height on the S, stands in the yard adjacent to the SW side of the range at Mailand farmsteading. Although now partly obscured by modern dumping, several stones on the NE appear to belong to an outer face and on the W there is a short, straight stretch of what may be an inner face. Immediately upslope of the mound, offset to the NE, there are traces of a roughly rectangular platform. Together, these features suggest the remains of a kiln with its adjacent loading platform.

HP 60583 01737 -- Unst, Mailand -- Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188669)
One unroofed building and an attached enclosure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 6 February 2001.

HP 60593 01719 -- Unst, Mailand -- Animal Shed (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313741)
This animal shed, at the SE end of the range at Mailand farmsteading, has been built onto the NW (inner) face is of an enclosure wall and it is now roofless. There is an entrance in its W corner and the interior contains two stalls.

HP 60598 01712 -- Unst, Mailand -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 283405)
A survey was undertaken of potential Norse farmsteads, in addition to those previously recorded in 1994-95. Structures are rectangular and aligned downslope. HP 6060 0170 Mailand. Lower end of structure exposed, with main part under crofthouse on W side of N-S dyke: 6 x 4.3m E-W.
L H Smith 2005.
The footings of a small structure have been set into the SE-facing slope immediately below the farmsteading at Mailand.  It measures no more than 3m square within a wall reduced to a row of intermittent facing stones on the SE, little more than a bank on the NW and SW, and by a low scarp on the NE. There is no evidence to indicate either that the structure ever extended upslope to the NW or that it is of Norse date.

HP 60611 01284 -- Unst, Murrister -- Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313630)
Two small heaps of field-cleared stones stand on either side of a drain in a field of improved pasture 200m WNW of Murrister farmsteading (HP60SW 175).

HP 60611 01518 -- Unst, Too Burn -- Sheep Shelter (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313958)
Of similar wooden pallet construction to the L-shaped shelter (HP60SW 233) that is situated 39m to the NNE, this more recently built example stands in the same field of pasture.

HP 60618 01556 -- Unst, Too Burn -- Sheep Shelter (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313959)
This sheep shelter stands in a pasture field 170m SSE of Mailand farmsteading (HP60SW 226). L-shaped on plan and constructed out of wooden pallets, it comprises two arms that are conjoined on the N, one extending 4.2m to the SE, the other 3.1m to the SW. A similar shelter is situated 39m to the SSW (HP60SW 232).Visited by RCAHMS (ARG) 29 April 2010.

HP 60625 01254 -- Unst, Murrister -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313618)
The grass-grown footings of a small structure are situated at the bottom of a pasture field about 180m W of Murrister farmsteading (HP60SW 175), overlooking wet, boggy ground to the S and W. Rectangular on plan, it measures no more than 3.7m from NNE to SSW by 3m transversely within a narrow drainage ditch and its has been set into the slope on the ESE.

HP 60627 01408 -- Unst, Murrister -- Mound (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313620)
A grass-grown mound, possibly a stack stand, is situated in a strip of unimproved ground 240m NW of Murrister (HP60SW 175). Oval on plan, it measures little more than 3m from NE to SW by about 2.5m transversely.

HP 60666 01142 -- Unst, Murrister -- Mound (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313619)
A small circular grass-grown mound, possibly a deflated peat stand, is situated immediately S of a drain some 180m SW of Murrister farmsteading (HP60SW 175).

HP 60683 01457 -- Unst, Mailand -- Burnt Mound (Prehistoric) (Canmore 111)
At HP 6068 0148 is a burnt mound, about 11.0m diameter,about 0.5m high, hollowed out revealing two large stones, and cut by a ditch.

HP 60691 01260 -- Unst, Murrister -- Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313631)
Three small heaps of field-cleared stones are situated in a field of improved pasture 120m W of Murrister farmsteading (HP60SW 175).

HP 60717 01425 -- Unst, Murrister -- Sheep Shelter (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313621)
This drystone sheep shelter, which stands 190m NW of Murrister farmsteading  (HP60SW 175), comprises a wall measuring about 11m in length that is orientated NW and SE, and another, about 4.5m in length, that springs off its NE side from a point 3.5m from the SE end.

HP 60786 01143 -- Unst, Murrister -- Hut (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 313582)
A small structure, possibly a hut, overlies the line of a stony field bank about 110m SW of Murrister farmsteading (HP60SW 175). Rectangular on plan, it measures about 3.2m from NE to SW by 2.5m transversely over walls reduced to footings, and there is an entrance in the SW end.

HP 60813 01265 -- Unst, Murrister -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313584)
Two unroofed buildings stand amongst those still occupied at Murrister farmstead. The first, which adjoins the NW side of the outshot attached to the NE gable of the present cottage, is orientated NW and SE and has a doorway in its NW gable. The second building has been set into the slope to the rear of the cottage. It has a very low-pitched roof and an entrance at the SW end of its NW side. The latter building is depicted forming part of an L-plan arrangement on both the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882 & 1902, sheet viii). The former was evidently not built until after 1900, when the revision survey for the 2nd edition map was undertaken, and the 25-inch version of that map (1902, sheet viii.11) depicts what was either a small enclosure or building, which it replaced.

HP 60830 01174 -- Unst, Murrister -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313583)
The concrete footings of a small rectangular structure, measuring about 2.8m from NE to SW by 2.5m transversely overall, are situated at the edge of a pasture field 75m S of Murrister farmsteading (HP60SW 175).

HP 60835 01037 -- Unst, Murrister -- Sheepfold (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313588)
A fold made of wooden pallets, but with a field boundary fence forming its N side, is situated in a pasture field 210m S of Murrister farmsteading (HP60SW 175). Rectangular on plan, it measures 11.5m from E to W by 3.8m transversely.

HP 60857 01310 -- Unst, Murrister -- Mound (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313585)
A grass-grown mound measuring up to 5m in diameter stands in improved pasture immediately W of the roofless cottage at Murrister (HP60SW 177). Its date and purpose are unknown.

HP 60878 01671 -- Unst, Greenbreck -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Kale Yard (19-20th Century)(Possible), Midden (Period Unassigned), Pen (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 311952)
This farmstead, which stands in a field of improved pasture 190m NW of Greenbreck, comprises a cottage, an outshot adjoining its SE end, a midden, a pen and a U-shaped hollow of unknown function. Now roofless, the gable-ended cottage is orientated NW and SE and is built of clay-bonded rubble. It has a central doorway and flanking windows on the SW and there is another window set towards the NW end of the rear, NE, side. Internally, the windows have wooden lintels and the openings are lined with a cement render. At the NW end there is a low revetted platform that runs parallel to and 4m from the gable. The outshot adjoining the SE end of the cottage is very ruinous and has an entrance in its SE side. Immediately to the NE there is an L-shaped length of wall, but it is unclear whether this belongs to a lean-to, an earlier building or a later garden. A midden pit is situated 6m to the rear of the cottage and what may be another, in the form of a U-shaped hollow open to the NNE, lies 23m to the NW. To the SW, set into the slope below the cottage, there are the footings of a square-shaped pen.
The 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, sheet viii) depicts only a small, roughly square building at this location and it is likely that it was replaced by the cottage and its outshot, which are depicted roofed on the 2nd edition of the map (Shetland 1902, sheet viii). That map also shows a small garden or other enclosure adjoining the rear of the two and another enclosure, possible a kale yard of which there is now no trace, 12m to the SW.

HP 60879 01308 -- Unst, Murrister -- Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Peat Stand (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 313586)
This roofless farmstead comprises a cottage with a later outshot attached to its SE end and a probably contemporary two-compartment building on the same orientation, but extending SE from its S corner. The cottage has a central entrance and flanking windows on the SW and there is a fireplace in the NW gable. The SW gable contains a kitchen range flanked on the SW by a window and on the NE by a doorway that leads through into the outshot. There is also a window set towards the SE end of the NE side of the cottage, which contains two internal timber partitions. In addition to the access provided by the doorway from the cottage, the outshot has an entrance in its NE side. The only internal feature of note is a press set into its SW wall, adjacent to the window in the cottage gable. The two-compartment building, which probably served as a byre and barn, has an entrance in its SE end.
At either end of the farmstead there is a large mound of field cleared stones (at HP 60883 01321 and HP 60894 01288 respectively) and what is probably a deflated peat stand is situated a short distance to the SW at HP 60907 01280. The farmstead is depicted roofed on both the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882 & 1902, sheet viii).

HP 609 014 -- Unst, Murrister -- Burnt Mound (Prehistoric) (Canmore 110)
No trace; no local knowledge.

HP 60950 01014 -- Unst, Murrister -- Quarry (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313587)
This large disused quarry is situated 230m SSE of Murrister farmsteading (HP60SW 175), immediately E of the road to Hannigarth. Irregular on plan, it measures up to 75m from N to S by 45m transversely and at least 3m in depth on the E and S. The quarry is not depicted on either the 1st or 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882 & 1902, sheet viii), but nor is the adjacent public road and it is possible that the former was opened to supply material for the construction of the latter.

HP 60972 01918 -- Unst, Greenbreck -- Radio Station (20th Century) (Canmore 311990)
This Cold War radio station now comprises a small windowless building (locked on the date of visit) with an aerial on its roof, standing within a fenced enclosure 200m in diameter, access to which is gained through a gate on the E. Formerly there was a tall aerial here, and, sunk into the turf within the enclosure, there are numerous concrete blocks to which the steel guy cables would have been secured.

HP 60993 01558 -- Unst, Greenbreck -- Midden (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 312125)
An ash midden stands within the walled enclosure 45m W of the cottage at Greenbreck. It survives as a grass-grown mound of fire reddened soil measuring up to 5m in diameter by no more than 0.4m in height.

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HP 60301 02006 -- Unst, Hoversta -- Shooting Stand (19-20th Century) (Canmore 313720)
This shooting stand or butt is the westernmost of a row of four (see also HP60SW 211-13) which has been built on the line of a stony field bank in a field of rough pasture about 190m NE of Hoversta (HP60SW 54). L-shaped on plan and open to the NE and SE, the butt comprises a low rubble wall measuring between 2m and 2.5m in length on its SW and NW sides.

HP 6080 0231 -- Unst, Knowe Of Hoversta -- Cairn (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 113)
HP60SW 13 6080 0231.
HP 608 024 (C S T Calder 1965) The Knowe of Hoversta, at the south end of the Loch of Hoversta, has been referred to as the site of a large cairn (J T Irvine) but the remains now visible are extremely scanty and there original character could not be determined. They impinge upon what is left of an old dyke or boundary, and present no regular outline. RCAHMS 1946, visited 1933
No intelligble remains of this alleged cairn, at HP 6080 0231. Although the name is still known locally, there is no "knowe" here.

HP 60901 02671 -- Unst, Loch Of Vatnagarth -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 312139)
This enclosure, which stands on the S shore of the Loch of Vatnagarth, measures about 11m square over a ruinous drystone on the S and W, a stony bank on the E and by intermittent stones and boulders along the edge of the loch on the N. It is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, sheet viii).

HP 60978 02167 -- Unst, Knowe Of Vestral -- Planticrub (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 312129)
This possible planticrub is situated in moorland 200m SE of the Loch of Hoversta, where it has been built in the lea of a rock outcrop immediately NE. It measures about 4m square over a wall that has been reduced to grass-grown footings no more that 0.3m in height. There is a possible entrance on the SW.

HP 60 03

HP 60207 03669 -- Unst, Sobul -- Cairn (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 117)
HP60SW 17 6021 0366.
(HP 6019 0369) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900)
A cairn of boulders and stones, about 30ft in diameter and 3ft high.
It is said to be ancient but its appearance suggests that it is "a mere cairn".
Name Book 1878
A featureless cairn about 8.0m diameter, about 1.2m high.
This cairn, which stands on a terrace in rough peaty moorland about 75m WNW of two interlinked cairns (HP60SW 8 and 261), comprises a mound of loose stones measuring 8m in diameter and 1.2m in height. It is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, Sheet VIII).

HP 60272 03636 -- Unst, Sobul -- Cairn (Period Unassigned), Chambered Cairn (Neolithic) (Canmore 140)
HP60SW 8 6028 0363 to 6027 0363.
Sobul: Apparently a form of heel-shaped cairn, although very small.  It has a diameter of about 25' and is joined on its SW side to another small featureless cairn by a bank of cairn material about 10' wide and 20' long. There appears to be a depth of about 2' of cairn material re- maining. Seven feet within the cairn edge on the SE side is a straight wall-face, 7' long, built of small upright stones, exposed to a height of 1'6". Behind this wall-face are the remains of a semi-circular setting of upright stones measuring 11' from the wall-face to the back and apparently about 14' across. The tops of these stones are flush with the cairn surface but in places they are exposed to a depth of 2'.
There appears to be more cairn material inside the setting than outside, so that it has the appearance of lining the central area, but this may be due to the way the cairn has been robbed, for this area can hardly represent a chamber.
A S Henshall 1963
Two cairns, the more northerly of which, at HP 6029 0366, is as described and planned by Henshall.  The other, at HP 6028 0365, is an amorphous scatter of stones, c.11.0m across, greatly robbed for building a nearby planty crub. The bank mentioned by Henshall is presumably a later wall, as it can be traced through this cairn, turning at right angles for 7m.

HP 60331 03984 -- Unst, Sobul -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 134)
HP60SW 32 6037 0417.
Situated in a prominent position are the remains of a substantial circular wall c.20.0m diameter, enclosing an area of outcrop rock. Purpose unknown.
This enclosure, which seems likely to be the site referred to by the OS, is situated in rough peaty moorland 55m W of a stony dyke that extends for several hundred metres N towards Helliers Water. Roughly oval on plan, it measures 16m from N to S by 14m transversely within a boulder bank enclosing very rocky ground. The bank has been heavily robbed on the N and SE. The location cited by the OS lies some 190m to the NNE, in an area devoid of features answering this desctiption.

HP 60814 03125 -- Unst, Trampmires -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313100)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 60 04

HP 6030 0459 -- Unst, Sobul -- Settlement (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 129)
HP60SW 28 6030 0459.
HP 6029 0458. Possible homestead.
Information from P Ashmore, 1 October 1975.

HP 60 05

HP 60050 05621 -- Unst, Watlee -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330249)
This building, which is situated in improved pasture immediately NW of a scatter of outcropping rocks, measures about 6.4m from ENE to WSW by 4.5m transversely over rubble footings spread up to 1m thick.

HP 6013 0537 -- Unst, Watlee -- Stone Setting (Neol/bronze Age) (Canmore 194919)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 6013 0537  Basal stones of ?prehistoric dyke.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HP 608 052 -- Unst, Helliers Water -- Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 100)
Sub-oval dwelling and enclosure, major axis 10.5m and minor axis 9.75m approximately, with a total of fifteen upright stones in place, in three groups suggesting internal partitions.  The tallest of these uprights is approximately 75cm in height and the average height is about 45cm.  The structure is orientated in an ENE direction, with a possible entrance facing towards the SE.
H Exton 1987.

HP 60853 05148 -- Unst, Dam Of Helliers Water -- Enclosure (Early Medieval), Square Cairn(S) (Early Medieval), Stone Setting (Early Medieval) (Canmore 333469)
This complex, consisting of a large, more or less circular enclosure, lengths of walling and at least three small boulder-delimited settings within a generally oval stony area, is situated on sloping ground in rough peaty moorland about 90m W of the Dam of Helliers Water. The enclosure (HP 60841 05146), which measures 22m from E to W by 17m transversely over the remnants of a low boulder and turf wall, appears to have been robbed in its S quadrant. There is a 9m length of boulder and turf walling immediately to its NE, running up the slope from N to S. The oval stony area, measuring 14m from NNE to SSW by 9m transversely, is situated immediately to its SE and the boulder-delimited settings are found in its S half. One (HP 60857 01537), measuring roughly 2.5m sq, encloses a heap of turf-covered stones, while another (HP 60853 01539), more rectangular on plan and immediately to its NW, also has a thin turf and stone infill. There is also a crude ellipse of boulders to their ENE (HP 60853 05140), measuring about about 2m from NE to SW by 1m transversely.

HP 6088 0508 -- Unst, Helliers Water -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 94)
Amorphous remains of a dry stone structure, with attached enclosure wall. Probably modern.

HP 60 06

HP 6014 0697 -- Unst, The Haa -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188878)
A farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings, two partially roofed buildings, two roofed buildings, one unroofed structure and five enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v). One unroofed building, one partially roofed building and four enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 1 February 2001

HP 6020 0623 -- Unst, Gudon -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313133)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 6022 0681 -- Unst, Houllside -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188879)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building, two partially roofed buildings and three enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v). One unroofed building and one enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 1 February 2001

HP 6073 0673 -- Unst, Hill Of Caldback -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Field System (Period Unassigned), Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188880)
Two unroofed structures, one of which is subdivided, and one enclosure with two short lengths of wall attached to it are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v).
Two unroofed structures and an incomplete enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 1 February 2001.
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 6074 0671  Small field system with outbuilding remains.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000.

HP 6081 0668 -- Unst, Hill Of Caldback -- Chambered Cairn (Neolithic) (Canmore 101)
HP60NW 2 6081 0668.
(HP 6079 0669) Cairn (NR).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900)
Hill of Caldback: A chambered round cairn, greatly robbed and now remaining to a height of only 1' to 2'.  Its precise edge is indefinite, but the diameter appears to have been about 38'. It is composed of large irregular blocks, together with small stones which weather out of the surface of the hill.
A S Henshall 1963
A chambered cairn as described and planned by Henshall (ZET 14).
Revised at 6" scale.

HP 60 07

HP 6021 0776 -- Unst, Mailand -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188865)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building and one roofed building with two attached enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v).
One unroofed buildings and two attached enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 31 January 2001

HP 604 071 -- Unst, Caldback -- House (Norse)(Possible) (Canmore 243309)
The Shetland's Past Project was begun in spring 2001 (DES 2001, 83-5). The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. Thanks to the enthusiasm and dedication of those participating groups, funding has now been secured to consolidate and expand this project. Below is a sample of just some of the sites discovered and recorded in the last six months.
Report deposited in Shetland SMR.
Sponsor: Shetland Amenity Trust
Unst History Group, O Cambridge 2002.

HP 6049 0715 -- Unst, Gamligrind -- Building (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 215988)
A pilot project, entitled the Shetland's Past Project, was begun in the spring of 2001. The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. During this pilot year, three history groups (Bressay, Fetlar and Whalsay) have formally been participating in the project, with two further history groups (Foula and Unst) joining the project, albeit on a more informal basis. The project has been met with so much enthusiasm that it hopes to be able to raise sufficient funds to encourage and train other heritage groups and interested individuals to take an active part in recording the cultural heritage of Shetland. Below is a list of the archaeological sites, which have so far been recorded as part of the project.
HP 6049 0715  Rectangular building (with internal divisions), 19.6 x 5.2m, with a small annexe/porch attached to W wall. A turf dyke was located 10m to the E of the building.
Sponsors: Council for British Archaeology, Community Fund, Shetland Amenity Trust.
B Simpson 2001

HP 60 08

HP 6016 0876 -- Unst, Alma -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188839)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed L-shaped building and an attached enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v).
One roofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 30 January 2001.

HP 6022 0887 -- Unst, Alma -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188840)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 30 January 2001.

HP 6046 0880 -- Unst, Fauld -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188838)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed long building of two compartments and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v).
One unroofed building and one enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 30 January 2001.

HP 6063 0871 -- Unst, Rue -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Sheepfold (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188837)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building and two enclosures, one of which is annotated Sheepfold, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v).  One roofed building and a Sheep Wash are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 January 2001

HP 60724 08316 -- Unst, Mailland -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 216964)

HP 6078 0857 -- Unst, Mailand -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval) (Canmore 188835)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed long building and one enclosure, and a head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 January 2001

HP 6092 0840 -- Unst, Mailand -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188836)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 30 January 2001.

HP 60 09

HP 60 09 -- Unst -- Findspot (20th Century), Coin (Roman) (Canmore 106)
HP60NW 7 c. 60 09.
A rather worn sestertius of Hadrian was found on Unst (HP 60 09) prior to October 1968. Mr T Henderson of Lerwick Museum expressed doubts as to its transportation there in Roman times. A perforation had been begun in front of the neck.
A S Robertson 1974.

HP 60 09 -- Unst, Baliasta -- Findspot (20th Century), Pendant (Stone), Perforated Object (Stone) (Canmore 97)
A perforated stone, measuring 2 3/4ins by 1 7/8ins by 7/8ins, and a flat oval pendant of stone with a picked perforation countersunk from both sides, near one end, measuring 5 7/8ins by 3 3/8ins by 7/8ins, from Baliasta (name: HP 605 095) are in the Royal Museum of Scotland (RMS, formerly the National Museum of Antiquties of Scotland [NMAS]) (Accession no: BG 309 and BG 323 respectively).  The latter is said to have been hung on the foreheads of cattle to keep them from bolting.  The signs of wear at the perforation seem to bear out this attribution.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1936.

HP 6015 0950 -- Unst, Langista -- Farmstead (Norse)(Possible) (Canmore 283385)
A survey was undertaken of potential Norse farmsteads, in addition to those previously recorded in 1994-95. Structures are rectangular and aligned downslope. HP 6015 0950 Langista. Structure under clearance cairn; 5.5m E-W wide wall visible at lower end.
L H Smith 2005

HP 6025 0960 -- Unst, Baliasta -- Cairn (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 103)
HP60NW 4 6025 0960.
A circle similar to the 'Rounds of Tivla' (HP61SW 5) lies ' at a long miles distance near the church' (HP 6025 0960).  Diameter of the stone circle, little of which now remains - 67'.
First earth circle 54'9".
Second earth circle 40'.
Nucleus earth circle 12'.
The tumulus has been composed of rough stones and earth of the same kind with the adjacent, but it has been so much teized over that it is hard to say whether it has been intended for a burial place or what else, and tradition says nothing to clear up the point. Could observe no discoloured earth, nor any remain of a bone, only a small hillock supported by stones from the neighbouring common.
G Low 1879
This construction has now disappeared.
RCAHMS 1946
No further information.
HP 6025 0960 A plain hogback carved stone is built into the N wall surrounding Baliasta Churchyard, having been turned upside down and re-used as a step. It is 1.32m long with a flattened central ridge and is made from local schist. The ends are 0.24m wide and 0.1m high and the ridge is 0.08m wide and 0.02m high. Dimensions at the centre are estimated at 0.36m wide and 0.18m high.
L H Smith 2005

HP 60256 09582 -- Unst, Baliasta, Old Unst Church And Churchyard With Memorial Enclosures -- Burial Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Church (18th Century), Churchyard (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 93)
Baliasta (St John), Shetland, hogback/coped recumbent
Measurements: L 1.32m, W 0.32m +, H 0.14m +
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: HU 6082 9852
Present location: in the churchyard wall north of the church, in re-use upside down as a step in the stile through the wall.
Evidence for discovery:
Present condition: worn.
Description
This recumbent slab has a distinctly curved profile and a flat-topped ridge, and it appears to be a hybrid between a late undecorated hogback graveslab and a coped graveslab.
Date: twelfth century.
References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 127.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
Cemetery [NAT]
Remains of Church (1738) [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, June 2010.
The old parish church erected in 1738 and abandoned in 1828. The ruin is well-preserved and the interior is used as a burying place. The attached burial ground serves the district.
Name Book 1878
This substantial ruin was the former parish church, and it is clear from the mound on which it stands that it was built on the site of an earlier medieval church. Balliasta, Norwick and Lund were the three original parish churches of the island, but only Balliasta was demolished and rebuilt in the 18th century. The church has been much altered over the years. It is a simple rectangular building, which was extended at the east end, re-using in original doorway. The inside face of the wall shows holes for timber hoists, which suggests that there was once a wooden gallery and explains the fact that there are windows at two levels. One of the lower windows in each of the north and south walls has been extended to ground level in order to act as a doorway to the burial lairs that were established within the ruined church. There are memorials of the Edmondston family of Buness belonging to the 19th and 20th centuries. A low opening at the east end of the north wall may have given lepers the chance of benefitting from services.
Information from ‘Exploring Scotland's Heritage: Shetland', (1997).

HP 6032 0980 -- Unst, Baliasta, Brough -- Broch (Iron Age)(Possible) (Canmore 104)
HP60NW 5 6032 0980.
A broch is noted by Irvine at Baliaston. (Presumably in the region of 'Brough' - HP 6032 09809.
RCAHMS 1946
No trace and no local knowledge of this broch.
HP60 1		BALIASTA 2  ('Baliaston' or 'Brough')
c. HP/603098.
Site of possible broch on Unst (also known as 'Baliaston'), noted by Irvine [2];  no trace of it was found in 1969 [1].
Sources:  1. OS card HP 60 NW 5:  2. Irvine 1865:  3. RCAHMS 1946, vol. 3, no. 1579,   141.
E W MacKie 2002

HP 60461 09227 -- Unst, Baliasta, Hillside Free Church Manse, West Outbuilding -- Outbuilding (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 266857)

HP 60477 09232 -- Unst, Baliasta, Hillside Free Church Manse, East Outbuilding -- Outbuilding (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 266858)

HP 60493 09217 -- Unst, Baliasta, Hillside Free Church, Manse -- Manse (19th Century) (Canmore 266855)
Part of a g roup comprising substantial remains of former classical Free Church dated 1843, linked by formal arrangement of walls to contemporary symmetrical 2-storey 3-bay former manse with outbuildings to NW. 2-storey 3-bay symmetrical manse with gabled 2-storey wing to N (rear) forming T-plan. Harled walls with droved sandstone ashlar margins to windows and doors.
Hillside Church was last used in 1959, and the roof was removed in the early 1960s. The design of the church clearly matches that of Uyeasound Kirk, with the exception of the bellcote. (Historic Scotland)

HP 60528 09190 -- Unst, Baliasta, Hillside Free Church -- Church (19th Century) (Canmore 163848)
HP60NW 27.01      HP 60493 09217          Manse
HP60NW 27.02      HP 60461 09227          Outbuilding
HP60NW 27.03      HP 60477 09232          Outbuilding
Part of a g roup comprising substantial remains of former classical Free Church dated 1843, linked by formal arrangement of walls to contemporary symmetrical 2-storey 3-bay former manse with outbuildings to NW.   3 x 3 bay hall church of rectangular plan with vestry wing projecting to N. Base course, margined windows with projecting cills. Harled rubble walls with droved sandstone ashlar dressings and margins.
Hillside Church was last used in 1959, and the roof was removed in the early 1960s. The design of the church clearly matches that of Uyeasound Kirk, with the exception of the bellcote.(Historic Scotland)

HP 6059 0996 -- Unst, Gue -- House (Norse) (Canmore 128774)
The monument comprises the footings of a rectangular house of probable Viking or Norse-Medieval date, lying downslope from the present croft house at Gue. The remains show very distinctly as grass-covered rises in grassland. The main structure is aligned N-S, running downslope. The S end is least well-preserved. The house measures some 19m long by 4m wide within walls up to 1m thick and does not have markedly bowed side walls. It appears to have been subdivided transversely and has two opposed entrances towards its upper end. A small extension appears to have been attached on the W side. There are many old field walls nearby, especially to the E and S. These are now tumbled and largely grass-covered. They are clearly earlier than the recent drystone walls which are still partly in use as field boundaries.
This house, on current typologies, should lie relatively early in the Viking-Norse-Medieval timespan.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated March 1998.

HP 6062 0999 -- Unst, Baliasta -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Field System (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188830)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building of two compartments, one partially roofed building, one unroofed structure and two enclosures, a separate unroofed building (HP 6079 0990) and a field-system are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v).  One roofed building, one unroofed building and the fragmentary remains of the field-system are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 January 2001

HP 6081 0977 -- Unst, Lingarth -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188832)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building of two compartments and an attached enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v).  One roofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 January 2001

HP 6084 0961 -- Unst, Gerragarth -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188834)
One unroofed long building of three compartments is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v).  One small roofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 January 2001

HP 6094 0969 -- Unst, Skea -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188833)
A farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings, one of which has two compartments, one partially roofed long building, one unroofed structure and six enclosures, five of which are partly marked by pecked lines, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v).
One unroofed building, one roofed building and three enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 30 January 2001.

HP 60969 09289 -- Unst, Hillsgarth, Old Manse Of Unst Steading -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 266859)
HP60NW 28. 01  60969 09289.
This site was visited as part of the RCAHMS Scottish Farm Buildings Survey. Located to the N of the Old Manse (HP60NW 28 ), the steading consists of two outbuildings. These are set at right angles to each other and comprise a stable plus a cottage and attached gig house. The buildings were roofed but derelict on the date of visit.
Information from RCAHMS (ACD) 18 January 2008; NMRS MS 2560/356
Related sites:
HP60NW 28.00   60974 09249  Hillsgarth, Old Manse of Unst.
HP60NW 28.03   61009 09276  Hillsgarth, Old Manse of Unst Walled Garden.

HP 60974 09249 -- Unst, Hillsgarth, Old Manse Of Unst -- Manse (19th Century) (Canmore 163849)
Related sites:
HP60NW 28.01   60969 09289  Hillsgarth, Old Manse of Unst Steading
HP60NW 28.03   61009 09276  Hillsgarth, Old Manse of Unst Walled Garden.
HP60NW 28.00   60974 09249.
HP60NW 28.01   60969 69289   Hillsgarth, Old Manse of Unst Steading.

HP 60979 09296 -- Unst, Baliasta, Hillsgarth, Northern Outbuilding -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 266860)
HP60NW 28.02  60979 09296.
This site has been amalgamated with site: HP60NW 28.01 60969 09289 Hillsgarth Old Manse of Unst Steading
Information from RCAHMS (ACD) 21 January 2008.

HP 60 10

HP 6030 1011 -- Unst, Balista -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188827)
One unroofed building attached to a field wall is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 January 2001

HP 6038 1016 -- Unst, Balista -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188825)
One unroofed building of two compartments is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 January 2001

HP 6043 1079 -- Unst, Southsetter -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188746)
A farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings and three enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii). Three unroofed buildings and an incomplete enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 18 January 2001

HP 6049 1021 -- Unst, Balista -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188826)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 January 2001

HP 6050 1005 -- Unst, Gue -- Farmstead (Norse)(Possible) (Canmore 283384)
A survey was undertaken of potential Norse farmsteads, in addition to those previously recorded in 1994-95. Structures are rectangular and aligned downslope. HP 6050 1005 Gue. Outline of side room along N wall; 23 x 4.5m E-W. Two small structures built over site.
L H Smith 2005

HP 6053 1080 -- Unst, Loch Of Cliff -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval) (Canmore 188824)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building of three compartments and three enclosures, and a head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v). One unroofed building, the fragmentary remains of two enclosures and the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 25 January 2001.

HP 60 11

HP 60 11 -- Unst, Cliff -- Building (Period Unassigned), Dyke(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 171)

HP 60360 11543 -- Unst, Cliff Farm -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 217024)

HP 6039 1160 -- Unst, Dalling -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188747)
'...a small house now in ruins...'
OS Name Book 1882.
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building with an outshot and one enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 18 January 2001.

HP 608 113 -- Unst, Cliff -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 173)
A rectangular structure with walls built of very large blocks, measuring 17.0m by 8.0m. A central aisle c.0.8m wide, defined by stones on edge just protruding through the turf, runs from end to end.  There are surrounding ruined enclosure and field walls, and a modern enclosure lies immediately to the N. Period and purpose uncertain. A circular bank 7.8m diam. enclosing a small mound lies 45.0m SE.  Possibly an old crub.
One small unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii). One unroofed L-shaped structure of two compartments and an enclosure wall marked by pecked lines are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 18 January 2001.

HP 60 12

HP 6018 1211 -- Unst, Crogan Ness -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 188731)
What may be a farmstead comprising one unroofed building with an outshot and an attached enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 18 January 2001

HP 6049 1247 -- Unst, Northsetter -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Farmstead(S) (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188713)
Two farmsteads, a head-dyke, one unroofed structure and an enclosure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii). The farmstead to the E named Northsetter comprises one unroofed T-shaped building and two enclosures, and that to the W comprises one unroofed building of two compartments and one enclosure.
This site comprises the same elements as shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 18 January 2001
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 6052 1210 -- Unst, Crogan Ness -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188745)
One unroofed structure attached to an enclosure which is partly marked by pecked lines is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 18 January 2001

HP 60 13

HP 6057 1346 -- Unst, Loch Of Cliff -- Cairn (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 164)
The Loch of Cliff has an island cairn, but no causeway observed, (information from Dr T N Johnston). Dr Johnston thought this might be a crannog. (Possibly the 'Pile of Stones' at HP 6056 1347.)
F O Blundell 1913.
The only artificial feature on this very small islet at HP 6056 1347, is a collapsed modern cairn. There is no sign of a causeway, and although local tradition asserts that a wall once crossed the loch at this point, this is unlikely because of the considerable depth of the water.

HP 6059 1382 -- Unst, Lower Lingarth -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188762)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed L-shaped building with an outshot and an attached enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii). One unroofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 19 January 2001

HP 60 14

HP 6061 1434 -- Unst, Hoide -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188767)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 19 January 2001

HP 6063 1406 -- Unst, Upper Lingarth -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188763)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed long building of three compartments and one enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973), although the enclosure is shown approximately 20m to the NE of that on the 1st edition.
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 19 January 2001

HP 6069 1441 -- Unst, Hoide -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Field System (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188766)
A farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings, one of which is a long building, one partially roofed long building and four enclosures, two unroofed structures (HP 6113 1451and HP 6093 1432), a separate enclosure of two compartments (HP 6077 1432) and a head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii). Three unroofed buildings, four enclosures, two unroofed structures and the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 19 January 2001

HP 6071 1451 -- Unst, Upperbulter -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188768)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed long building of two compartments and one enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 19 January 2001

HP 6072 1406 -- Unst, Burrafirth, Norse Mill -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 175)
See Architecture.
(Location cited as HP 607 142). Norse Mill, Burrafirth, 19th century or earlier. The altered, but substantial, ruins of a mill, coverted to a 'plantacrub' (plant shelter). Inside is a pair of stones of diameter about 30ins (0.76m).
J R Hume 1977.
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HU 6072 1406  Horizontal mill reused as planticrub.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc
B Simpson 2000.

HP 6085 1417 -- Unst, Stackhoull -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval) (Canmore 188764)
"...a collection of ruins and dwelling houses..."
Name Book 1882
A farmstead comprising three unroofed buildings, one roofed building and two enclosures, and a short length of head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii). Three unroofed buildings, two enclosures and the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 19 January 2001

HP 6085 1420 -- Unst, Toft -- Farmstead (Norse)(Possible) (Canmore 283378)
A survey was undertaken of potential Norse farmsteads, in addition to those previously recorded in 1994-95. Structures are rectangular and aligned downslope. HP 6085 1420 Toft. Located within later large square enclosure and extending beyond N-S dyke; 15 x 4m E-W.
L H Smith 2005

HP 6090 1459 -- Unst, Lowerbulter -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188769)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed long building with an outshot and an unroofed structure lying approximately 50m to the SW are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii). One unroofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 19 January 2001

HP 6093 1422 -- Unst, Stackhoull -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188765)
"...a ruin..."
Name Book 1882
A farmstead comprising one unroofed long building and an attached enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii). One partially roofed building and an attached enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 19 January 2001
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 6091 1424  Croft ruins.
HP 6093 1434  Outbuilding remains.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HP 60 16

HP 6019 1665 -- Unst, Setter-house -- Building (Period Unassigned), Sheepfold (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188715)
"Applies to a building used as a sheepfold, and situate a short distance SW of West Sothers Dale."
Name Book 1882
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 17 January 2001
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 60 19

HP 60666 19679 -- Unst, Muckle Flugga, North Unst Lighthouse -- Lighthouse (19th Century) (Canmore 149)
Lighthouse [NAT]
Mast (to N, at HP 6066 1971)
Mast (to S, at HP 6063 1967)
OS (GIS) AIB, May 2006.
For associated shore station at Burrafirth, Unst (centred HP 6134 1487), see HP61SW 39.
(Location cited as HP 606 197). North Unst Lighthouse, built 1852 by engineers D and T Stevenson. A short circular tower, with rounded flat-roofed ancillary buildings, on a barren rock.
J R Hume 1977.
Name: Muckle Flugga (1854-8)
Location: N60 51 W0 53  North Sea, 1 mile N of Unst
Designed: David and Thomas Stevenson
Built: David and Thomas Stevenson, and Alan Brebner
Light first exhibited: 11 October 1854
Description: circular brick tower, painted white
Height of light above MHW: 217ft (66m)
Height of tower: 64ft (20m)
Light source and characteristics: W Gp Fl (2) ev 20 secs. 250W metal halide lamp: 281,000 cp: 22nm nominal range
Fog warning apparatus: None
Manning: unwatched (automatic since 20 March 1995), monitored from Northern Lighthouse Board HQ, Edinburgh
Temporary light operational in 1854 until permanent tower completed in 1858. The most northerly lighthouse in the British Isles
C Nicholson 1995.
This lighthouse was built in a near-inaccessible situation (on the 200ft [61m] high 'Great Precipice') on account of increased shipping around Shetland during the Crimean War. Construction started in July 1846, a temporary light being established on 11 October 1846; this was 22ft [6.7m] high with a cast iron lantern and temporary accommodation.
Following much discussion between the Northern Lighthouse Board and the Board of Trade, a proposal for a permanent lighthouse was approved in June 1855.
The tower was constructed by D and T Stevenson, over a hundred people working on site between April and November 1856. Brick construction was used for ease of transport, and the 64ft [19.5m] high tower was sunk into foundations sunk 10ft [3m] into rock. The light entered service on 1 January 1858, having cost £32,.000; it was automated in 1995.
S Krauskopf 2003.
Permanent ligthouse completed on Muckle Flugga in 1858.
R W Munro 1979

HP 61 01

HP 61120 01449 -- Unst, Greenbreck -- Bank (Earthwork) (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Planticrub (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194853)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 6108 0143  Planticrub.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000
This small planticrub stands in moorland about 120m SE of Greenbreck. Measuring about 4m square over walls that have been robbed of much of their stone, the soil level within the interior is noticeably higher than that of the ground surface immediately outside. About 6m to the SW of the planticrub there is what appears to be a short length of field bank running across the terrace from NNW to SSE.

HP 61155 01382 -- Unst, Greenbreck -- Peat Stand (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 311955)
This peat stand is one of two (see also HP60SW 242) that stand side-by-side on the edge of boggy ground in open moorland about 190m to the SSE of Greenbreck. Roughly oval on plan, it measures about 4.5m from NNW to SSE by at least 3m transversely and 0.3m in height. It is grass-grown and some stone is evident protruding through the turf on the top. Peat cuttings are visible in the immediate vicinity.

HP 61156 01387 -- Unst, Greenbreck -- Peat Stand (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 314157)
This grass-grown peat stand is one of two (see also HP60SW 93) which stand side-by-side on the edge of boggy ground in open moorland about 190m to the SSE of Greenbreck. Roughly oval on plan, it measures about 4.5m from NNW to SSE by at least 3m transversely and 0.5m in height. Peat cuttings are visible in the immediate vicinity.

HP 61227 01516 -- Unst, Breck Of Still -- Pen (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194857)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 6119 0149  Enclosure.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
Classification and location amended.
Information from RCAHMS (ARG) 26 April 2010.

HP 61284 01582 -- Unst, Brecknagarth -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 310654)
The remains of a heavily robbed building, straddled by a modern wall, are situated about 110m to the SSW of the ruinous farmstead at Brecknagarth (HP60SW 75). The building is orientated NE and SW and has been terraced into the slope on the NW; though the entrance is not visible, it was probably on the downslope, SE, side. It may be this building that is depicted unroofed close to this location on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet viii).

HP 61290 01207 -- Unst, Ruska -- Sheep Shelter (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 311956)
This sheep shelter stands in wet open moorland some 415m to the ESE of the cottage at Murrister (HP60SW 177). Y-shaped on plan and built of quartz rubble, none of its arms, on either the E, NW or SW, measures more than 2m in length.

HP 61292 01615 -- Unst, Brecknagarth -- Clearance Cairn(S) (Prehistoric), Enclosure (Prehistoric) (Canmore 311892)
What is probably a large irregularly shaped enclosure of prehistoric date is situated to the N of the road to Hannigarth, immediately E of the junction with the track to Sandwick. For the most part, the enclosure falls in pasture in the corner between the modern wall and the head dyke to the N. It measures about 112m from NW to SE by 47m transversely and is defined by intermittent stretches of a low grass-grown bank. There is a cluster of eight field clearance cairns towards the NW end of the enclosure.

HP 61312 01691 -- Unst, Brecknagarth -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 310665)
Brecknagarth farmstead comprises a cottage and adjoining enclosure to the SW, together with a walled garden plot and well to the E. Now roofless, the cottage is built of clay-bonded rubble and is aligned NNW and SSE with outshots to either end. It has a central doorway and flanking windows, all of which are now partly blocked, and a fireplace in its NNW end. Internally, there is no indication of any partitions. The farmstead is depicted roofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, sheet viii), but was abandoned by 1902 when the cottage is shown unroofed on the 2nd edition of the map (Shetland 1902, sheet viii). Visited by RCAHMS (ARG) 24 April 2010.

HP 61318 01724 -- Unst, Brecknagarth -- Farmstead (Norse)(Possible), Planticrub (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 283400)
A survey was undertaken of potential Norse farmsteads, in addition to those previously recorded in 1994-95. Structures are rectangular and aligned downslope. HP 6132 0172 Bracknigarth. Poorly defined; 14 x 4.2m NE-SW. Small structure built on top. Small detached structure to N.
L H Smith 2005
There is little to suggest the presence of a subrectangular building at this location. All that can be seen is a short length of stony bank aligned NE and SW, together with a ruinous planticrub standing immediately to the NE. The planticrub, which measures at least 4m square over a drystone wall, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, sheet viii).

HP 61325 01973 -- Unst, Housigarth -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Midden (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Sheep Shelter (Period Unassigned), Lithic Implement(S) (Stone), Unidentified Pottery (Canmore 119)
HP60SW 19 6130 0200.
At HP 6132 0197 is a disturbed area of ground within the vague remains of a probably later enclosure. Mr Jamieson (Maitland, Unst) has found several, rough stone implements and sherds of pottery here, from time to time.  They were given to the late Mr A T Cluness.
Occupying an elevated position within an area of improved pasture, this farmstead has been heavily robbed to provide stone to build the L-shaped sheep shelter that overlies its NW corner. The farmstead comprises a platform measuring at least 30m from E to W and narrowing from 26m in breadth at its W end to about 10m at the E, upon which there are the remains of at least two buildings. Along its NNE side, the platform is defined by a thick and high stony bank containing fragments of burnt stone, and on the SSE by a long stony scarp from which sherds of pottery and burnt stone were recovered on the date of visit. It seems likely that the stone implements and pottery recorded in the earlier account also came from this area, and while all may be re-deposited midden material, this cannot be demonstrated without excavation.
Of the two buildings on the platform, one, lying at the centre, is subrectangular on plan, is orientated NW and SE, and has been reduced to low grass-grown footings. It contains two compartments and is severely undermined by rabbit burrows. The other is situated towards the SW corner of the platform and survives as little more than a stretch of wall measuring 5m from N to S.
The farmstead appears to have been abandoned long before the 1880s and only one small structure, which was not recognised on the date of visit, is shown here on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, sheet viii). The sheep shelter was evidently built in the 1880s or 90s and is shown on the 2nd edition of the map (Shetland 1902, sheet viii).

HP 61443 01422 -- Unst, Breck Of Still -- Mound (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 311954)
This grass-grown mound, which measures at least 10m in diameter, is situated on the edge of boggy ground in open moorland. Upcast from rabbit scrapes has revealed a light brown soil.

HP 61475 01734 -- Unst, Fauld -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Midden (Period Unassigned), Sheep Shelter (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 310677)
All that is now visible of the farmstead of Fauld are the remains of a rectangular building, an adjoining yard to the NE, which survives as little more than a terrace, and, immediately S of the building, a probable midden. The building, which is orientated NE and SW, has lost its NE end and this robbing and that of the rest of the structure can probably, at least in part, be attributed to the building of the L-plan sheep shelter that partly overlies it. The farmstead is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, sheet viii), but by 1902 the building had been abandoned and is shown unroofed on the 2nd edition of the map (Shetland 1902, sheet viii). Visited by RCAHMS (ARG) 24 April 2010.

HP 61511 01383 -- Unst, Breck Of Still -- Planticrub (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 311953)
What are probably the remains of a robbed planticrub are situated on the edge of boggy ground in open moorland. Subsquare on plan, it measures about 6m from NW to SE by 5m transversely over a wall reduced to low grass-grown footings and it appears to be slightly mounded on the SW side and NW end. The site has been damaged by rabbit burrows, and a quartz pebble and the blade of an iron knife were recovered from a rabbit scrape on the SW side.

HP 61552 01250 -- Unst, Ruska -- Peat Stand (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 311957)
This probable peat stand is situated in open boggy moorland some 670m E of the cottage at Murrister (HP60SW 177). Roughly rectangular on plan, it is defined by a low turf bank on the SW and SE, and by a low scarp on the other two sides.

HP 61584 01874 -- Unst, Little Still -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 310678)
The robbed remains of a small rectangular building can be seen in pasture some 135m to the NW of the ruinous cottage of Little Still (HP60SW 80). The building is aligned ENE and WSW and is set end-on in to the slope on the WSW, where it still stands up to three courses in height. Its ENE end survives as little more than a stony scarp. Visited by RCAHMS (ARG) 24 April 2010.

HP 61634 01694 -- Unst, Little Still -- Quarry (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 310679)
A quarry has been dug into the slope some 80m to the SW of the ruinous cottage of Little Still (HP60SW 80). Irregular on plan, it measures about 6.5m from NE to SW by 5.5m transversely, and an apron of spoil has been cast up on the downslope, NE, side.

HP 61674 01946 -- Unst, Still -- Planticrub (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 310684)
This planticrub, which stands at the bottom of an improved pasture field some 160m N of the ruinous cottage of Little Still (HP60SW 80), measures about 4.8m square over a ruinous wall. There is an unroofed rectangular structure, orientated E and W, depicted here on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, sheet viii). However, that structure is not shown on the 2nd edition of the map (Shetland 1902, sheet viii) and it is likely, therefore, that the planticrub is of more recent construction, possibly built, at least in part, from the remains of the earlier feature.

HP 61683 01769 -- Unst, Little Still -- Cottage (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 310681)

HP 61695 01772 -- Unst, Little Still -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 310682)
The remains of a severely robbed subrectangular building lie immediately to the E of the cottage at Little Still (HP60SW 80) and are traversed both by a modern fence and the enclosure wall of the abandoned farmstead of Still (HP60SW 82). The building is orientated ENE and WSW and its wall-lines are now visible only as a robber trench on the SSE side and as a low grass scarp on the NNW. Although its WSW end appears rounded, its ENE end is obscured by upcast from the line of the fence.

HP 61700 01650 -- Unst, Little Still -- Cottage (Period Unassigned), Midden (Period Unassigned), Mound (Period Unassigned), Pen (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 310680)
A roofless cottage stands about 110m SSE of the ruins of Little Still (HP60SW 80). Orientated N and S with gable ends, the clay-bonded rubble cottage has a central doorway facing E and one window between this and the SE corner, both of them partly blocked. A fireplace in the S gable appears to be a later insertion and an outshot at the N end has been butted on. Immediately E of the SE corner of the cottage are the stone footings of a U-shaped pen which is open to the N, and to the SSE there is a low grass grown amorphous mound of unknown purpose. A second mound, 17.5m to the ENE, is an ash midden, reddened soil having been exposed by rabbit scrapes.
The cottage is depicted roofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, sheet viii), but is shown unroofed on the 2nd edition of the map (Shetland 1902, sheet viii).

HP 61746 01794 -- Unst, Still -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 310683)
The abandoned farmstead at Still comprises three roofless buildings, two pens and a large enclosure. Of the three buildings, two lie parallel to one another and are orientated NE and SW, the SE being a cottage built of clay-bonded rubble with a number of large stones incorporated in its basal course and gable ends. Facing SE and offset to the SW, its doorway has a stone threshold and is flanked by two small windows, both now blocked, set relatively high up, that towards the SW corner having full height internal splays. There is another small window on the NW side, opposite the doorway, and the fireplace may have been at the SW end but is now obscured by a mass of tumbled stone. The second building, which is narrower and adjoins the NW side of the cottage, comprises two compartments and may incorporate the remnants of an earlier building at its NE end. The footings of a small square pen are situated 4m to the NW. The third building is orientated NW and SE, and has been built onto the SW ends of the first two. It has been set into the slope, has a central door opening to the SW, a platform built into its W corner and a pen diagonally opposite in its E corner; it was possibly linked to the second building by a doorway in its N corner. Another square pen, now infilled with rubble, is situated 14m to the NE of the cottage.
The farmstead is depicted roofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland) 1882, sheet viii). It appears to have succeeded an earlier farmstead (HP60SW 241), the remains of which survive a short distance to the SE.

HP 61753 01771 -- Unst, Still -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 314107)

HP 61 02

Finds: Bead (Viking), Implement(S) (Bone)(Viking), Knife, Lamp (Viking), Needle(S) (Viking), Pin(S) (Viking), Ring (Viking), Spindle Whorl(S) (Viking), Whetstone (Viking) (HP 61 02)
HP 61 02 -- Unst, Sandwick -- Weight (Stone) (Canmore 109)
HP60SW 1 c. 61 02.
A portion of a stone net-sinker, found near the shore at Sandwick, Unst, has been presented to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS).
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1951.

HP 61 02 -- Unst, Sandwick -- Midden (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 112)
HP60SW 12 c. 61 02.
A kitchen-midden at Sandwick Bay (HP 6202) has produced a playing man of cetacean bone and a bone needle, both of which are in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS). (Possibly associated with HP60SW 9).
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1932
Sandwick Bay has several midden deposits.
The playing man (accession) No.HR 849) is certainly Dark Ages: it could be Viking or earlier.
(Undated) information in NMRS.

HP 61 02 -- Unst, Sandwick -- Broch (Iron Age) (Canmore 114)
HP60SW 14 c. 61 02.
A broch is said to have existed close to the bay of Sandiveck, but no trace of it now remains unless it is represented by some of the masonry 'included in No. 1573' (HP60SW 9 and HP60SW 25  - Viking sites).
Irvine in 1863 included it in his list of Unst broches and added that it lay two thirds towards the east side of the Sand of Sandiveck, first observed by the schoolmaster of Uyeasound, from the sound which had entirely covered it being partly removed by the north-easterly gales. Only a small part of that site is to be seen (J T Irvine).
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930
No trace of a broch.
HP60 4  SANDWICK
c. HP/623021
Site of possible broch close to the shore of the east side of the bay of Sandiveck on Unst.  No trace of it is now to be seen.
Sources:  1. OS  card  HP  60 SW 14:  2. RCAHMS 1946, vol. 3, no. 1581,   141.
E W MacKie 2002

HP 61 02 -- Sandwick -- Findspot, Spindle Whorl(S) (Steatite)(Early Medieval) (Canmore 300661)
HP 61 02 Two conical steatite spindle whorls were found on the Isle of Unst. Conical spindle whorls appear from the Viking period onwards and are scarcer than their bun-shaped equivalents in Shetland. These two differ slightly in form and shape and are also enhanced by different types of decoration. Sandwick has numerous contemporary settlements, some of which have been excavated (see DES 1980, 26–7).
Claimed as Treasure Trove (TT 27/08) and allocated to Shetland Museums
Martin Goldberg (Department of Archaeology, National Museums Scotland), 2008

HP 61018 02220 -- Unst, Knowe Of Vestral -- Planticrub (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 312133)
This planticrub, which measures about 7m in diameter over a ruinous drystone wall, stands in moorland overlooking an area of boggy ground about 185m to the SE of the Loch of Hoversta. It is depicted on both the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882 & 1902, sheet viii).

HP 61039 02334 -- Unst, Lochside -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 312135)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 61040 02372 -- Unst, Lochside -- Mound (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 312136)
A large, grass-grown, earthen mound stands 30m N of the cottage of Lochside farmstead (HP60SW 100), and within the stone-walled enclosure that contains both the cottage and an area of improved ground. It is not clear whether the mound, which has been heavily disturbed by rabbit burrows, is natural or artificial.

HP 61073 02569 -- Unst, Loch Of Vatnagarth -- Planticrub (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 312138)
This planticrub stands in open moorland 115m to the SE of the Loch of Vatnagarth. Rectangular on plan, it measures 4.4m from N to S by 3.3m transversely over a drystone wall standing up to about 1.6m in height. The planticrub is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, sheet viii). A short stretch of bank immediately to its SE may indicate the presence of an earlier structure.

HP 61167 02745 -- Unst, Loch Of Vatnagarth -- Building (Prehistoric) (Canmore 313121)
What appear to be the remains of a suboval building, probably constructed with stone robbed from a dyke that passes its S side, are visible in heather moorland 150m E of the Loch of Vatnagarth. It measures at least 4.2m from E to W by 2.3m transversely and although the interior of the structure is now full of loose debris, some stones of its inner face are recognisable.

HP 61213 02740 -- Unst, Loch Vatnagarth -- Planticrub (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Sheep Shelter (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188666)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001
This planticrub is situated in heather moorland 175m NW of the farmstead HP60SW 138. Rectangular on plan, it measures about 9m from N to S by 6m transversely over a drystone wall that has been almost completely removed on the E and S but retained in reduced form on the W and N to form a sheep shelter. The remains of the planticrub, which is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet viii), stand within a roughly circular area of improved pasture measuring up to about 21m in diameter and enclosed by a low band of rubble.

HP 61224 02242 -- Unst, Knowes Of Hostnigarth -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 312202)
Nothing is now visible in an area of stony pasture of the building that stood on the E side of a small enclosure and is depicted roofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, sheet viii). Neither the building nor the enclosure are shown on the 2nd edition of the map (Shetland 1902, sheet viii).

HP 61233 02108 -- Unst, Gardiebotten -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Sheep Shelter (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 312154)
This farmstead comprises a cottage, a large pen, which adjoins its NE side, another, smaller, one, which is tacked onto to its NW end, and two associated stone-walled enclosures. The cottage is built of clay bonded rubble and has a central doorway and flanking windows (both blocked) in its SW face. It probably originally had gabled ends, but these have been reduced to the level of the wall-heads, and there is a fireplace in the SE end. The NW end has largely collapsed, and here there is a pen with an entrance in its NE side. The larger pen measures about 9.5m in length by 2.7m in breadth and runs the entire length of the cottage.
The cottage and the pen at its NW end are both depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, sheet viii). The larger pen was a little later, but the steading was abandoned before 1900 and is shown unroofed on the 2nd edition of the map (Shetland 1902, sheet viii). The two stone-walled enclosures or small fields lying immediately NW of the cottage are depicted on the earlier map. However, they are shown incomplete on the later map, possibly an indication that their walls were robbed to aid construction of the larger pen. In more recent times the conversion of the site for use as a sheep shelter has seen the construction of a wall that cuts obliquely across the interior of the cottage, using stone robbed from the larger pen.

HP 61244 02004 -- Unst, Knowes Of Hostnigarth -- Kale Yard (19-20th Century)(Possible) (Canmore 312145)
What is probably a kale yard stands amidst a network of drainage channels on the W edge of an area of improved ground which once belonged to the farmstead of Housigarth (HP60SW 85). Roughly subrectangular on plan, it measures about 42m from NNE to SSW by a maximum of 17m transversely over a wall reduced to a grass-grown stony bank. The yard is depicted on both the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882 & 1902, sheet viii).

HP 6125 0225 -- Unst, Hostnigarth -- Farmstead (Norse) (Canmore 283423)
A survey was undertaken of potential Norse farmsteads, in addition to those previously recorded in 1994-95. Structures are rectangular and aligned downslope. HP 6125 0225 Hostnigarth 2. Two rooms with dividing wall in middle. Curved walls in lower end and square walls at upper end; 11 x 4.5m E-W.
L H Smith 2005
On the date of visit no evidence of buildings was found at this location, which lies in an area of rough, stony pasture.

HP 61275 02474 -- Unst, Knowe Of Houlligarth -- Planticrub (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 312203)
This planticrub overlies the intersection of three field walls, stone from which has been used in its construction. Rectangular on plan, it measures about 7m from NNE to SSW by 5.5m transversely over a partly ruinous drystone wall. The planticrub is depicted on both the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882 & 1902, sheet viii).

HP 61332 02291 -- Unst, Knowe Of Houlligarth -- Quarry (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 312197)
A small U-shaped quarry, open to the E, is situated in rough pasture 17m N of the wall that forms the boundary between Houlligarth and Housigarth Farms.

HP 61364 02433 -- Unst, Knowe Of Houlligarth -- Building (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 312204)
The footings of two short stretches of wall can be seen on the edge of a rocky knoll overlooking an unnamed burn from the N. Both are orientated N and S but they are offset, and it is unclear whether they represent the sides of a building that has been heavily robbed.

HP 61364 02641 -- Unst, Knowe Of Houlligarth -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313111)
This farmstead is orientated NNE and SSW and comprises a cottage at its NNE end and a two-compartment building at the SSW end, the two separated by a gap of 5m, which is closed off on the ESE by a low rubble wall. The farmstead stands on the ESE side of a small yard, which, in turn, stands within the ESE end of a much larger rectangular enclosure. The cottage survives to wall-head and gable height, and has a central doorway and flanking windows in its ESE side. There is a fireplace at both ends, that at the SSW is flanked on the W by a press and on the E by a small window and that at the NNE end is now blocked. The SSW end of the interior retains much of its original plaster rendering, the timber-lined entrance lobby is still extant and the window frames retain some of their glass panes. The pitch of the roof is very low, and is part-covered at the SSW end by corrugated steel sheets, suggesting that the building has been modified at some stage, probably when the fireplace at the NNE end was blocked off and the chimney stack removed.
The building to the SSW may have been a combined barn and byre, though its walls have been significantly reduced in height. Access to the larger, NNE, compartment is through a doorway in the ESE side, offset to the SSW. Internal access to the smaller compartment is through a doorway at the ESE end of the partition wall, and a window in the SSW gable provided daylight into this compartment.
The farmstead is depicted roofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, sheet viii), but it appears to have fallen out of use by 1900 and is shown unroofed on the 2nd edition of the map (Shetland 1902, sheet viii).

HP 61374 02402 -- Unst, Knowe Of Houlligarth -- Planticrub (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 312205)
This planticrub has been built over the N corner of a stone-walled field immediately to the S of an unnamed burn. Lozenge-shaped on plan, it measures about 6m from NW to SE by 4.2m transversely over a drystone wall largely built of small boulders but with larger ones used for coping.

HP 61382 02094 -- Unst, Housigarth -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 311938)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 61391 02137 -- Unst, Housigarth -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 312158)
An short, L-shaped length of wall may be all that now survives of a structure depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, sheet viii), standing 40m to the N of the cottage at Housigarth (HP60SW 85) and attached to the E side of a large irregular enclosure. The structure is not shown on the 2nd edition of the map (Shetland 1902, sheet viii) and the site has been used in more recent times as a stone dump.

HP 61439 02676 -- Unst, Knowe Of Houlligarth -- Hut (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 313110)
A short length of grass grown bank is visible immediately W of a ruined field wall some 80m NE of the farmstead HP60SW 138. It may be the remains of a hut built against the wall, or it may indicate that this stretch of wall has been refurbished at some stage.

HP 61446 02374 -- Unst, Knowe Of Houlligarth -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 312242)
This building, which was probably a shed or store, stands within the S corner of a small, roughly rectangular stone-walled enclosure measuring about 14.5m from NW to SE by 11m transversely overall. Rectangular on plan, the building measures no more than about 4.5m from NW to SE by 3.5m transversely over a drystone rubble wall, with a partly blocked entrance on the NE that is offset to the SE, and an ambry set towards the SW corner of the SE end.
The building is depicted roofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, sheet viii), at which time it stood in the S corner of an irregularly shaped plot of unimproved ground. Between 1882 and 1900, however, the removal of several lengths of stone wall in the vicinity saw the creation of a loaning or broad access track through the system of small irregular fields and the 2nd edition of the map (1902, sheet viii) shows the, by then, unroofed structure standing on its SW side. The NE and NW walls of the enclosure in which the structure is presently situated were built sometime after 1900.

HP 61462 02254 -- Unst, Housigarth -- Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Quarry (Period Unassigned), Quarry Scoop(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 312177)
This shallow quarry is situated amidst a thin scatter of field clearance cairns 180m NNE of the cottage at Housigarth (HP60SW 85). Oval on plan, it measures at least 8.5m from NNE to SSW by 6.5m transversely. Other shallow scoops to the NE are probably small stone quarries.

HP 61466 02302 -- Unst, Knowe Of Houlligarth -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Midden (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 312243)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 61467 02547 -- Unst, Knowe Of Houlligarth -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313105)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 61471 02335 -- Unst, Knowe Of Houlligarth -- Mound (Period Unassigned), Stack Stand (Post Medieval)(Possible) (Canmore 312244)
A low amorphous mound, which measures approximately 6m across and is situated in an improved field 10m to the W of the farmstead HP60SW 125, may be a midden or a deflated stack stand.

HP 61472 02382 -- Unst, Knowe Of Houlligarth -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Norse) (Canmore 283422)
A survey was undertaken of potential Norse farmsteads, in addition to those previously recorded in 1994-95. Structures are rectangular and aligned downslope. HP 6146 0237 Hostnigarth 1. Divisional wall at lower end. Side room along upper N wall, but dividing wall removed; 7 x 3m E-W.
L H Smith 2005
Two heavily robbed rectangular buildings are visible on an unimproved grassy knoll immediately NW of the farmstead HP60SW 127 and within the stone-walled enclosure associated with that steading. The eastern of the two, which has been recorded previously as a Norse farmstead, is orientated E and W. Its W end is set into the knoll and the low scarps that mark the divisions between its three compartments reflect the dropping of the floor-level to the E. The S side of the building has all but been removed by stone robbing. The second building, which is orientated N and S and is situated immediately W of the first, is linked to the other building by what appear to be robber trenches. It too may have comprised three compartments, but the entire length of its W side has been removed. A small yard or enclosure in the angle between the buildings is marked by a stony bank that curves round from the N side of the first building to the NE corner of the second.

HP 61476 02067 -- Unst, Housigarth -- Planticrub (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 311939)
This planticrub stands on the N edge of an area of improved pasture about 95m ESE of the abandoned farmstead at Housigarth (HP60SW 85). Rectangular on plan, it measures about 5.3m from N to S by 4.3m transversely over a largely ruinous stone wall. It is depicted on both the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882 & 1902, sheet viii).

HP 61485 02337 -- Unst, Knowe Of Houlligarth -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 312245)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 61487 02367 -- Unst, Knowe Of Houlligarth -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 312254)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 615 023 -- Unst, Sandwick -- Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188667)
A township comprising three unroofed buildings, three partially roofed buildings, six roofed buildings, twenty unroofed structures, some enclosures, field walls and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii). Eleven unroofed buildings, one partially roofed building, seven unroofed structures, some enclosures, field walls and the fragmentary remains of the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001

HP 61501 02170 -- Unst, Housigarth -- Planticrub (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 312162)
This planticrub stands in rough pasture amidst heaps of field cleared stones about 140m to the NE of the cottage at Housigarth (HP60SW 85). It overlies the line of a field bank which has probably been robbed to provide stone for its construction. Subsquare on plan, it measures about 5m from NE to SW by 4.5m transversely over a drystone rubble wall that has collapsed on the NW and SW. The planticrub is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet viii).

HP 61505 02542 -- Unst, Knowe Of Houlligarth -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313107)
The remains of a rectangular building are visible about 30m E of the farmstead HP60SW 133. The E half of the building is visible as a ruinous wall immediately below, E, of the wall of the enclosure associated with the steading. The W half of the building, which lies within the enclosure, is less well preserved, and is now visible as a hollow bounded by low scarps on the N and S and by a short stump of wall on the W.

HP 61506 02390 -- Unst, Knowe Of Houlligarth -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 312268)
The remains of a rectangular stone-walled structure are situated about 20m NW of the farmstead HP60SW 129, but it is not clear whether it was once a roofed building, a large pen or a planticrub. It measures about 5.8m from N to S by 3.5m transversely over a rubble wall that has largely collapsed and its E side and both ends appear to either overlie or incorporate field walls. The structure is depicted as an open rectangle on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, sheet viii).

HP 61522 02082 -- Unst, Housigarth -- Planticrub (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 311940)
This planticrub, which stands in improved pasture about 140m to the E of the abandoned farmstead at Housigarth (HP60SW 85), measures about 4m in diameter over a ruinous drystone wall. It is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, sheet viii).

HP 61530 02365 -- Unst, Knowe Of Houlligarth -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Planticrub (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 313089)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.
A plan of Knowe of Houlligarth was sketched by June Owers in her survey of abandoned settlements on Unst (1984). The farmstead is labelled as 'S Easterly House nearest Sands' in these plans.

HP 61533 02383 -- Unst, Knowe Of Houlligarth -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313090)
This small building, possibly a pen or store, stands 8m N of the L-plan range at Knowe of Houlligarth (HP60SW 129), overlying a ruinous field wall. The structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, sheet viii), but is not shown on the 2nd edition of the map (Shetland 1902, sheet viii).

HP 61535 02638 -- Unst, Knowe Of Houlligarth -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Planticrub (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 313109)
This planticrub is situated in rough pasture 100m NNE of the farmstead HP60SW 133, between a thick grass-grown bank immediately to the NW and a ruinous dyke that passes very close by on the SE. Probably originally subsquare on plan, the planticrub measures no more than about 4.7m across largely ruinous drystone walls. It is clearly later in date than the thick bank but it is likely to be contemporary with the stone wall. Both are depicted on the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882 & 1902, sheet viii) and neither exhibits any evidence of localised robbing.

HP 61541 02387 -- Unst, Knowe Of Houlligarth -- Pen (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313091)
This small pen, which stands 10m NNE of the L-plan range at Knowe of Houlligarth (HP60SW 129), has been built with stone robbed from the ruinous field wall which it overlies. It is open to the ENE.

HP 61548 02045 -- Unst, Housigarth -- Kale Yard (19-20th Century) (Canmore 311941)
What is probably a kale yard stands in the NE corner of an area of improved pasture about 170m ESE of the abandoned farmstead at Housigarth (HP60SW 85). Subrectangular on plan, it measures a maximum of 28m from N to S by 10m transversely over a ruinous drystone wall and it is depicted on both the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882 & 1902, sheet viii).

HP 61552 02375 -- Unst, Knowe Of Houlligarth -- Pen (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 313092)
This U-plan structure, probably a pen, stands 11m E of the L-plan range at Knowe of Houlligarth (HP60SW 129). It is open to the ENE and its WSW side appears to overlie a ruined field wall. The structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, sheet viii), but is not shown on the 2nd edition of the map (Shetland 1902, sheet viii).

HP 61557 02268 -- Unst, Housigarth -- Sheep Shelter (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 312168)
An L-shaped length of drystone wall, which stands in rough pasture 255m NE of the cottage at Housigarth (HP60SW 85), is probably a sheep shelter. It has been built on the line of an earlier field bank.

HP 61570 02208 -- Unst, Housigarth -- Planticrub (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 312164)
This planticrub stands 210m NE of the cottage at Housigarth (HP60SW 85), overlying a field bank which has probably been robbed to provide stone for its construction. The 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882 & 1902, sheet viii) depict the planticrub as being rectangular on plan, but its ruinous state now makes it difficult to ascertain precisely what size it was.

HP 61570 02584 -- Unst, Knowe Of Houlligarth -- Planticrub (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313108)
This planticrub stands in stony pasture 100m NE of the farmstead HP60SW 133. D-shaped on plan, with the chord of the D to the E, it measures about 6m from N to S by 4.5m transversely over a ruinous drystone wall.

HP 61571 02312 -- Unst, Housigarth -- Kale Yard (19th Century) (Canmore 312176)
This kale yard is situated about 270m NE of the cottage at Housigarth (HP60SW 85), its N side having been robbed out and overlain by the wall that forms the boundary between Housigarth and Houlligarth Farms. Rectangular on plan, the yard measures about 35m from ENE to WSW by up to 13m transversely over a wall reduced to a grass-grown bank on the S and E and a terrace on the W.
It is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, sheet viii).

HP 61589 02940 -- Unst, Soerhouse -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188663)
A farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings, one of which is L-shaped, and three enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973), where the largest enclosure is shown as incomplete.
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 61602 02272 -- Unst, Housigarth -- Planticrub (Period Unassigned), Sheep Shelter (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 312169)
All that is now visible of this planticrub, which is situated 280m NE of the cottage at Housigarth (HP60SW 85), are its W and S sides, which have been retained to form a sheep shelter. Subsquare on plan and probably measuring no more than 5m overall, the planticrub is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, sheet viii). Its S side overlies an earlier field boundary bank.

HP 61638 02246 -- Unst, Housigarth -- Planticrub (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 312170)
Standing in rough pasture about 295m ENE of the cottage at Housigarth (HP60SW 85), this subsquare planticrub, which probably measures no more that 4.5m overall, has been robbed down to rubble footings. On the SW, the planticrub, which is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, sheet viii), overlies the line of an earlier stony bank.

HP 61658 02169 -- Unst, Sandwick Links -- Building (Neolithic) (Canmore 300613)
Located by hand-held GPS (Garmin), this Neolithic building is situated close to the foot of an E-facing slope in grassland on the edge of Freswick Links, about 250m SE of Sandwick township. Subrectangular on plan, with a rounded W end that is terraced into the slope, the building measures 6m from E to W by 4m transversely within stone wall-footings 2.5m in thickness and up to 0.7m in height. The inner face of the wall is marked by large orthostatic stones, and what may be the position of an entrance in the E end-wall, adjacent to the SE corner, is indicated by a comparative lack of stone in the bank.

HP 61669 02073 -- Unst, Housigarth -- Building (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Enclosure (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 311943)
The severely robbed remains of a what was probably a building, less likely an enclosure, are situated on a gentle slope at the edge of boggy ground some 285m E of the abandoned farmstead of Housigarth (HP60SW 85). Subrectangular on plan and measuring at least 14m in length from NNE to SSW, the walls of the structure are defined mainly by intermittent boulders, but at the S corner both inner and outer wall-faces remain, indicating a thickness of between 0.7m and 0.9m. A boulder wall extends from the E corner of the structure and runs intermittently for a distance of at least 150m to the ENE. However, the relationship between the two is unclear.

HP 61675 02240 -- Unst, Housigarth -- Planticrub (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 312171)
This planticrub is situated in rough pasture some 325m ENE of the cottage at Housigarth (HP60SW 85). Rectangular on plan, it measures about 6m from NW to SE by 4.5m transversely over a drystone rubble wall that has been reduced to footings, visible as little more than a stony scarp on the S and E. The NE side of the planticrub, which is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, sheet viii), appears to overlie the line of an earlier stony bank.

HP 61688 02888 -- Unst, Puddle -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188664)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building of two compartments and an attached enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 61695 02310 -- Unst, Housigarth -- Planticrub (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 312173)
Nothing can now be seen of a planticrub shown at this location on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, sheet viii).

HP 617 026 -- Unst, Sandwick -- Farmstead (Norse), Comb(S) (Bone)(Viking) (Canmore 126)
HP60SW 25 617 026.
Indeterminate traces of buildings have been exposed by storms around the Bay of Sandwick.  Many objects, including sherds resembling broch pottery, whetstones and whorls, combs and pins of bone have been picked up.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930
Mr P Moar of Lerwick, reports that remains of masonry were exposed by the storms of Jan 1937 at three points on the shore of Sandwick. One site at the extreme north end of the bay, the second being 80 yds and the third 250 yds S of it. At the northernmost site quantities of burned broken stones were observed and some fragments of steatite urns were picked up. At the central site are five perforated 'tether-stones', and here also were found two bone combs of Viking type one of which is now in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS). The southern most site too yielded burned stones and steatite fragments as well as another Viking comb. All structural remains were very scanty.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1937
In the area centred HP 617 026, a fragment of the back plate of a Viking bone comb (ARC 65495), and a Viking bone comb (ARC 65494) were found, respectively in 1960 and 1953, by A T Cluness, Rosspark, Uyeasound. Shetland Museum accessions register.
The three sites referred to by Moar are at HP 6179 0272, where midden material is still visible, HP 6171 0268, a stony knoll, and at HP6171 0253 another stony knoll where midden material is also visible. A T Cluness is now deceased.
There are vague traces of early occupation mainly the remains of field walls, bordering the margins of the bay, but these are too indeterminate for classification (see HP60SW 9.26).
HP 617 025. During June-July and September-October Shetland Amenity Trust excavated a heavily eroded Norse farmstead at the sandy beach of Sandwick on the E side of Unst. A trial excavation had been carried out on the site in 1980 by Bigelow, McGovern and Butler and a date to the Late Norse period had been suggested (Bigelow, McGovern and Butler 1980).
During the excavation in 1995 fragments of stone-built house structures were examined at respectively the southern and the northern part of the site. At the southern end the very fragmentary remains indicate 3-4 phases, while at the northern end a more well-preserved structue was excavated. This structure was origionally part of a larger complex which has been eroded by the sea a long time ago. It was possible to establish the exact layout of one room measuring approximately 8m by 2.5m. This room and a well-paved pathway, leading through the complex, was totally excavated.
The artefact assemblage from the site is dominated by stone items, especially steatite and schist. They include a huge number of vessel sherds, sinkers, gaming boards, spindle whorls, baking plates and whetstones. Other objects found include bone-combs, bone-pins and a bronze stick pin of Hiberno-Norse type. The conditions for preservation of bone were excellent and environmental sampling was carried out. The bone assemblage appears to be dominated by fish bone.
The artefacts indicate a date within the 11th-13th centuries AD.
Sponsors: Historic Scotland, Shetland Amenity Trust.
S S Hansen 1995.

HP 61714 02830 -- Unst, Lee -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188665)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed L-shaped building of four compartments and an attached enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii). One unroofed building and one incomplete enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 61723 02306 -- Unst, Housigarth -- Planticrub (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 312174)
All that is now visible of this planticrub, which is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, sheet viii), is an oval hollow in a field of pasture

HP 618 022 -- Unst, Sandwick -- Unidentified Pottery (Iron Age), Worked Object (Canmore 137589)
HP 618 022  Iron Age pottery from S end of beach at Sandwick. A56-1995.
T Watt and I Tait 1996
HP 618 022. Various artefacts, all surface finds: Iron Age pottery, ARC 1997.150, 141; steatite fragments/whetstone, ARC 1997.143; slag, ARC 1997.142; bronze awl/pin of Norse style, decorated at head end, pronounced bend in pin half-way down, ARC 1997.102.
Shetland Museum 1997
HP 619 02.  Worked bone object from leg bone of calf, flattened along one face, drilled hole in either end. Slight grooves on rounded face suggest that this was used to protect the gunwhale of a boat from the cutting action of fishing lines. Found close to Sandwick South excavation. ARC 1997.1.
(Undated) information in NMRS.

HP 6180 0250 -- Unst, Easting, Sandwick -- Building (Iron Age), Hearth (Period Unassigned), Inhumation (Period Unassigned), Mound (Period Unassigned), Bead (Steatite), Unidentified Pottery (Canmore 274117)
Archaeological survey of an eroding mound at the edge of Sand Wick was carried out in August 2004 as part of a community archaeology project. The assessment established that a substantial sub-circular structure of probable later prehistoric date is sealed beneath the eroding mound, associated with deep complex occupation deposits. Although the outer part of the structure has already been lost to coastal erosion, the geophysical survey indicated that most of it survives.
Auger survey established that the adjacent area inland is covered by deep deposits of windblown sand, which are now largely stabilised but vulnerable to erosion and deflation. Cleaning and tapestry excavation of the eroding section established the survival of deep stratified occupation deposits, midden material and an in situ hearth, all associated with substantial orthostatic walling. Numerous sherds of coarse pottery, part of a steatite bowl and a perforated stone were recovered during the excavation.
Report lodged with Shetland SMR and the NMRS.
Sponsors: HS, SCAPE Trust.
O Lelong, I Shearer anbd D Maguire 2004
HP 6180 0250 Excavation in August and September 2005 of an eroding coastal site revealed the remains of a partly truncated building of probable Iron Age date, consisting of three cells built of clay-bonded stone walls, in some places standing to over 1m high (DES 2004, 118-19). The building had partly collapsed, and excavation uncovered evidence of activity among its ruins, including metalworking. An extended inhumation burial, post-dating the final abandonment of the building, was also discovered; the person had been buried with a polished stone disc, a small copper-alloy ornament and a steatite bead. The project was designed to rescue information from the site before its destruction and to train
Shorewatch/Shetland's Past volunteers in the investigation and recording of eroding coastal sites.
Report lodged with Shetland SMR and NMRS.
Sponsors: HS, SCAPE Trust, HLF.
O Lelong and I Shearer

HP 6187 0223 -- Unst, Sandwick -- Settlement (Norse) (Canmore 141)
See also HP60SW 12.
HP 619 023. Norse house, Sands of Sandwick.  It is a mere foundation 50' to 60' long with an interior width of about 11'. There are traces of outbuildings.  (Possibly associated with HP60SW 12 - kitchen-midden).
J Stewart 1954
A Viking bone comb (ARC 65493) found in 1960 by W R Jamieson, Muness, an iron hand axe (ARC 6616) dated to 1000 AD by Historisk Museum, Universitet Bergen, and a Viking comb (ARC 6617) found by Dr R Saunders in 1965, at Sandwick, Unst, are in the Shetland Museum.
Shetland Museum accessions register.
The alleged Norse house is at HP 6186 0226. It occupies the crown of a stony knoll on the beach and is defined by drystone walls 0.6m maximum height, c.1.6m probable width. It measures 16.0m by about 3.5m internally. The E. wall is completely covered by a pile of debris. There are traces of annexes and enclosure walls, and c.60.0m to the SE are the amorphous remains of what has probably been an associated building apparently measuring about 6.5m by 3.5m in which midden material can be seen.
Mr Jamieson indicated approximately where the comb was found in an area of sand dunes at Sandwick Links (HP 618 023). He could not remember the exact find spot.  According to Mr Henderson (T Henderson, Curator, Shetland Museum) who received the information from Dr Saunders (a summer visitor) the other comb and the axe came from approx. HP 6185 0224, to the SW of the Norse house.  Local tradition asserts that there was once a church in this locality, but this is probably due to the discovery of several crouched inhumations in the area centred HP 618 022, many years ago (R Niven Spence, Uyeasound) of which there is now no trace.
Excavations of a longhouse and associated yard at Sandwick by G Bigelow.
G F Bigelow 1978; 1979; 1980.

HP 61873 02956 -- Unst, Framgord -- House (Norse) (Canmore 125)
At HP 6186 0298 are the turf-covered footings of a rectangular building with its long axis down a slope, apparently a Norse type house. It is about 25.0m long and varies in width from 4.5m at the NW end to 5.2m at the SE end, over walls 0.5m maximum height. The NW end is higher than the other and the change in level probably denotes a cross wall. The SE end is indefinite.
Nearby are several walls, clearance heaps and cultivation terraces, many of them modern, but some undoubtedly associated.

HP 61887 02978 -- Unst, Framgord -- House (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330242)

HP 61912 02908 -- Unst, Sandwick, Framgord Chapel And Cemetery -- Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Cemetery (Period Unassigned), Chapel (Period Unassigned), Cross Slab (Early Medieval) (Canmore 131)
Framgord 1 (St Mary), Sandwick, Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.63m, W 0.30m
Stone type: schist
Place of discovery: HP 6191 0290
Present location: in the churchyard at Framgord.
Evidence for discovery: recorded by RCAHMS in 1930.
Present condition:  good.
Description
This cruciform stone has rounded arms and the side-arms are shorter than the upper arm.
Date: ninth to eleventh centuries.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1539; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 114.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
Framgord 2 (St Mary), Sandwick, Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone fragment
Measurements: H 0.76m, W 0.30m +
Present condition:  broken.
One vertical side of this stone has sheared off, leaving one intact side-arm, short and with a squared terminal. Part of the upper arm is missing, but it had an expanded shape, as did the shaft.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1539; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 115.
Framgord 3 (St Mary), Sandwick, Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.54m, W 0.32m
This cruciform stone is a good intact example of the form with expanded upper arm, short side-arms with squared terminals and pointed foot to the shaft.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1539; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 116.
Framgord 4 (St Mary), Sandwick, Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.74m, W 0.33m
Present condition:
This stone has short squared arms and a flaring shaft, and it is notable for the addition of a second inner cross carved in relief.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1539; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 117.
Framgord 5 (St Mary), Sandwick, Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.62m, W 0.27m
A slender example of a cruciform stone, this has short side-arms, flared expanded upper arm and a straight shaft. There is a tenon-like extension to the op of the upper arm.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1539; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 118.
Framgord 6 (St Mary), Sandwick, Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.48m, W 0.20m
Present condition:  worn and battered.
This stone has a straight shaft and foreshortened squared arms.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1539; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 119.
Framgord 7 (St Mary), Sandwick, Unst, Shetland, cross-slab fragment
Measurements: H 0.28m, W 0.34m
This fragment is the top part of a slab carved in relief with a cross. The arms exten to the edges of the slab, but most of the shaft is missing.
Date: eighth or ninth centuries.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1539; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 125.
Framgord 8 (St Mary), Sandwick, Unst, Shetland, recumbent gravestone
Measurements: L 1.22m, W 0.43m
Present condition: worn, and there is damage to the edge of the slab to the left of the shaf of the cross.
This was an almost oval slab, carved in relief with a cross with expanded terminals to the side-arms and a large disc terminal to the upper arm. The foot of the shaft is missing.
Date: tenth to eleventh centuries.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1539; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 128.
(HP 6191 0293) Chapel (LB)
(In Ruins) Burial Ground (TI).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900)
A ruined chapel, probably pre-reformation, standing within its burial ground which was still in use in 1878 (Name Book 1878). The chapel is oblong in plan, measuring (internally - not 'overall' as stated by RCAHMS) 36' 10" (11.22m) E-W long from 10' 6" (3.2m) to 11' 9" (3.6m) N-S. The walls which are very irregularly built, varying from 2'11" (0.89m) to 5'2" (1.58m) in thickness, stand to a maximum height of 6' (1.83m) on the west.  The only opening traceable is an entrance in the middle of the west gable. Internally there are slight indications of cross-walls at 15'6" (4.72m) from the east and again at 11'6" (16.77m) from the west end.  Within the burial-ground, beside some upright slabs carved with rude crosses, lies a recumbent cross-slab as well as five roughly formed coped-stones, each having a central rib on the upper surface. Inside the chapel is a large late 17th or early 18th century armorial stone.
RCAHMS 1946.
Our Ladies Kirk.
Shetland Museum Card Index.
As described. The burial ground is still in use. Name not known locally.
Cemetery [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1973.
Loose drawings of sites in Orkney and Shetland in the Society of Antiquaries Collection (SAS 487), mainly by George Petrie.

HP 61912 02908 -- Unst, Sandwick, Framgord Chapel And Cemetery -- Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Cemetery (Period Unassigned), Chapel (Period Unassigned), Cross Slab (Early Medieval) (Canmore 131)
Framgord 1 (St Mary), Sandwick, Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.63m, W 0.30m
Stone type: schist
Place of discovery: HP 6191 0290
Present location: in the churchyard at Framgord.
Evidence for discovery: recorded by RCAHMS in 1930.
Present condition:  good.
Description
This cruciform stone has rounded arms and the side-arms are shorter than the upper arm.
Date: ninth to eleventh centuries.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1539; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 114.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
Framgord 2 (St Mary), Sandwick, Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone fragment
Measurements: H 0.76m, W 0.30m +
Present condition:  broken.
One vertical side of this stone has sheared off, leaving one intact side-arm, short and with a squared terminal. Part of the upper arm is missing, but it had an expanded shape, as did the shaft.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1539; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 115.
Framgord 3 (St Mary), Sandwick, Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.54m, W 0.32m
This cruciform stone is a good intact example of the form with expanded upper arm, short side-arms with squared terminals and pointed foot to the shaft.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1539; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 116.
Framgord 4 (St Mary), Sandwick, Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.74m, W 0.33m
Present condition:
This stone has short squared arms and a flaring shaft, and it is notable for the addition of a second inner cross carved in relief.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1539; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 117.
Framgord 5 (St Mary), Sandwick, Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.62m, W 0.27m
A slender example of a cruciform stone, this has short side-arms, flared expanded upper arm and a straight shaft. There is a tenon-like extension to the op of the upper arm.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1539; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 118.
Framgord 6 (St Mary), Sandwick, Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.48m, W 0.20m
Present condition:  worn and battered.
This stone has a straight shaft and foreshortened squared arms.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1539; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 119.
Framgord 7 (St Mary), Sandwick, Unst, Shetland, cross-slab fragment
Measurements: H 0.28m, W 0.34m
This fragment is the top part of a slab carved in relief with a cross. The arms exten to the edges of the slab, but most of the shaft is missing.
Date: eighth or ninth centuries.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1539; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 125.
Framgord 8 (St Mary), Sandwick, Unst, Shetland, recumbent gravestone
Measurements: L 1.22m, W 0.43m
Present condition: worn, and there is damage to the edge of the slab to the left of the shaf of the cross.
This was an almost oval slab, carved in relief with a cross with expanded terminals to the side-arms and a large disc terminal to the upper arm. The foot of the shaft is missing.
Date: tenth to eleventh centuries.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1539; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 128.
(HP 6191 0293) Chapel (LB)
(In Ruins) Burial Ground (TI).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900)
A ruined chapel, probably pre-reformation, standing within its burial ground which was still in use in 1878 (Name Book 1878). The chapel is oblong in plan, measuring (internally - not 'overall' as stated by RCAHMS) 36' 10" (11.22m) E-W long from 10' 6" (3.2m) to 11' 9" (3.6m) N-S. The walls which are very irregularly built, varying from 2'11" (0.89m) to 5'2" (1.58m) in thickness, stand to a maximum height of 6' (1.83m) on the west.  The only opening traceable is an entrance in the middle of the west gable. Internally there are slight indications of cross-walls at 15'6" (4.72m) from the east and again at 11'6" (16.77m) from the west end.  Within the burial-ground, beside some upright slabs carved with rude crosses, lies a recumbent cross-slab as well as five roughly formed coped-stones, each having a central rib on the upper surface. Inside the chapel is a large late 17th or early 18th century armorial stone.
RCAHMS 1946.
Our Ladies Kirk.
Shetland Museum Card Index.
As described. The burial ground is still in use. Name not known locally.
Cemetery [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1973.
Loose drawings of sites in Orkney and Shetland in the Society of Antiquaries Collection (SAS 487), mainly by George Petrie.

HP 61950 02170 -- Unst, Easting, Sandwick -- Building (Period Unassigned), Hearth (Period Unassigned), Inhumation (Period Unassigned), Midden (Period Unassigned), Pottery Scatter (Period Unassigned), Anvil (Possible) (Canmore 293793)
HP 6195 0217 Further excavation was carried out in August 2006 of an eroding cellular building, producing more information about its sequence of use. The southern cell appears to have had corbelled, clay-bonded stone walls, with a roughly paved floor and a stone and clay hearth set against an orthostatic partition wall. A thick dump of hearth waste and pot sherds had built up inside the cell, and a steatite tuyere fragment was found in it. Midden was dumped into the cell before its roof collapsed. The central and northern cells had been modified with the addition of partition walls and paved and clay floors. Two painted pebbles were recovered from the floor levels. The central cell contained a large anvil or chopping block and several stone tools. Thick deposits of what may be rubble and burnt deposits lie beneath the central and northern cells (visible in the eroded section), suggesting they were built upon earlier occupation levels or the collapsed remains of an earlier building. Radiocarbon dating of an inhumation burial cut through windblown sands sealing the site shows the building was finally abandoned before AD 130-390 (SUERC-10745).
Archive to be deposited in NMRS. Report lodged with Shetland Amenity Trust SMR and NMRS.
Sponsor: The SCAPE Trust/Historic Scotland/Heritage Lottery Fund.
O Lelong and I Shearer, 2006.

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HP 61094 03001 -- Unst, Vatnagarth -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313098)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 61100 03751 -- Unst, Burral -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313114)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 6128 0321 -- Unst, Vord Hill -- Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188659)
Two enclosures have been built against a rocky crag in rough peaty moorland 230m NE of the Vatnagarth intake. The better preserved (HP 61276 03210) measures about 5m from NW to SE by 3m transversely within ruined rubble walls, while the other to its E (HP 61287 03203) measures about 6m from NE to SW by 4m transversely over partly robbed rubble walls.

HP 61654 03052 -- Unst, North-house -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188662)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed L-shaped building, one unroofed structure and two enclosures, and a head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 61758 03268 -- Unst, Vord Hill -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188660)
Two unroofed structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001
This rectangular structure is situated in semi-improved peaty moorland 60m NW of the head-dyke dividing this from the improved ground associated with the farmstead of Smirgarth (HP60SW 45). It measures about 7m from NE to SW by 4.5m transversely over rubble walls up to 1.5m high. There is an entrance and a window in the SE side and an outshot is attached to the NE end.
The building is shown unroofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, Sheet VIII).

HP 61835 03565 -- Unst, Garths Of Smirgarth -- Pen (19th Century) (Canmore 188658)
This pen is situated in semi-improved pasture in the southern part of the Garths of Smirgarth. It measures about 6.5m from NE to SW by 5.5m transversely over rubble walls up to 1m high; its NW side is formed by outcropping rock. The pen is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, Sheet VIII).

HP 61931 03950 -- Unst, Vord Hill -- Sheepfold(S) (19th Century) (Canmore 188657)
This sheepfold, which is situated in rough peaty, measures about 10m in diameter over rubble walls that have collapsed on the NW and SE. It is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, Sheet VIII).

HP 6197 0305 -- Unst, Wick Of Smirgirt -- Structure (Period Unassigned), Unidentified Pottery (Iron Age) (Canmore 124)
HP60SW 23 6197 0305.
At HP 6195 0305, a sherd of coarse "broch-type" pottery was found during field investigation where the sea has eroded the shore. Several placed stones suggest the remains of an occupation site.

HP 61973 03210 -- Unst, Smirgarth -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188661)
A farmstead comprising three unroofed buildings, one of which has three compartments, and two enclosures, one of which is incomplete, and one unroofed structure lying approximately 140m to the NE are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii). One unroofed structure and three conjoined enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

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HP 611 040 -- Unst, Vord Hill -- Cairn (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)(Possible), Standing Stone (Prehistoric) (Canmore 243310)
HP60SW 61 centred on HP 611 040
The Shetland's Past Project was begun in spring 2001 (DES 2001, 83-5). The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. Thanks to the enthusiasm and dedication of those participating groups, funding has now been secured to consolidate and expand this project. Below is a sample of just some of the sites discovered and recorded in the last six months.
HP 611 040	?Burial cairn, 8.2 x 5.9m. ?Associated with nearby standing stone.
HP 611 040	Chambered cairn, 8.2 x 5.9m, oval. Generally well defined in outline with 4 x 4m 'satellite' structure, ?also an eroded burial
Report deposited in Shetland SMR.
Sponsor: Shetland Amenity Trust.
Unst History Group, O Cambridge 2002

HP 6166 0490 -- Unst, Burn Of Vatsdeild -- Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188866)
Five unroofed structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v). Six unroofed structures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 31 January 2001

HP 61752 04302 -- Unst, Mel -- Planticrub (19-20th Century) (Canmore 188655)
This planticrub, which is situated in rough peaty moorland about 210m SW of the farmhouse at Newvirse (HP 61943 04399), measures about 4.5m square over drystone walls which have partially collapsed. It is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, Sheet VIII).

HP 61805 04994 -- Unst, Hill Of Colvadale -- Cairn (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313962)
This cairn is situated on the leading edge of a SE-facing terrace, overlooking an area of moorland from which the peat has been removed down to bedrock. It measures about 6m in diameter and is now largely heather-grown.

HP 6184 0454 -- Unst, Old Virse -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313130)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 6194 0431 -- Unst, Mel -- Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188656)
One unroofed building and an attached enclosure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii). One unroofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001

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HP 612 051 -- Unst, Helliers Water -- Clearance Cairn (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 243326)
The Shetland's Past Project was begun in spring 2001 (DES 2001, 83-5). The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. Thanks to the enthusiasm and dedication of those participating groups, funding has now been secured to consolidate and expand this project. Below is a sample of just some of the sites discovered and recorded in the last six months.
HP 612 051	Clearance cairn, 4.1 x 3.5m. No evidence of central chamber.
Report deposited in Shetland SMR.
Sponsor: Shetland Amenity Trust
Unst History Group, O Cambridge 2002

HP 614 058 -- Unst, Hill Of Colvadale -- Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)(Possible) (Canmore 243315)
The Shetland's Past Project was begun in spring 2001 (DES 2001, 83-5). The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. Thanks to the enthusiasm and dedication of those participating groups, funding has now been secured to consolidate and expand this project. Below is a sample of just some of the sites discovered and recorded in the last six months.
HP 614 058	Chambered cairn, 7.4 x 4.8m, oval. Generally poorly defined but utilising large piece of white quartz as part of burial chamber. ?Sited to encounter large glacial erratic in the landscape.
Report deposited in Shetland SMR.
Sponsor: Shetland Amenity Trust
Unst History Group, O Cambridge 2002

HP 61477 05560 -- Unst, Hill Of Colvadale -- Marker Cairn (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313970)
This marker cairn is little more than a low pile of rubble built on the edge of an exposure of bedrock in open heather moorland.

HP 617 059 -- Unst, Hill Of Colvadale -- Chambered Cairn(S) (Neolithic)(Possible) (Canmore 243314)
The Shetland's Past Project was begun in spring 2001 (DES 2001, 83-5). The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. Thanks to the enthusiasm and dedication of those participating groups, funding has now been secured to consolidate and expand this project. Below is a sample of just some of the sites discovered and recorded in the last six months.
HP 617 059 Chambered cairn, 7.8 x 5.5m. Remains of chamber adjacent to wall may indicate double chamber or reuse.
HP 617 059 Chambered cairn, 7.5 x 5m, oval. Generally well defined in outline. Large flat stones form remains of chamber off-centre.
Report deposited in Shetland SMR.
Sponsor: Shetland Amenity Trust
Unst History Group, O Cambridge 2002

HP 61828 05592 -- Unst, Hill Of Colvadale -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313972)
This circular enclosure is situated in open heather moorland amongst areas of exposed bedrock. It measures 5.5m in diameter within a low stony bank up to 1m in thickness; there is no break in the bank to indicate the position of an entrance.

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HP 618 062 -- Unst, Hill Of Colvadale -- Chambered Cairn(S) (Neolithic)(Possible), Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 243354)
The Shetland's Past Project was begun in spring 2001 (DES 2001, 83-5). The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. Thanks to the enthusiasm and dedication of those participating groups, funding has now been secured to consolidate and expand this project. Below is a sample of just some of the sites discovered and recorded in the last six months.
HP 618 062 Two drystone enclosures. L-shaped enclosure, 26 x 28m, probably post-medieval overlying earlier structure. Wall matrix probably robbed from cairn.
HP 618 062 Chambered cairn, 6.5 x 6.9m, circular, survives well in outline. Large orthostats on outer E extremity of structure mark entrance. Sits within two rectangular walled enclosures of unknown date (see above).
HP 618 062 Chambered cairn, 6.5 x 6.9m, circular. Two large orthostats suggest E-facing internal passage
Report deposited in Shetland SMR.
Sponsor: Shetland Amenity Trust
Unst History Group, O Cambridge 2002

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HP 6181 0718 -- Unst, Lap Pund -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188845)
An enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973), where it is marked by pecked lines.
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 January 2001

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HP 6116 0894 -- Unst, Braeside -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188831)
One unroofed building of two compartments and one roofed building, both of which are attached to a a field wall, are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v). What may be the fragmentary remains of the unroofed building are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 January 2001

HP 61464 08839 -- Unst, Balta Sound, St John's Kirk -- Church (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 108)
Unst parish church built 1825, remains of 1764 church.
G Hay 1957.

HP 6166 0841 -- Unst, Greenside -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188843)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed long building of four compartments, which is approximately 40m in length, one partially roofed T-shaped building, one roofed building and two conjoined enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v).  One roofed building and two enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 January 2001

HP 6183 0838 -- Unst, Voesgarth -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188844)
A farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings, one of which has two compartments, four roofed buildings, one of which lies approximately 150m to the SW, two unroofed structures, and ten enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v).  Two roofed buildings, one partially roofed building and seven enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 January 2001

HP 619 082 -- Unst, Baltasound -- Unidentified Pottery (Canmore 123616)
Site recorded from draft text of Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1997 (ref: 97/224), held by Council for Scottish Archaeology.
CSA 1997
Awaiting DES entry 97/224

HP 619 087 -- Unst, Baltasound, Kirkhoull -- Church (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 109555)
HP 619 087. Site of medieval church at head of Balta Sound, near farm of Kirkhoull. Visible outline only, with a few stones exposed.
T Watt and I Tait 1996

HP 619 087 -- Unst, Baltasound -- Unidentified Pottery (Iron Age) (Canmore 139974)
HP 619 087. Iron Age sherd of steatitic clay. Found at beach. A65-1997.
Shetland Museum 1997.

HP 6193 0884 -- Unst, Baltasound -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 69484)
HP60NW 18  6193 0884.
Mill (NAT)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 1st ed. (1882), sheet v.
No trace.

HP 6197 0855 -- Unst, Kirkhouss -- Farmstead (Norse)(Possible) (Canmore 283382)
A survey was undertaken of potential Norse farmsteads, in addition to those previously recorded in 1994-95. Structures are rectangular and aligned downslope. HP 6197 0855 Kirkhoull. 15 x 6m NE-SW.
L H Smith 2005

HP 61 09

HP 61009 09276 -- Unst, Hillsgarth, Old  Manse Of Unst Walled Garden -- Walled Garden (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 266861)
Related sites:
HP60NW 28.00   60974 09249 Hillsgarth, Old Manse of Unst.
HP60NW 28.01  60969 09289 Hillsgarth, Old Manse of Unst Steading.
This site record was created to indicate a building which is, or was, listed but for which Canmore holds no supplementary information.  Further information on listed buildings is available from
http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designations
Information from RCAHMS (SC), 17 April 2018.

HP 6117 0923 -- Unst, Baliasta -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194893)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 6117 0923  Crofting remains.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric 2000
B Simpson 2000

HP 6167 0917 -- Unst, Erns Dale -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188841)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 January 2001

HP 6171 0901 -- Unst, Baltasound -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned), Lade (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 69483)
HP60NW 17  6171 0901.
Mill (NAT)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 1st ed. (1882), sheet v.
Traces of this mill remain, but not enough to see its overall shape. The lade from the small loch to the W of the site can be seen.

HP 61 10

HP 61 10 -- Unst, Crussa Field -- Cairn (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 191)
See also HP61SW 7.
A heap of stones, lying half a mile SW of HP61SW 8 (HP 615 109), may be a cairn, but it is small and featureless. (This could be HP61SW 7).
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930 and 1935.
No trace of cairn on a rocky hillside. Almost certainly HP61SW 7. Probably same as HP61SW 7.

HP 6147 1081 -- Unst, Crussa Field, Rounds Of Tivla -- Cairn (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 188)
See also HP61SW 5, HP61SW 7, HP61SW 8. 
(HP 6147 1085) Cairn (NR).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
A small cairn, or what appears to have been a cairn.
Name Book 1878.
A small area of gathered stones, 5.0m across, incorporating outcrop rock on its W side. Now unlike a cairn.
Scheduled with HP61SW 5, HP61SW 7, HP61SW 8  as Crussa Field, cairns.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 3 March 1993.

HP 6150 1096 -- Unst, Crussa Field -- Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 190)
HP61SW 8 6150 1096 and 6151 1094
See also HP61SW 5-7.
(HP 6150 1099 and 6152 1097) Cairns (NR)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
Two cairns, the larger still exhibiting a central cist. (ONB [1878] notes two cists in the large cairn and one in the small cairn).
Name Book 1878.
The larger cairn now measures 39' in diameter, but the material is much scattered and the original size is uncertain. There is distinct evidence of an oval setting of stones placed on edge within the present outline. It measures 25' along its major axis and 19' along its minor and may represent an original outer face or an internal structural feature such as has been found to exist in certain Bronze Age cairns elsewhere.
The central cist measures 3'8" long, 2'11" broad, and 2' deep on average: it differs from a typical Bronze Age burial cist in respect of its larger size and rougher construction. Unfortunately, nothing is known about the character of the interment or any accompanying relics. The smaller cairn lies some 30yds distant, and measures some 27' in diameter.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930.
The larger cairn, on the north, is as described by RCAHM, except that it measures 7.5m by 7.0m in diameter. The smaller is a spread heap of stones 7.0m by 5.0m, bounded on the NW by outcrop rock. One earth-fast stone within may be what remains of the cist noted by the ONB (1878), but no other features remain.
(See HP61SW 5).
Scheduled with HP61SW 5-7 as Crussa Field, cairns.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 3 March 1993.

HP 6152 1095 -- Unst, Crussa Field, Rounds Of Tivla -- Cairn (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 189)
See also HP61SW 5, HP61SW 6, HP61SW 8, HP61SW 9. 
(HP 6125 1082) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
A small cairn, or what appears to have been a cairn
Name Book 1878.
Situated on a rocky hillside this is a small heap of stones which has been dug into, revealing nothing, and the debris thrown around. It has probably been about 4.0m in diameter. No cairn-like features, although on a prominent false crest.
Scheduled with HP61SW 5, HP61SW 6, HP61SW 8  as Crussa Field, cairns.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 3 March 1993.

HP 6153 1084 -- Unst, Crussa Field, Rounds Of Tivla -- Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 187)
See also HP61SW 6-8.
(HP 6153 1087) Stone Circles (NR)
OS 6"map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
'The Rounds of Tivla', three cairns, consisting of sets of low, concentric, stony banks with a central mound.
In the best preserved the mound, of stones, now measures 13' in diameter as far as it appears above the turf. The three rings enclosing it measure respectively 30', 40' and 53' in diameter, the inner apparently an earthen bank, formed from a slight external quarry ditch, the other banks of stones lightly covered with earth produced from silimar ditches.
Hibbert (1882) describes one of the other cairns as having been enclosed by no more than two concentric circles, the diameter of the outermost being 22', and of the innermost 17'.
The outlandish aspect of these monuments is paralleled to some measure by the Haltadans (HU69SW 4), on neighbouring Fetlar," and also by an example which lies on Gray Coat hill in Teviotdale, Roxburghshire (NT40NE 24).
R W Feachem 1963; S Hibbert 1822; RCAHMS 1946, visited 1935.
Of these three cairns the main one is apparently a disc-type cairn consisting of a small low cairn surrounded by three banks with two intermediate ditches as described by RCAHMS.
The small cairn to the E is merely a level, semi-circular area of small stones, 5.5m across. A shallow depression on its NE arc may be the vestiges of a ditch but could be part of a sheep track.
The cairn to the SW is defined by a circular ditch 0.6m wide, 0.2m deep, 6.0m diameter, enclosing a slight stony mound. There is now no trace of it ever having been more extensive.
Scheduled with HP61SW 6-8 as Crussa Field, cairns.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 3 March 1993.

HP 61 11

HP 6166 1100 -- Unst, Crussa Field -- Mound (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 172)
HP61SW 23 6166 1100.
A circular stony mound c.4.0m diameter with its top hollowed.

HP 61 12

HP 6118 1202 -- Unst, Mill Burn -- Mill (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 188734)
Lying adjacent to Mill Burn, a small unroofed building which may be a mill is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 17 January 2001.

HP 6122 1252 -- Unst, Quoys -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194747)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 6122 1252  Horizontal mill.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HP 6151 1206 -- Unst, Mill Burn -- Field System, Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188733)
Two unroofed structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973), where they are marked by pecked lines and shown attached to a field wall.
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 17 January 2001.

HP 6156 1262 -- Unst, Quoys -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194744)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 6156 1262  Remains of croft.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HP 6160 1266 -- Unst, Quoys -- Dyke (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194742)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 6160 1266  Turf and stone dyke.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc
B Simpson 2000

HP 61 13

HP 6109 1347 -- Unst, Sea View -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188771)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 19 January 2001

HP 6146 1350 -- Unst, Burrafirth -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194766)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 6146 1350   Remains of 2 storey haa with enclosure.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000.

HP 61508 13841 -- Unst, Burrafirth Farm -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 217021)
HP61SW 106 centred 61508 13841

HP 61 14

HP 6109 1436 -- Unst, Burra Firth, Burgar Stack -- Broch (Iron Age) (Canmore 158)
(HP 6110 1436) Brough (NR)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
The remains of a broch, now concealed within a circular mound, on top of which many stones project through the turf, though there are no signs of actual masonry. The external diameter of the broch has probably been from 55' to 58'. The elevation representing the broch itself is some 6' to 7' high, but it stands 15' above the bottom of the hollow on the landward side.
Viewed from the west, the small rocky headland, on which the broch lies, is seen to be defended by certainly one, and possibly two ramparts stretching from cliff edge to cliff edge across its neck, and concentric with the broch mound. The end core of one rampart is visible in the cliff face on the south side, where erosion has taken place.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930 and 1935.
A broch, isolated on a small promontory by a natural gully on the W, as described. Four facing stones are visible on the S arc. There has been some scarping on the W side but there is little evidence of a wall or bank here. The walling exposed in the cliff face on the S side is almost certainly the remains of outbuildings.
HP61 1  BURGAR STACK
HP/611144.
A possible broch on a small headland, Burgar Stack, on Unst.  The building is within a circular mound but no masonry is visible;  the diameter may have been from 55-58 ft..   There is certainly one rampart, and possible two,  across the neck of the headland.
Sources:  1. OS card HP 61 SW 10:  2. RCAHMS 1946 vol. 3, no. 1544,   131.
E W MacKie 2002

HP 6124 1476 -- Unst, Boo Stacks -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188770)
"...a ruin..."
Name Book 1882
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 19 January 2001

HP 61304 14831 -- Unst, Burrafirth, Lighthouse Shore Station, South Cottage And Walled Garden -- Cottage (Period Unassigned), Walled Garden (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 253130)
This site record was created to indicate a building which is, or was, listed but for which Canmore holds no supplementary information.  Further information on listed buildings is available from
http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designations
Information from RCAHMS (SC), 17 April 2018.

HP 61345 14864 -- Unst, Burrafirth, Lighthouse Shore Station -- Lighthouse Shore Station (19th Century), Signal Station (19th Century) (Canmore 157037)
Lighthouse Shore Station [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1973.
HP61SW 39.01    HP 61361 14862         Cottage
HP61SW 39.02    HP 61304 14831         South Cottage and Walled Garden
HP61SW 39.03    HP 61352 14929         Slipway
For associated Muckle Flugga, North Unst Lighthouse (HP 6095 1968), see HP61NW 5.

HP 61352 14929 -- Unst, Burrafirth, Lighthouse Shore Station, Slipway -- Slipway (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 253136)
This site record was created to indicate a building which is, or was, listed but for which Canmore holds no supplementary information.  Further information on listed buildings is available from
http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designations
Information from RCAHMS (SC), 17 April 2018.

HP 61361 14862 -- Unst, Burrafirth, Lighthouse Shore Station, Cottage -- Cottage (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 253129)
This site record was created to indicate a building which is, or was, listed but for which Canmore holds no supplementary information.  Further information on listed buildings is available from
http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designations
Information from RCAHMS (SC), 17 April 2018.

HP 619 143 -- Unst, Budabrake -- Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188744)
A township comprising two farmsteads, a head-dyke, a field wall, one unroofed building (HP 6206 1429) and one roofed building (HP 6178 1429) is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii). The farmstead to the N comprises one unroofed building, one partially roofed T-shaped building and four conjoined enclosures, and that to the S comprises one roofed building and two conjoined enclosures, one of which has a small unroofed structure built into one corner.
On the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973) each farmstead comprises one roofed building. In addition the fragmentary remains of the head-dyke, some field walls and a third roofed building are shown.
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 18 January 2001.

HP 61 15

HP 6135 1563 -- Unst, Veedie -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188718)
An enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 17 January 2001

HP 614 154 -- Unst, Fiska Geo -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188719)
An incomplete enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii). One length of enclosure wall is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 17 January 2001

HP 61 16

HP 6125 1688 -- Unst, Burn Of Scournasdale -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188716)
An enclosure attached to a boundary dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 17 January 2001

HP 6135 1635 -- Unst, Dols Hellier -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188717)
An enclosure built across an unnamed burn is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 17 January 2001

HP 62 00

HP 626 000 -- Unst, Ramnageo -- Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188675)
A township comprising one unroofed building, three partially roofed buildings, two roofed buildings, ten unroofed structures, five enclosures, some field walls and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii). Six unroofed buildings, two partially roofed buildings, five roofed buildings, five enclosures, two of which are incomlpete, some field walls and the fragmentary remains of the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 February 2001

HP 62 01

HP 62808 01811 -- Unst, Geos -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313132)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 62909 01223 -- Middleton -- Cottage (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 257695)
HP60SW 65  62909 01223.
This site was visited as part of the RCAHMS Scottish Farm Buildings Survey. The farmstead comprises a single storey cottage plus a ruined outhouse. The building was roofed but derelict on the date of the visit.
Information from RCAHMS (ACD) 14 January 2008; NMRS MS 2560/330
A semi-derelict cottage is situated in improved pasture immediately N of the Clivocast to Muness public road. It measures about 10m from NE to SW by 5m transversely over clay-bonded, random rubble walls still standing to wallhead. The gables are capped with chimney stacks and the roof with its two skylights on the SE is intact although not weatherproof. A central doorway is flanked by single windows on the SE and there is a narrow front garden delimited by a wall. An unroofed gabled range abutting the rear of the cottage on the NW measures 17m from NE to SW by 3.8m transversely over random rubble walls which also stand to wallhead. The interior contains three compartments. There is an off-centred doorway in the SW gable which provides access to the most southerly compartment, while two doorways on the NW provide access to the others.
The cottage is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map with an outshot extending NW from the NE end of the building (Shetland 1882, sheet VIII), while the range is shown roofed on the 2nd edition of the map (Zetland 1902, sheet VIII).

HP 62920 01193 -- Unst, Castle Cottage -- Cottage (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 257693)
This site was visited as part of the RCAHMS Scottish Farm Buildings Survey. The cottage was occupied on the date of visit but not apparently in use as a farm building.
Information from RCAHMS (ACD) 10 January 2008; NMRS MS 2560/330

HP 62954 01229 -- Unst, Castleton Croft -- Cottage (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 257694)
HP60SW 64  62954 01229.
This site was visited as part of the RCAHMS Scottish Farm Buildings Survey. The farmstead comprises a single storey cottage plus a ruined outhouse. The building was roofed but derelict on the date of the visit.
Information from RCAHMS (ACD) 14 January 2008; NMRS MS 2560/330
This derelict cottage is situated in improved pasture 50m N of Muness Castle. It measures about 10.5m from NE to SW by 5m transversely over roughly coursed, clay-bonded rubble-and-slab walls standing to wallhead. The gables are capped with chimney stacks, but the roof with its two skylights on the SE is no longer weatherproof. There is a central doorway flanked by single windows on the SE. On the NW, there is a window offset to the SW and a central skylight in the roof. A gabled outshot to the NE stands to wallhead. This has a central doorway on the SE and another on the NW abutting the N corner of the cottage. The cottage is depicted roofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, Sheet VIII).

HP 62955 01164 -- Unst, Muness Castle -- Castle (Medieval), Formal Garden (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Fortified House (Period Unassigned), Lairds House (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 120)
See also HP60SW 31.
(HP 6295 0118) Muness Castle (NR) (In Ruins).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1902)
The erection of Muness Castle began in 1598. It was burned in August 1627 and whether the castle was ever repaired is doubtful. (W D Simpson) It is structurally complete, apart from its uppermost storey, which was almost entirely removed many years ago to provide material for the present enclosing wall. On plan it is an oblong block 73' 3" long by 26' broad, lying NW - SE, and having a circular tower attached to each of the N and S corners, as well as turrets corbelled out from the remaining corners at the level of the third storey. The masonry which is of local rubble is harled but has exposed dressings of freestone.
W B Armstrong 1881; RCAHMS 1946.
Muness Castle, as described and planned.
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
National Library of Scotland
Zetland (MS 3037) plate XI                                                -  1 drawing and water colour
Uncatalogued MSS of General Hutton, Vol I, No 186   -  1 rough sketch dated 1792
In an MSS Journal of a 'Visit' in 1832 and of an 'Expedition' in 1834, to Shetland,
by Edward Charlton, M.D., D.C.L., and a member of the Newcastle Society of Antiquaries,
contained in the National Library of Scotland (Reference "MSS. 3037"), is a pencil sketch
by W. Cameron, of Mouness Castle.
According to Dr Charlton's story, this Castle was founded by a Scottish gentleman of the
name of Bruce, who, in difficulty because of the slaying of an adversary, was allowed to
settle, undisturbed, in Shetland. He bought land, and in the year 1508 completed the mansion
of Mouness. Now a ruin, it stands near the sea, and is 3 storeys in height, the principle walls
still remaining entire. It is surrounded by a few small 'hovels'. At two of the angles are round
towers rising from the ground, while at the two other angles are round corbelled turrets, in
the castellated style. The building stone in the local common chlorite slate, but the external
walls are faced with a fine freestone, probably from Orkney.
Above the dorrway, says the manuscript, is the following undefaced inscription upon a tablet
of fine freestone:-
"List ye to knaw, this building quha began
Lawrence the Bruce he was that worthy man
Quha arnestlie his ayris and afspring prayis
To help, and not to hurt this work alwayis"
Bound in the volume is a number of good water colour sketches of the scenery by T.M.Richardson,
one of Dr Charlton's companions evidently, while by Dr Charlton himself is in pencil a general
sketch of no great architectural interest of Lerwick from the sea, and a slight impression in pencil
of the Brough of Cullswick. This Brough, or strong point, says Dr Charlton, 2until within a few years
was more or less in a perfect state, until an avaricious proprietor demolished a large portion of it
for the sake of the materials, wherewith to erect a few paltry cottages, and the heavy gales of the
past winter have accelarated its destruction".
National Buildings Recors: Rough copy of the sketch of Mouness Castle by W.Cameron, attached to index
David Macgibbon and Thomas Ross, in "The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland"
give in Volume II the Ground, First and Second Floor Plans of this castle, which is actually situated
in the Island of Unst, near its SE extremity, and is the most Northerly edifice of its kind in these isles.
They give the spelling of the name as above, and it appears on some maps.
They accompany the plans with a somewhat hard pen and ink sketch, and with some sketches of
details.
It is fitting that the most northerly castle in Britain should be an exceptionally fine architectural achievement. Muness is a small and beautifully proportioned defensive residence, compact and suited to a laird's family and yet up-to-date with contemporary fashion farther south as befitted its Scots laird, Laurence Bruce of Cultmalindie 111 Perthshire (colour photograph on p.44).
The castle consists of a long rectangular main block, 22.3m by 7.9m, with circular towers at the north and south corners (the south tower is slightly larger than the north). The ground floor and the first floor survive virtually intact, but the second floor and roof were demolished many years ago. There were small turrets at the west and east corners of the missing upper floor, for the corbelling that supported them is still visible, adding a decorative note. The roof over the main block is likely to have been gabled, with conical roofs on the towers. There is a pleasing variety of gun-loops from relatively plain to quatrefoil.
The entrance is at ground-level on the southwest side of the building, covered by gunloops both in the main block and in the south-east tower. The door surround was brought here in 1959 from the old house at Lund, on the grounds that it may have been removed from the castle in the first place, but some architectural historians believe it to be work of the late 17th century rather than contemporary with the castle. The original carved panels survive above the door, the upper with Bruce's arms and initials and the lower with an inscription about the building of the castle.
List ze to knaw yis bulding quha began
Laurence the Bruce he was that worthy man
Quha ernestly his airis and offspring prayis
To help and not to hurt this vark aluayis
The zeir of God 1598
Listen you to know this building who began
Who earnestly his heirs and offspring prays
To help and not to hurt this work always.
The year of God 1598.
Muness was built not by a Shetlander but by a Scot, Laurence Bruce of Cultmalindie in Perthshire. He was a half-brother of Earl Robert Stewart and through him acquired lands in Unst and the means to build a fine castle there. Muness would have been a very comfortable residence, furnished with rugs and tapestries and probably gaily painted ceilings. There are traces in the ground south of the castle of outbuildings and possibly terraced gardens.
Inside the castle, the ground floor contains three storerooms and a large kitchen, all with vaulted stone ceilings, as well as a small room in each tower. The kitchen has a huge fireplace, with a circular oven for baking bread, and a sink in one corner. On the first floor, reached by a spacious stairway, there is a large hall with a fireplace (and a small alcove in the side of the fireplace where the salt could be kept dry). It is also served by a spiral stair from the storeroom, probably the wine cellar, below. Chambers at either end have fireplaces in the gable walls, and the larger north-west room was probably the laird's private quarters, with its own little stair to the bedchamber above. The towers provided spacious closets. There were also three rooms on the second floor.
Laurence Bruce gave the castle to his second son, Andrew, in 1617. It was attacked and burned by foreign privateers in 1627, less than decades after building began, and this splendid residence was never the same again. It was uninhabited before the end of the century, and the Bruce family sold it in 1718.
Information from ‘Exploring Scotland's Heritage: Shetland', (1997).

HP 62957 01134 -- Unst, Muness Castle -- Mound (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 133)
HP60SW 31 6295 0113.
A turf covered stony mound, c.7.0m diameter, c. 0.8m high. Locally thought to be refuse from Muness Castle (HP60SW 2).
This grass-grown stony mound, which is situated in improved pasture 13m S of the S tower of Muness Castle, measures about 7.5m from N to S by 6m transversely and up to 1m in height.

HP 62 02

HP 62008 02943 -- Unst, Framgord, Wilma Stane -- Standing Stone (Prehistoric)(Possible) (Canmore 330243)
A standing stone known as the Wilma Stane is depicted on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 6" mapping,
Information from NTS (SS) May 2013

HP 62200 02030 -- Unst, Voesgrind -- Building(S) (19-20th Century), Farmstead (19th Century), Garden (19-20th Century) (Canmore 188668)
This farmstead is situated in improved pasture to the E of the Vell Burn and S of the rocky foreshore of Sandwick. It consists of a cottage with a detached walled garden, an ancillary building and another structure which may have been a building or an enclosure.
The two-storey cottage (HP 62212 02027), which is situated about 15m S of the rocky foreshore and 25m SE of the mouth of the Vell Burn, measures 11.5m from NE to SW by 6.5m transversely over clay-bonded, rubble walls that still stand to gable height on the NE. There is a central entrance on the NW flanked to each side by a blocked widow and there are the remains of another immediately above that on the NE.  In addition, a much narrower window is situated off-centred to the SW in the rear wall of the ground floor, which contains two compartments. A detached walled garden (HP 622004 02038) lies immediately to the NW.
A second building or enclosure (HP 62220 02034) is situated in the NW corner of an improved pasture field immediately NE of the cottage. It measures 6.5m from NE to SW by 4m transversely over a clay bonded rubble wall on the SW, but elsewhere this wall been largely reduced to little more that grass-grown footings.
A third building (HP 62197 02049) is situated immediately above the rocky foreshore about 20m NW of the cottage. It measures 6m from N to S by 4.5m transversely over random rubble walls of which the W wall is the best preserved and most sturdily built.
The cottage and the third building are depicted roofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, Sheet VIII).

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HP 62062 03488 -- Unst, Long Geo -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330241)
This enclosure, which is situated in semi-improved pasture 75m W of Pund Geo, measures about 6m from N to S by 3.5m transversely within tumbled stone walls spread up to 2.5m thick. It is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, Sheet VIII).

HP 62106 03289 -- Unst, Burga Wick -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330239)
This enclosure is situated in improved pasture immediately N of the mouth of an unnamed burn where it reaches the beach at Burga Wick. Rectangular on plan, it measures about 7m from NNW to SSE by 4m within collapsed and spread stone walls, which are being washed away by the sea on the ENE.

HP 62133 03245 -- Unst, Burga Wick -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330238)
A three sided enclosure, open to the northeast, where is meets the clifftop edge at Burga Wick, is depicted on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 6" mapping. It is also shown on the current 1:10000 Ordnance Survey map.
Information from NTS (SS) May 2013

HP 62134 03419 -- Unst, Pund Geo -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Sheepfold (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330240)
A large enclosure, open to the east where it meets the cliff top, is depicted on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 6" mapping. A small sheepfold is shown located within the enclosure in the southeast corner.
Information from NTS (SS) May 2013

HP 62261 03843 -- Unst, Otterhad Geo -- Chambered Cairn (Neolithic) (Canmore 313961)
This grass-grown and previously unrecorded chambered cairn is situated 45m from the rocky foreshore immediately N of Otterhad Geo. It is overlain by a dry stone wall, which crosses it from WNW to ESE, and in part reflects its original profile, though nowhere does the cairn survive higher than about 1m. The cairn is heel-shaped on plan and has been heavily robbed, measuring 9.9m across its concave facade on the ESE by about 8m transversely. Only three orthostats of the facade remain in situ, two to the SSW of the wall and one to the NNE. The former are contiguous, the taller at the SE corner standing 1.2m in height, from where an arc of ten kerbstones extends WNW, gradually reducing in height and stopping about 4m short of the wall. The latter, on the NNE side of the wall, is 1.1m high and stands at the NE corner of the cairn, with a single large kerbstone immediately behind it to the W. The chamber is visible immediately SSW of the wall and is open ESE towards the sea. It is defined by two rear slabs, set some 4.3m from the facade, one side-slab on the NNE and two displaced stones on the SSW.

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HP 62014 04568 -- Unst, Conisgarth -- House (Neol/bronze Age) (Canmore 118)
HP60SW 18 6201 0456 to 6209 0456.
At HP 6200 0457, and HP 6209 0458 are two Neolithic/Bronze Age houses. The more westerly measures about 7.5m by about 6.0m internally with turf-covered walls about 2.0m in width, widening to about 3.0m at the entrance in the E. One large upright stone is on the S side of the entrance and at the W end is a recess or chamber defined by several large stones set on edge.  The other, a more mutilated example, measures about 7.5m by about 5.0m internally with walls about 2.0m thick. At the W end is an upright earth fast slab.  Any trace of an associated field system has been destroyed by later cultivation.
The remains of this prehistoric house are situated upslope from and 80m WNW of the abandoned farmstead of Conisgarth. Oval on plan, it is defined by a broad grass-grown stony bank enclosing an area measuring about 7.5m from E to W by 6m transversely. The line of the outer wall is indicated by several facing-stones, one on the N, an arc of three on the NW and two on the S. Two contiguous stones on the NNW appear to belong to a small cell built into the thickness of the bank, and an edge-set stone on the SE coincides with a dip in the bank, possibly indicating one side of an entrance

HP 6205 0480 -- Unst, Weston -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188867)
A farmstead comprising one small unroofed building, one partially roofed L-shaped building, one roofed long building and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v). Two unroofed buildings and two enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 31 January 2001
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 62096 04570 -- Unst, Conisgarth -- House (Neol/bronze Age) (Canmore 314016)
At HP 6200 0457 (see HP60SW 18) and HP 6209 0457 are two Neolithic/Bronze Age houses. The more westerly (HP60SW 18) measures about 7.5m by about 6.0m internally with turf-covered walls about 2.0m in width, widening to about 3.0m at the entrance in the E. One large upright stone is on the S side of the entrance and at the W end is a recess or chamber defined by several large stones set on edge.  The other (HP60SW 237), a more mutilated example, measures about 7.5m by about 5.0m internally with walls about 2.0m thick. At the W end is an upright earth fast slab.  Any trace of an associated field system has been destroyed by later cultivation.
This site was formerly described under HP60SW 18.
Information from RCAHMS (ARG) 15 November 2011

HP 6219 0497 -- Unst, Colvadale -- Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188868)
One unroofed building and an attached enclosure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v). The enclosure is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 31 January 2001

HP 6220 0451 -- Unst, Colvadale -- Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Chapel (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 136)
HP60SW 4 6220 0451.
(HP 6220 0453) Chapel & Burial Ground (NR) (Site of).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900)
A church, dedication unknown, lying in a yard about 112' E-W and 85' N-S.  The nave is about 12' by 11' inside; the chancel 7' 9" by 7' 6" inside; and the walls 3' thick.  About 2' in height of the north wall of the nave, and about the same of the north wall of the chancel, and a fragment of the interior face of the south wall of the chancel remain. Traces indicate the outline. The door was probably in the west end. (Plan by J T Irvine in 1863).
MacGibbon and Ross 1896
The site is known to have been cultivated since at least the mid 18th century.  'The foundation stones of the chapel still remain a few inches under the surface and are always laid bare whenever the ground is under process of cultivation.
Name Book 1878
No remains are traceable.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930
The site of the chapel is indicated by a rectangular turf-covered mound in which one or two of the facing stones of the nave can be seen and c2.0m of the outer face of the E end of the chancel, the walling here standing to c. 0.5m. It is not quite central within the remains of the graveyard enclosed by a truf-covered stony bank, measuring c 32.0m N-S and 2-3m wide; the E and S side have mostly been destroyed. Both this and the chapel have been over laid by later enclosure walls and field clearance.  No trace of the bank of earth shown by Irvine.

HP 62211 04553 -- Unst, Colvadale -- Farmstead (Norse) (Canmore 314042)
What may be the remains of a building are situated on an E-facing slope in an area of stony ground amongst later walled enclosures. Its eastern end appears to be incomplete.

HP 6223 0476 -- Unst, Ludhouse -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313125)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 6227 0489 -- Unst, Colvadale, Gardin -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313129)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 62369 04838 -- Unst, Colvadale, Middleton -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313126)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 62391 04628 -- Unst, Colvadale -- Farmstead (Norse) (Canmore 122)
HP60SW 21 6239 0463.
At HP 6239 0463 there is a substantial rectangular building measuring internally about 15m in length and from 4-5m in breadth, with irregular turf-covered walls the faces of which are defined by several large boulders protruding through the turf, giving a wall thickness of about 1.2m. There are traces of outbuildings, and a complex of field walls and cultivation terraces. The long axis of the building lies at right-angles to the slope which suggests that it may be Norse.
This building, which lies end-on into a SE-facing stony slope in pasture 200m SE of Ludhouse farmsteading (HP60SW 143), is generally as previously described by the Ordnance Survey.

HP 62443 04646 -- Unst, Houll Tafts -- Naust (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313963)
This boat naust has been cut into the top of the rocky beach Houll Tafts. The SE, originally open, end has been lost to erosion, but the surviving part measures about 7.5m from NW to SE by 3.8m transversely within a low retaining wall of boulders and stones.

HP 62475 04915 -- Unst, Colvadale, Middleton -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313138)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 62810 04925 -- Unst, Blue Geos -- Building(S) (Prehistoric), Midden (Period Unassigned), Unidentified Pottery (Iron Age) (Canmore 121)
HP60SW 20 6281 0492.
About four years ago Flt. Lt. M Hope found Iron Age pottery where the sea had eroded the shore to the west of Brough Taing (HP 6304) (V E Owers, Hamar, Baltasound).
At HP 6280 0492 is an occupation site heavily eroded by the sea and overlaid by a modern wall. Part of an indeterminate structure is visible defined by an arc of heavy blocks protruding through the turf, apparently the inner face of a substantial wall, with four upright stones within. A roughly oval annexe is attached to the NE, and beside a large  upright stone to the E are the faint traces of a cell or recess. Others can be seen in the eroded part of the main structure.
Several potsherds of coarse, gritty ware blackened by fire were found during field investigations; one, a portion of Iron Age bead rimmed vessel, was given to Shetland Museum.
There are several field walls and cultivation terraces in the area, particularly to the S partly overlaid by modern cultivation.
The remains of a large subcircular structure, probably a building of prehistoric date, stand above the eroding cliff edge at Blue Geos and are overlain by a dry stone wall on the W. Internally, the structure measures about 7m from ENE to WSW by at least 4.5m, but only the inner face can be identified with any degree of certainty, defined by three contiguous upright stones immediately to the E of the wall and an arc of at least seven horizontal blocks around the NE. From here, a low scarp projects the curve of the inner face SE towards the cliff edge, stopping at a large upright boulder set transversely across the thickness of the structure wall, and possibly indicating the position of an entrance.  There are further upright stones, some within the interior of the structure, and another about 1m tall stands 7m to the E, though the purpose of them all is unknown. Between the wall and the three contiguous stones, there is a broken ‘pillow stone' lying on the surface of the ground.
What appear to be the remains of an adjoining oval-shaped building lie immediately to the NE, defined by a short stretch of inner facing-stones on the SW and elsewhere by a wall reduced to a grass-grown stony bank.

HP 62840 04948 -- Unst, Blue Geos -- Bridge (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 314020)
This bridge crosses the Burn of Weligarth at a point where the stream arcs around a natural outcrop before debauching into the sea. It comprises two drystone abutments about 2m in breadth, at least 1m in height and set about 1m apart. A feature of the build is the use of large boulders, and two long ones which formed part of the original decking still span the outer edges of the gap between the abutments. The middle part of the original decking, probably also long boulders, is now missing.
The 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, sheet viii) shows that the bridge carried a track linking the township of Middleton, about 350m to the W, to the farmstead of Brough, a similar distance to the E.

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HP 621 053 -- Unst, Burn Of Welbigarth -- Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 243316)
The Shetland's Past Project was begun in spring 2001 (DES 2001, 83-5). The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. Thanks to the enthusiasm and dedication of those participating groups, funding has now been secured to consolidate and expand this project. Below is a sample of just some of the sites discovered and recorded in the last six months.
HP 621 053 Burial cairn, 7.8 x 5.5m. ?Keyhole-shaped interior.
HP 621 053 Cairn, 7.8 x 5.5m, oval. Generally well defined in outline.
Report deposited in Shetland SMR.
Sponsor: Shetland Amenity Trust.
Unst History Group, O Cambridge 2002

HP 621 056 -- Unst, Hill Of Colvadale -- Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)(Possible) (Canmore 243327)
The Shetland's Past Project was begun in spring 2001 (DES 2001, 83-5). The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. Thanks to the enthusiasm and dedication of those participating groups, funding has now been secured to consolidate and expand this project. Below is a sample of just some of the sites discovered and recorded in the last six months.
HP 621 056 Chambered cairn, 8.9 x 7.5m, sub-circular, with central spread of small sub-angular stones which appear to mask a chamber.
Report deposited in Shetland SMR.
Sponsor: Shetland Amenity Trust
Unst History Group, O Cambridge 2002

HP 62135 05739 -- Unst, Hill Of Colvadale -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Pen (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313973)
This subcircular enclosure is situated towards the foot of a long gentle E-facing slope in an area of stony moorland. It measures about 7.4m from NNW to SSE by 6.5m transversely within a low rubble wall in which there is no apparent entrance. A small, U-shaped pen, open to the E, stands within the enclosure. It measures 2m by 1.5m over a rubble wall 0.35m thick and up to 0.7m high.

HP 6263 0528 -- Unst, Burn Of Welbigarth -- Planticrub(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188864)
Five planticrubs (HP 62614 05323, HP 62597 05289, HP 62655 05313, HP 62621 05257, HP 62687 05262) are situated in rough peaty pasture immediately NE of the braided course of the Burn of Welbigarth. All are roughly circular on plan and measure between 4m and 5m in diameter over partly ruined stone walls. However, the smallest on the NE has entirely collapsed and consists of a ring of spread rubble. Three (HP 62614 05323, HP 62597 05289, HP 62621 05257) have SE-facing entrances.

HP 62711 05026 -- Unst, Burn Of Furlings -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned), Lade (Period Unassigned), Sheep Shelter (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 314022)
The remains of this horizontal mill are situated beside an un-named tributary of the Burn of Furlings about 240m ENE of the township of Middleton. Very little of the mill is now visible beneath a later drystone-walled sheep shelter, but its lade can be traced coming off the stream about 20m to the NNE and its tail-race is visible to the SSW. The sheep shelter is L-plan and open to the NW, comprising a 10m length of wall that extends to the WNW and another extending 8m to the NNE.

HP 62719 05764 -- Unst, Colvadale -- Peat Stand (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313988)
This peat stand is one of a pair (see also HP60NW 106) which is situated on the edge of an area from which the peat has been removed down to the bedrock. Rectangular on plan, it measures 4.4m from NW to SE by 1.5m transversely over low boulder walls.

HP 62722 05776 -- Unst, Hill Of Colvadale -- Peat Stand (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313987)
This peat stand is one of a pair (see also HP60NW 107) which is situated on the edge of an area from which the peat has been removed down to the bedrock. Rectangular on plan, it measures 5.9m from ESE to WNW by 1.5m transversely over boulders walls, mostly now covered by moss and heather. The boulder that closes off the ESE end has been displaced

HP 6285 0518 -- Unst, Burn Of Welbigarth -- Field Boundary (Period Unassigned), Planticrub(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188863)
Eight unroofed structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v). Six unroofed structures, three of which are attached to a field wall marked by pecked lines, are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 31 January 2001

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HP 623 060 -- Unst, Hill Of Colvadale -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 243328)
The Shetland's Past Project was begun in spring 2001 (DES 2001, 83-5). The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. Thanks to the enthusiasm and dedication of those participating groups, funding has now been secured to consolidate and expand this project. Below is a sample of just some of the sites discovered and recorded in the last six months.
HP 623 060 Sub-circular drystone enclosure, 7.5 x 6.5m. Also contains smaller circular drystone feature, c 2.1m diameter.
Report deposited in Shetland SMR.
Sponsor: Shetland Amenity Trust
Unst History Group, O Cambridge 2002

HP 626 069 -- Unst, Virda Field -- Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)(Possible) (Canmore 243329)
The Shetland's Past Project was begun in spring 2001 (DES 2001, 83-5). The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. Thanks to the enthusiasm and dedication of those participating groups, funding has now been secured to consolidate and expand this project. Below is a sample of just some of the sites discovered and recorded in the last six months.
HP 626 069 Chambered cairn, circular, 5.4m diameter. Contains ?cist structure, 1.5 x 0.8m.
Report deposited in Shetland SMR.
Sponsor: Shetland Amenity Trust
Unst History Group, O Cambridge 2002

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HP 6200 0710 -- Unst, Lap Pund -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188846)
An incomplete enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973), where it is marked by pecked lines.
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 January 2001

HP 6225 0778 -- Unst, Baltasound, Unst Airport -- Airfield (20th Century) (Canmore 128775)
HP60NW 25 From 6225 0778 to 6311 0740
Baltasound Airstrip [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1973.

HP 625 070 -- Unst, Virda Field -- Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)(Possible) (Canmore 243368)
The Shetland's Past Project was begun in spring 2001 (DES 2001, 83-5). The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. Thanks to the enthusiasm and dedication of those participating groups, funding has now been secured to consolidate and expand this project. Below is a sample of just some of the sites discovered and recorded in the last six months.
HP 625 070 Chambered cairn. Although poorly defined, this cairn has two distinct parts: an inner circle of stone, 4.8 x 3.2m, and outer circle, 10.5 x 8.1m.
Report deposited in Shetland SMR.
Sponsor: Shetland Amenity Trust
Unst History Group, O Cambridge 2002

HP 6277 0793 -- Unst, Gerdie -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188858)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed long building of three compartments, one unroofed structure and three enclosures, one of which is incomplete, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v). One unroofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 January 2001

HP 6282 0717 -- Unst, Green Pund -- Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Norse)(Possible), Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188847)
Two conjoined enclosures, three unroofed structres and a separate enclosure lying approximately 230m to the ESE are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v). The conjoined enclosures, marked by pecked lines, and four unroofed structures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 January 2001
A survey was undertaken of potential Norse farmsteads, in addition to those previously recorded in 1994-95. Structures are rectangular and aligned downslope. HP 6280 0718 Green Pund. Later structure extends over E side of house; 15 x 4m N-S. Poorly defined.
L H Smith 2005

HP 6299 0777 -- Unst, Ordale -- Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188857)
One unroofed building with an outshot and an attached enclosure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v). One unroofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 January 2001

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HP 6214 0810 -- Unst, Dam Of Gerdie -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188860)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 January 2001

HP 6219 0835 -- Unst, Booth Of Voesgarth -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188861)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 January 2001

HP 6233 0830 -- Unst, Baltasound -- Sheep Shelter (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194904)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 6233 0830  Drystone sheep shelter.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000.

HP 62793 08132 -- Unst, Gerdie -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 216969)
HP60NW 80  62793 08132.
This site was visited as part of the RCAHMS Scottish Farm Buildings Survey. The farmstead comprises a large U-plan steading. The single storey rear range is aligned from WNW to ESE and consists of a byre and a stable. The range to the W is a one and half storey building consisting of a bothy over a gig house and stable. The range to the E is a one and a half storey building consisting of a barn and byre with a mill race and steel water wheel on the external E wall. There is a freestanding pigsty to the S of the steading. The building was roofed but only partially used on the date of the visit.
Information from RCAHMS (ACD) 14 January 2008; NMRS MS 2560/333

HP 6284 0895 -- Unst, Baltasound, Buness, Memorial Stone -- Commemorative Monument (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 203253)
About 50m SW of Buness House (HP60NW 12) is a memorial erected by Thomas Edmonston on the 21st October 1819.  The inscription reads:
'TO THIS STONE
were attached the CLOCK
and PENDULUM employed by the
celebrated French Philosopher
BIOT
and on the one on which it rests
stood his repeating circle.
The distinguished English
Philosopher
KATER
Placed his
repeating circle
on this stone also
The former was sent by the
institute of France in the summer
of 1817, and the latter by the royal
society of London in the summer
of 1818 to determine by their
experiments & observations
the Figure of the Earth.
These memorials remain as pleasing
and lasting rememberances of the
splendid talents great worth and
aimiable manners of these eminent
men by
Their friend
THOMAS EDMONSTON
21 October 1818
Information from RCAHMS (DE), December 2001.

HP 6291 0832 -- Unst, Gerdie -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188859)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 January 2001

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HP 6227 0903 -- Unst, Ernsdale -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188842)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building, three roofed buildings and three enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v).  Two roofed buildings and one enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 January 2001

HP 6233 0971 -- Unst, Wullvers Hool -- War Memorial (20th Century) (Canmore 203258)
The memorial, erected by Jessie M.E Saxby of Halligarth House, commemorates Shetlanders lost during WWI. It is located overlooking Baltasound, and comprises a stone cairn with cross on top.
The plaque on it is inscribed with:
In Rememberance Of
SHETLANDERS
WHO GAVE THEMSELVES TO THEIR COUNTRY
DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918
All Suffered, Many Were Killed
"Greater Love Hath No Man Than This,
That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends"
Information from NTS (SS) April 2013

HP 62486 09269 -- Unst, Halligarth -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330198)
Three roofed buildings are depicted to the west of Halligarth House on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 6" mapping. The northern-most surives unroofed, and in a much ruinous state.
Information from NTS (SS) April 2013

HP 62553 09272 -- Unst, Halligarth House -- House (19th Century) (Canmore 268979)
Pair of parallel, linked, rectangular-plan, single storey and attic houses, rectangular plan with narrow passageway between. Situated within extensive garden grounds in open landscape. (Currently unoccupied, 2013). Harled rubble; some ashlar margins. Prominent gable end chimneys; large crenellated porch to S.1832
This unusual building, formed by 2 houses, is a little-altered mid 19th century dwelling with distinctive local features which retains its original landscape setting. Built by a well-known naturalist, Dr Laurence Edmonston, the house and its grounds are an integral and significant part of the history of Unst. The earlier property has a long, low profile, typical of more vernacular buildings in Shetland, and the later building has similar proportions, but with the addition of dormer windows and a substantial and prominent porch. The interiors of the houses retain their original room layouts with fire surrounds and cornicing details. Surviving, little altered houses from this date are unusual in Shetland, and this one is particularly notable for the retention of its original surrounding landscape and grounds. The wooded copse to the north east of the property is the most northerly woodland in Britain. Decorative porches are typical features of Unst houses. A photo from circa 1910 shows a gabled porch where the crenellated porch now sits. It is possible that this porch dates to the 1920s and may be made of concrete. Concrete additions to houses became particularly popular in the 1920s and are a distinctive feature of Shetland architecture of this date. The first house was built in 1832 for Dr Laurence Edmonston, a brother of the Laird, Thomas Edmonston, who lived in the nearby Buness House (see separate listing). Halligarth was built on the estate land. Dr Edmonston was a Doctor and a well-known naturalist with a particular interest in birds, on which subject he published a number of papers. He married in 1830 and built Halligarth as his family home. As the family increased in size (there were eleven children), he built the second house in 1839. This new section was built immediately in front of the old one to the south. Dr Edmondson built a walled garden close to the house and planted a number of trees, largely to attract more species of bird to the island. Dr Edmonston's daughter married a Dr Hentry Saxby and Halligarth House remained in the Edmonston and Saxby families until the 20th century. The graveyard has gravestones for members of both families. (Historic Scotland)
Further research on the building has identified that Dr Edmonston extended the building but was not born into the property. (RCAHMS)
The house at Halligarth is of architectural interest and its significance is enhanced by the associations with the Saxby and Edmonston families. It was the birthplace in 1795 of Laurence Edmonston, a distinguished naturalist and author of many papers on natural history. Traces of a small
designed landscape, shown on the 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map, still survive to the south of the house.
Information from NTS (SS) April 2013

HP 62579 09340 -- Unst, Halligarth, Burial Ground -- Cemetery (20th Century) (Canmore 330197)
The Edmonston Saxby family burial ground was recorded by RCAHMS Threatened Buildings Survey in June 2014.
STG 2014
The Saxby/Edmonston family graveyard is located in the northern corner of the woodland to the east of Halligarth House. The graveyard appears to have been established in the 1860s, although is depicted as an enclosed area, separate from the garden/wood on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 6" mapping.
Information from NTS (SS) April 2013

HP 62609 09508 -- Unst, Halligarth -- Gravel Pit (19-20th Century), Pond (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330195)
A former gravel pit (as depicted on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 6" mapping) is shown as a pond on current Ordnance Survey mapping.
Information from NTS (SS) April 2013

HP 62621 09251 -- Unst, Halligarth House Gardens -- Garden (19th Century), Wood (20th Century) (Canmore 330201)
A garden area is present in front of Halligarth House beyond a D-shaped terrace, and there are clear traces of a path running perpendicular to the main door – an arrangement shown clearly on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 6" mapping, although much of the original features are now lost.
To the northeast of the house, the site of the present day sycamore woodland, the area is depicted as a formal walled garden, with paths across the garden in NE-SW and NW-SE alignments.
Information from NTS (SS) April 2013

HP 6275 0941 -- Unst, Baltasound -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194868)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 6275 0941   Croft remains.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HP 62867 09004 -- Unst, Baltasound, Buness House -- Lairds House (17th Century) (Canmore 95)

HP 6299 0900 -- Unst, Baltasound, Pier -- Pier (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 107)
(Location cited as HP 629 091). Jetty, Baltasound, 19th century. A small roughly-built rubble structure, repaired in concrete.
J R Hume 1977.

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HP 6227 1147 -- Unst, The Dale -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188725)
One small unroofed building and an enclosure marked by pecked lines are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii). One unroofed building lying approximately 20m to the SE of that on the 1st edition is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 17 January 2001

HP 6271 1196 -- Unst, Housten -- Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188739)
One unroofed building annotated Mill is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 18 January 2001

HP 62941 11740 -- Unst, Spoull -- House (Norse), Planticrub (19-20th Century) (Canmore 333670)
The remains of a Norse settlement, comprising the grass-grown wall-footings of a longhouse and adjoining annexes (information via a Historic Scotland scheduling document) are situated in a field of pasture 70m WNW of Spoull farmhouse (HP61SW 124). The SW end of the longhouse is overlain by a ruinous planticrub.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS) 3 December 2013.

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HP -- Unst, Easting Sands -- Cist(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 135)
HP60SW 33 unlocated

HP 6203 1245 -- Unst, Watquey -- House (Norse), Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 134373)
(Watquey, house and associated structures to E). The monument comprises the remains of a rectangular house of probable Norse-Medieval date and a nearby outbuilding, together with an area of ground around these structures.
The house footings are located in a gently-sloping area ESE of the abandoned croft of Watquey. The house appears as substantial turf-covered wall footings, and measures approximately 17m by 4m internally. It is aligned approximately N-S, with opposed entrances in the slightly curved long walls towards the S (up-slope) end, and an internal subdivision just S of the entrances. On the E side is an addition, or subsidiary building, some 14m by 3m internally. About 20m away, to the NNE, is a turf-covered foundation about 6m across, with traces of old field walls to the NW.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 5 August 1998.

HP 6217 1219 -- Unst, Stove -- Sheep Shelter (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194738)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 6217 1219   Sheep shelter.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HP 6221 1272 -- Unst, Stovepund -- Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188738)
Two unroofed structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 18 January 2001

HP 6223 1237 -- Unst, Stove -- Planticrub(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194736)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 6223 1237  3 planticrubs.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HP 6223 1248 -- Unst, Stove -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188735)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973), where a modern field wall cuts through it.
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 17 January 2001

HP 6230 1235 -- Unst, Stove -- Farmstead (Norse)(Possible) (Canmore 283380)
A survey was undertaken of potential Norse farmsteads, in addition to those previously recorded in 1994-95. Structures are rectangular and aligned downslope. HP 6230 1235 Stove. Site robbed to build adjacent sleep shelter leaving hollow in ground; 15 x 4m overall NW-SE.
L H Smith 2005

HP 6232 1200 -- Unst, Springpark -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188732)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 17 January 2001

HP 6258 1271 -- Unst, Westergarth -- Cultivation Remains (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194732)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 6258 1271   Crofting remains.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HP 6270 1253 -- Unst, Buddigarth -- Sheep Shelter (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194730)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 6270 1253   Drystone sheep shelter.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HP 6285 1227 -- Unst, The Farm -- Farmstead (Norse)(Possible) (Canmore 283379)
A survey was undertaken of potential Norse farmsteads, in addition to those previously recorded in 1994-95. Structures are rectangular and aligned downslope. HP 6285 1227 The Farm. Three rooms and fragmentary walls; 18 x 4m E-W.
L H Smith 2005

HP 6286 1230 -- Unst, The Farm -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188736)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building, one roofed building and four enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii). One unroofed building, one roofed building and two enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 17 January 2001

HP 6287 1205 -- Unst, Gardie, Norse Mill -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 176)
See Architecture.
(Location cited as HP 628 121). Norse Mill, Gardie, 19th century or earlier. The fairly well preserved ruins of a side-entrance mill with one 33ins (0.83m) diameter stone.
J R Hume 1976
One unroofed building annotated Mill is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 17 January 2001

HP 62987 12128 -- Unst, Gardie -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 279707)

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HP 62980 16590 -- Unst, Saxa Vord, Royal Air Force (Raf) Saxa Vord -- Radar Station (20th Century) (Canmore 282548)
HP61NW 6.04 centred 62980 16590
Postwar NATO early warning station covering 7.14 hectares built on the summit of Saxa Vord.
Four masts and several, buildings are depicted on the current OS 1:2500 scale digital map.
Opened in 1955 and subsequently upgraded several times.  In 2005 the type 93 radar was dismantled and removed
and the Station closed 1 March 2006.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), September 2006

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HP 630 010 -- Unst, Muness -- Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188674)
A township comprising six unroofed buildings, one of which is annotated Muness Castle (In Ruins) (HP60SW 2), one partially roofed building, twenty-two roofed buildings, twenty-one unroofed structures, some enclosures, field walls and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii). Twenty-one unroofed buildings, three partially roofed buildings, ten roofed buildings, some enclosures, field walls and the fragmentary remains of the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 February 2001

HP 63391 01698 -- Unst, Ham Ness -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313342)
This small building stands just above the pebble foreshore on the W side of the Ham Ness peninsula. Rectangular on plan, it measures about 5.5m from N to S by 4m transversely over a drystone wall that survives to gable height on the N, to its wall-heads on the E and W, but has collapsed on the S, where there was probably an entrance. The N gable end indicates that the structure, which was probably a store, had a very low pitched roof. It is depicted unroofed on both the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882 & 1902, sheet viii).Visited by RCAHMS (ARG) 28 April 2010.

HP 63452 01777 -- Unst, Ham Ness -- Hut (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 313344)
What are probably the remains of a hut, reduced to a grass-grown subrectangular mound 0.6m in height, are visible above the foreshore on the NW side of the Ham Ness peninsula. The mound, which contains some stone, has a slightly dimpled surface and a low bank extends NE from its NE corner.

HP 63453 01555 -- Unst, Ham Booth -- Planticrub(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313131)
A plan of Housigarth was sketched by June Owers in her survey of abandoned settlements on Unst (1991).
Information from RCAHMS (BRW) 27 September 2011
What are probably two conjoined planticrubs, each measuring about 6.5m square over a drystone wall 1.5m high, stand just above the foreshore 90m NNW of the farmhouse at Ham Booth (HP60SW 141). The NNW planticrub is depicted on both the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882 & 1902, sheet viii). The SSE one must have been built sometime after 1900, when the revision survey for the later map was undertaken. A low terrace, possibly marking the upper side of a trackway, skirts the WSW side of the planticrubs

HP 63480 01455 -- Unst, Ham Booth -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313119)
This farmstead, which stands on the E side of an inlet known as the Ham of Muness, comprises a one-and-a-half storey, three bay, farmhouse and, immediately NE and upslope, a range, both standing at the N end of a rectilinear stone-walled enclosure. The house has a central doorway and flanking windows in its W side, the doorway having a stone threshold and once also having a porch though all the only evidence for this now is the raggle on the front wall above the door. At ground-floor level there is a fireplace in the S gable and there was probably also one in the N gable, but this has largely collapsed. On the E, there is a doorway and a very narrow, blocked, window. The joist sockets for the first floor are visible but there is no evidence for any vertical partitions in either level. On the upper floor there is a single window in the S gable and one also in the N gable, which may also have been accompanied by a small fireplace.
The range is multi-period, incorporating a two-compartment building at its centre, which abuts a wider building to the SSE and another to the NNW, which has lost most of its WSW side. Immediately ENE of the range is a boat-shaped structure measuring about 7m in length from NNW to SSE and defined on the upslope (ENE) side by an arc of low rubble wall and on the WSW by a stone revetted terrace, through which there is a central gap about 1m wide. The house and range are depicted roofed on both the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882 and 1902, sheet viii).

HP 63488 01840 -- Unst, Ham Ness -- Planticrub (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313345)
This planticrub stands immediately above the rocky foreshore on the NW side of the Ham Ness peninsula. Square on plan, it measures about 3.8m over a drystone wall that has partly collapsed. Evidently built some time after 1900, it is not depicted on either the 1st or 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882 & 1902, sheet viii).

HP 63520 01165 -- Unst, Little Ham -- Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313375)
This rectangular enclosure, which measures about 8m from WNW to ESE by 4m transversely over a ruinous wall, is situated 200m SSE of the farmstead at Little Ham. Both the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, sheet viii) and the 2nd edition of the 25-inch map (Shetland 1902, sheet viii.12) depict this enclosure, and another (HP60SW 243) a short distance to the W, attached to the N side of a curvilinear field wall. Since 1900, when the revision survey for the later map was undertaken, that  wall has become redundant and superseded by a new stone dyke, now ruinous, which overlies the SE corner of the enclosure and dog-legs to the W before crossing its SW corner. Some rebuilding of the enclosure has evidently taken place in more recent times as its E end appears now to overlie the ruined wall. At least four heaps of cleared stones lie in the field to the S of the enclosure.Visited by RCAHMS (ARG) 28 April 2010.

HP 63546 01736 -- Unst, Ham Ness -- Head Dyke (Post Medieval) (Canmore 314522)
A head dyke runs in a shallow arc from E to W across the Ham Ness peninsula, cutting off the unimproved ground to the N. For the most part, it is defined by large boulders set on end.

HP 63554 01907 -- Unst, Ham Ness -- Building (Neolithic) (Canmore 313347)
What are probably the remains of a prehistoric house are visible on the shore on the NW side of the Ham Ness peninsula. Oval on plan, it is defined by a broad, grass-grown stony bank in which outer facing stones are visible on the SE. Two upright stones on the NW probably indicate the position of the entrance, but they presently appear to form part of a small cell or structure with an arc of earthfast stones defining its interior. Another upright stone stands inside the bank on the NE and an arc of at least three earthfast stones on the SSE appears to indicate the inner face of a small cell contained within the thickness of the bank.

HP 63569 01997 -- Unst, Ham Ness -- Sheepfold (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313353)
The remains of this sheepfold stand above the rocky foreshore on the NW side of the Ham Ness peninsula. Originally roughly circular on plan and measuring no more than about 10m in overall diameter, most of the fold has been lost to erosion and all that was visible of it on the date of visit was its arcing E side. The fold is depicted on both the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882 & 1902, sheet viii).

HP 6358 0150 -- Unst, Ham Booth -- Cairn (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 313356)
What may be the remains of a heavily robbed cairn are situated on the summit of a low rise within an area of outcrop and peat cuttings 100m ENE of the farmstead HP60SW 141. A few external kerb stones are visible around its S arc. An NGR of HP 63587 01500, accurate to 4m, was obtained using a hand-held Garmin.

HP 63587 01914 -- Unst, Ham Ness -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 313352)
What appears to be a small enclosure is situated 25m above the foreshore on the NW side of the Ham Ness peninsula. It comprises a roughly rectangular area defined by stones and boulders and measures about over 5.8m from N to S by 4.4m transversely overall. The relationship between the enclosure and two field banks, one passing very close to its E side, the other possibly underlying its S end, is unclear.

HP 63604 01279 -- Unst, Little Ham -- Planticrub (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313376)
This planticrub stands in a field of rough pasture 180m SE of the roofless remains of Little Ham farmsteading. Rectangular on plan, it measures about 4m from NE to SW by 3.4m transversely over a drystone wall that stands no more than 1m in height. There is a possible entrance at the centre of the NW side.

HP 63675 01229 -- Unst, Mu Ness -- Chromate Quarry (19-20th Century) (Canmore 313360)
This grass-grown quarry comprises little more than a trench driven into the slope from the SSE. It measures at least 6.7m from NNW to SSE by up to 2.2m transversely, and there is a low heap of spoil along its ENE side.

HP 63677 01257 -- Unst, Mu Ness -- Chromate Quarry (19-20th Century) (Canmore 313358)
This grass-grown quarry comprises little more than a shallow trench driven into the slope from the NE. It measures about 9m from NE to SW by 2.5m transversely.

HP 63685 01235 -- Unst, Mu Ness -- Chromate Quarry (19-20th Century) (Canmore 313359)
This grass-grown quarry comprises little more than a shallow trench driven into the slope from the ENE. It measures no more than 5.8m from ENE to WSW by 1.5m transversely, and there is a low heap of spoil on its NNW side.

HP 63687 01059 -- Unst, Mu Ness -- Chromate Quarry (19-20th Century) (Canmore 313373)
This small, grass-grown quarry, which is situated in wet ground, comprises little more than a narrow trench orientated WNW and ESE, with a low mound of spoil along its NNE side.

HP 63689 01225 -- Unst, Mu Ness -- Chromate Quarry (19-20th Century) (Canmore 313361)
This grass-grown quarry comprises little more than a shallow trench driven into the slope from the ENE. It measures at least 10.5m from ENE to WSW by 1.8m transversely.

HP 63695 01819 -- Unst, Ham Ness -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Planticrub (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 313355)
This enclosure is situated on the E side of the Ham Ness peninsula, between the rocky foreshore to the E and wet, peaty ground to the W. It comprises little more than an area of cleared, made up ground measuring about 7m square within a perimeter of loose stones and boulders. No entrance is visible and it is possible that the structure is a form of planticrub, though it is not depicted on either the 1st or 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882 & 1902, sheet viii).

HP 63696 01506 -- Unst, Brei Wick -- Naust (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 313357)
The U-plan shape and location above the rocky foreshore at Brei Wick of a natural declivity in the outcrop suggests that it could have been used as a naust.

HP 63706 01946 -- Unst, Ham Ness -- Platform (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313354)
A rectangular platform of large boulders, measuring at least 7m from NE to SW by 5m transversely, is situated on the summit of a low rocky ridge at the NE end of the Ham Ness peninsula. Its date and function are unknown.

HP 63710 01186 -- Unst, Mu Ness -- Chromate Quarry (19-20th Century) (Canmore 313370)

HP 63732 01218 -- Unst, Mu Ness -- Chromate Quarry (19-20th Century) (Canmore 313367)
This small, grass-grown quarry comprises little more than a narrow trench driven into the slope from the NE.

HP 63734 01007 -- Unst, Mu Ness -- Planticrub (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313374)
This planticrub, which stands in rough ground about 170m to the ENE of the abandoned farmstead of Rugarth, measures about 4m square over a ruinous drystone wall.

HP 63752 01197 -- Unst, Mu Ness -- Chromate Quarry (19-20th Century) (Canmore 313368)
This small, grass-grown quarry comprises little more than a narrow curvilinear trench driven into the slope from the E and measuring at least 15m in length.

HP 63759 01185 -- Unst, Mu Ness -- Chromate Quarry (19-20th Century) (Canmore 313369)
This small, grass-grown quarry comprises little more than a narrow  trench driven into the slope from the E and measuring up to 14m in length.

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HP 6325 0485 -- Unst, Brough Taing -- Broch (Iron Age) (Canmore 116)
HP60SW 16 6325 0485.
(HP 6325 0485) Brough (NR)  (Site of).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900)
A dry-stone wall 6" thick, 2 1/2' high and 25' long, and a large quantity of loose boulders.  'Within the recollection of a few very aged men living in the locality, the wall could be distinctly traced throughout, but considerable portions of it have...been demolished by the inroads of the sea'.
Name Book 1878
No trace.
HP60 3    BROUGH  TAING
HP/633049.
Site of possible broch on the shore at Colvadale on Unst;  the Commission's investigator's could see no trace of a building [2] but 19th century reports indicate that a stone wall used to be visible [1]. Considerable erosion by the sea has taken place.
Sources:  1. OS card HP 60 SW 16:  2.  RCAHMS 1946 vol. 3, no. 1580.
E W MacKie 2002

HP 633 049 -- Unst, Brough Taing -- Promontory Fort (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 128)
HP 633 049. A probable promontory fort lies about two- thirds of the way up the steep rocky slope on to the promontory between the North and South Geos of Brough, at Taing of Brough. The massive foundation courses of a strong stone wall are concealed by hummocky turf. On the promontory are traces of indefinite structures and towards the seaward end, two long rectangular buildings.
R G Lamb 1970
Lamb's 1970 account of a promontory fort between the Noth and South Geos of Brough, corresponds with his 1980 description of the promontory fort at Taing of Brough, Flubersgerdie (HP51SE 1).  It is likely that the location cited above is erroneous.
Information from RCAHMS (PM) 6 January 2009 based on information provided by Brian Smith, Shetland Archives
R G Lamb 1970, R G Lamb 1980.

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HP 6323 0503 -- Unst, Brough -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313101)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 63 06

HP 6343 0690 -- Unst, Pund Of Scarpo -- Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188848)
Two conjoined enclosures, one of which is incomplete, are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973), where it is marked by pecked lines.
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 January 2001

HP 63 07

HP 6357 0798 -- Unst, Old Ordale -- Farmstead (Norse)(Possible) (Canmore 283381)
A survey was undertaken of potential Norse farmsteads, in addition to those previously recorded in 1994-95. Structures are rectangular and aligned downslope. HP 6357 0798 Old Ordale 1. Structures at upper end only; 30m long NW-SE. Site robbed leaving hollow at lower end. Mounds in field to NW may be associated.
L H Smith 2005

HP 6358 0742 -- Unst, Burn Of Ordale -- Mill (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 188853)
One unroofed building lying adjacent to a burn, which may be a mill is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 January 2001

HP 6368 0793 -- Unst, Ordale -- Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Norse) (Canmore 188856)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building of two compartments and three enclosures, and, lying approximately 120m to the ESE, one roofed building and another enclosure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v). One unroofed building and one incomplete enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 January 2001
A survey was undertaken of potential Norse farmsteads, in addition to those previously recorded in 1994-95. Structures are rectangular and aligned downslope. HP 6362 0797 Old Ordale 2. Later crofthouse foundations over upper end; 16 x 3.8m E-W.
L H Smith 2005

HP 6388 0756 -- Unst, Scarpo -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188852)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building, two partially roofed buildings, two roofed buildings and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v).  Three unroofed buildings, one roofed building and two enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 January 2001

HP 6399 0734 -- Unst, Ward Of Clugan -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188851)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 January 2001

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HP 6310 0820 -- Unst, Stutoft -- Farmstead (Norse)(Possible), Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 283383)
A survey was undertaken of potential Norse farmsteads, in addition to those previously recorded in 1994-95. Structures are rectangular and aligned downslope. HP 6310 0820 Stutoft. Appears to extend downslope by a further 10m. ?Side room on W wall; 8 x 3.5m N-S.
L H Smith 2005

HP 6313 0803 -- Unst, Ordale -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194915)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 6313 0803  Croft remains.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HP 63159 08192 -- Unst, Ordaal -- Farmhouse (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 163850)
See also HP60NW 30.
Ordaal [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1973.

HP 6329 0804 -- Unst, Ordaal, Steading -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Lade (Period Unassigned), Watermill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 163851)
See also HP60NW 29.

HP 63 09

HP 63377 09436 -- Unst, Baltasound, Springfield Hotel -- Hotel (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 216976)

HP 6339 0913 -- Unst, Baltasound, Slipway -- Slipway (20th Century) (Canmore 163854)
Balta Sound was a mooring base for flying boats from Catfirth (HY45SE 37).  A concrete slipway was constructed by the Royal Marines, Auxiliary Battalion during 1940.
The pier and slipway with associated buidlings including two long curved roofed sheds are visible on vertical air photographs (106G/Scot/UK 97, 3116-3117, flown 18 May 1946).
Information from RCAHMS (DE), December 2005

HP 634 090 -- Unst, Baltasound, Pier, Electric Crane -- Crane (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 96)

HP 63410 09130 -- Unst, Baltasound -- Seaplane Base (First World War)(Possible) (Canmore 331299)
It was intended to establish a forward operating base near the end of the First World War at Baltasound, Unst  for the seaplanes based at Catfirth, to the south. Fife (2007) suggests that the war ended before any construction work could begin, but it seems likely that some seaplane landings took place here. The Sound is a sheltered body of water at the very northern edge of the British Isles and was used for civil seaplane landings between the wars (Lerwick Libraries have a photograph of a seaplane in the Sound in 1933) and again for military seaplane operations in the Second World War. The Second World War slipway was built on the northern side of the Sound in an area where there were already (by the time of the 1901 2nd edition OS map) many small piers associated with fish landing and processing.
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 11 June 2013.
A project to characterise the quantity and quality of the Scottish resource of known surviving remains of the First World War. Carried out in partnership between Historic Scotland and RCAHMS.

HP 6342 0905 -- Unst, Baltasound, Pier -- Pier (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 157033)
HP60NW 13.01 6342 0905 to 6342 0900
Balta Sound was a mooring base for flying boats from Catfirth (HY45SE 37).  A concrete slipway was constructed by the Royal Marines, Auxiliary Battalion during 1940.
The pier and slipway with associated buidlings are visible on vertical air photographs (106G/Scot/UK 97, 3116-3117, flown 18 May 1946).
Information from RCAHMS (DE), December 2005

HP 6343 0921 -- Unst, Baltasound, Pier, Buildings -- House(S) (Period Unassigned), Storehouse(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 163856)
HP60NW 13.04 centred 6343 0921
This site record was created to indicate a building which is, or was, listed but for which Canmore holds no supplementary information.  Further information on listed buildings is available from
http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designations
Information from RCAHMS (SC), 17 April 2018.

HP 6345 0915 -- Unst, Baltasound, Pier, Slipway And Pier Buildings -- Harbour (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 163853)
HP60NW 13.00 centred 6345 0915
Customs and Excise Hut [NAT] (at HP 6344 0922)
Slipway [NAT] (at HP 6339 0913)
Pier [NAT] (at HP 6343 0900)
OS 1:10,000 map, 1973.
HP60NW 13.01     HP 6342 0905 to HP 6342 0900                  Pier
HP60NW 13.02     HP 634 090                                                      Electric crane
HP60NW 13.03     HP 6339 0913                                                 Slipway
HP60NW 13.04     Centred HP 6343 0921                                 Pier Buildings
HP60NW 13.05     HP 63410 20910                                            Seaplane base
Balta Sound was a mooring base for flying boats from Catfirth (HY45SE 37).  A concrete slipway was constructed by the Royal Marines, Auxiliary Battalion during 1940.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), December 2005

HP 6395 0918 -- Unst, Westpark -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188862)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 January 2001

HP 63 10

HP 6306 1085 -- Unst, Muckle Heog West -- Chambered Cairn (Neolithic) (Canmore 168)
HP61SW 2 6306 1085.
(HP 6304 1088) Cairn (NR)
Stone cists found AD 1865
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
A heel-shaped cairn which has been considerably disturbed and robbed, partly for building the dyke that crosses it. The cairn material is large angular stones and remains up to 3' 6" high.
Two cists, 4 and 4ft 6ins long, apparently set at ground level, are exposed in the cairn. A third, similar, was already visible in 1865 when the fourth, 6ft long, was found (Tate 1866).
A S Henshall 1963; RCAHMS 1946; R Tate 1866.
As described by Henshall.

HP 6315 1081 -- Unst, Muckle Heog East -- Chambered Cairn (Neolithic) (Canmore 160)
HP61SW 12 6315 1081.
(HP 6315 1084) Cairn (NR) Human remains found AD 1865
Reference to [undated] OS map, in NMRS.
A cairn situated on the rocky knoll that forms the summit of the Muckle Heog.
Two major disturbances of the site are recorded, the first in 1864 when the top was excavated to make a fishing signal, the other the following year when an official investigation involved removing the enormous accumulation of stones that encumbered .... the top of the hill (Tate 1866).  This revealed walling and two large cist chambers.
All the cairn material is on the lower slopes of the knoll on the east and south sides, where its large angular blocks lie to a depth of 4' spread over an area of about 70' diameter. The original size of the monument is not recorded.
At present it is possible to trace near the centre of the mass of cairn material, a wall face of 40' from a large upright stone set transversely to its ESE end. The WNW end is built almost into the steep side of the rocky knoll. The line of the wall face is almost straight for 22' from the ESE end, then it turns to the NW for 5'6", after which it continues to the WNW almost parallel to the first section. No other structural can be made out.
It has been suggested that this wall may be the facade of a heel shaped cairn (RCAHMS 1946).  While this is possible its form does not altogether fit in with this suggestion, and the site is probably too greatly ruined for its plan ever to be established.  Finds included steatite vessels of various shapes.
A S Henshall 1963; RCAHMS 1946.
As described by Henshall; no intelligible remains.
The cairn on the very summit is modern, and the prehistoric cairn is just to the south. It is sadly ruinous after much robbing and disturbance in the mid 19th century, but it is still a very large pile of huge boulders and conveys the awesome task of its builders. Two chambers or cists were found but neither is now visible, and the human and animal bones that were discovered are now lost. To judge by the debris on the north-west side of the hill, much of the cairn material was cast down to help build the modern field wall. From this vantage point, there is a good view of the second cairn on the lower ground.
Muckle Heog West cairn was a large heel-shaped cairn but is now much spread beyond the facade. Again very large boulders were used, and there are two large cists visible within the cairn (two more were seen in the 19th century). The back of the cairn has been destroyed by the modern wall, and it was originally about 15m across.
Information from ‘Exploring Scotland's Heritage: Shetland', (1997).

HP 6333 1065 -- Unst, Muckle Heog -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188828)
An enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 January 2001

HP 6363 1091 -- Unst, Little Heog -- Cairn (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 159)
HP61SW 11 6363 1091.
(HP 6365 1093) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
A much dilapidated cairn covering an area about 45' in diameter.
RCAHMS 194, visited 1930.
Although little remains, this cairn, which occupies the summit of Little Heog, seems to have measured c. 8.0m in diameter. Much of the cairn material now lies down the slope to the N and E. The interior is occupied by a modern marker cairn and the remains of another.

HP 63957 10250 -- Unst, Hagdale, Chromate Quarry -- Chromate Quarry (19-20th Century) (Canmore 181)
HP61SW 31.01 64051 10272  Horse Mill
The location of the Chromate quarry was formerly cited as HP 638 102 (information from the Scottish Industrial Archaeological Survey RCAHMS manuscript  MS 500/5/3, 22 Oct 1984).  Whilst this grid reference does indeed relate to a quarry (a large twentieth century serpentine quarry operated until the 1960s (information from Chris Dyer, Shetland Amenity Trust), it is not the chromate quarry to which the associated manuscripts refer. It should be noted that the 2nd edition of the OS 25-inch map (Shetland sheet V.4 1900) depicts a number of smaller satellite chromate quarries around the main workings, at HP 63707 10037, HP 64125 09982 and HP 6384 1057.
Information from RCAHMS (PM) 21 September 2009
RCAHMS MS 500/5/3

HP 63 11

HP 63014 11713 -- Unst, Spoull -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313112)
Uyeasound Primary School visited the abandoned croft at Spoull to take a GPS plot and photographs to show the location and current condition of the crofts recorded previously by June Owers.
Spoull is situated in rough grassland c500m SW of Whale Ayer at the head of Harold's Wick. It lies at 20m OD on the north facing lower slopes of the Heog hills within a multi-period field system. The farmstead comprises a roofed building, formerly the croft house, of lime mortared stone walls aligned E-W, at the SE end of which is a separate unroofed stone byre with walls and gables standing to full height. The footings of a third rectangular stone structure aligned E-W lie c12m to the E of the farmstead. A sub-rectangular enclosure measuring c55m N-S by 28m E-W at its widest points lies to the immediate N of the croft house. The remains of a sub-circular planticrub lie c70m W of the farmstead.
The croft house was converted into an agricultural shed in 1999 by removing the felt roof and the dormer windows and replacing them with profile sheeting. At the time of this conversion, it was noted that the original roof timbers had been scarfed and were in good condition. The croft house has a central doorway amd flanking windows on its N side. The byre has a concrete floor with two entrances in its E side, and a third in the S gable through which a byre drain exits.
A plan of Spoull was drawn by June Owers in her survey of deserted settlements in Unst (1984).
Site visited by the Uyeasound Primary School on 30/11/2009 as part of their SRP project to update the record of abandoned croft house buildings drawn and photographed by June Owers during the 1970s and 1980s.

HP 6308 1108 -- Unst, Harold's Grave -- Grave (Viking)(Possible) (Canmore 167)
HP61SW 19 6308 1108.
(HP 6306 1111) Cairn (NR): Harold's Grave (NAT)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
A very low, grass-grown cairn of small loose stones thus differing considerably in character from the two heel-shaped cairns on the same hill (HP61SW 2 and HP61SW 12 ).
It has been dug into without any structural plan being revealed. It measures some 50' long and 25' broad by about 1ft high, but the material has been so scattered that the original dimensions cannot be determined. It was opened some years before 1822 (Hibbert 1822), and again in 1865 when there were no indications of its being a place of burial, nor of the treasure reputed to be buried there with Harold (Tate 1866). Two beautiful bronze ornaments, which are commonly reported to have come from Harold's Grave, were at one time preserved in the Museum at Lerwick (Hunt 1866). But since the dispersal of that collection, their whereabouts are unknown.
The monument is certainly not a Neolithic long cairn.  Apart from the causually scattered material, it resembles in general character the "Viking Grave" at King's Cross, Arran (NS02NE 3) - a Viking boat grave; and if the bronze ornaments really were found on this site, they would constitute further evidence in favour of a Viking origin.
S Hibbert 1822; R Tate 1866; J Hunt 1866; RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930 and 1935.
'In one of the graves opened on the Meikle Heog (but it is uncertain which) two beautiful circular bronze brooches of the Scandinavian form were found. They are now in the Museum at Lerwick.'
J Anderson 1874.
The Lerwick Museum was dispersed in 1882.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1882.
This site falls on a wet hillock amongst prolific outcropping rock. What remains is a kidney-shaped stony hollow measuring c.15.0m by c.5.0m with banks of heaped stones around its perimeter, obviously debris from the excavation. Not a boat burial. Unable to classify.

HP 63142 11736 -- Unst, Stoutsquey -- Croft (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188723)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed long building of two compartments and three conjoined enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 17 January 2001
Uyeasound Primary School visited the abandonded croft at Stoutsquoy to take a GPS plot and photographs to show the location and current condition of the croft recorded previously by June Owers.

HP 6319 1158 -- Unst, Stoutsquey -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188724)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 17 January 2001

HP 6334 1176 -- Unst, Stoutsquey -- Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Norse)(Possible) (Canmore 188722)
One unroofed L-shaped building of two compartments and an attached enclosure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973), where only one compartment of the building is shown.
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 17 January 2001
A survey was undertaken of potential Norse farmsteads, in addition to those previously recorded in 1994-95. Structures are rectangular and aligned downslope. HP 6335 1177 Stoutsquey. Under ruined crofthouse; 15 x 4.5m N-S.
L H Smith 2005

HP 6342 1194 -- Unst, Brookpoint -- No Class (Event) (Canmore 283887)
Survey; watching brief HP 6342 1194 to HP 6365 1183 A programme of archaeological work was carried out in response to the upgrading of the road between Baltasound and Haroldswick. An instrument survey was carried out, together with a standing building survey of three buildings scheduled for demolition. A watching brief was carried out during roadworks in the vicinity of the buildings.
Full report lodged with Shetland SMR.
Sponsor: Shetland Islands Council.
H Moore and G Wilson 2005
A programme of archaeological work was carried out in response to the upgrading of the road between Baltasound and Haroldswick. A watching brief was carried out during roadworks in the vicinity of the buildings.

HP 635 119 -- Unst, Haroldswick, Hand Winch -- Winch (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 183)

HP 6353 1149 -- Unst, Gardie -- Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned), Field System(S) (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188714)
Two unroofed structures, each with an attached enclosure and attached to a head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii). The enclosures, the head-dyke and two fields, all marked by pecked lines, are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 18 January 2001

HP 6353 1190 -- Unst, Brook Point -- Corn Drying Kiln (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 185)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HP 6384 1150 -- Unst, Gardie -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188726)
Two unroofed buildings are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 18 January 2001

HP 6394 1160 -- Unst, Soterberg -- Building (Period Unassigned), Field System (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval) (Canmore 188721)
See also:
HP61SW 20     HP 6411 1146        Mound; Pottery; Settlement; Field-system
One unroofed building and a head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii). A more extensive field-system, partly marked by pecked lines, is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 17 January 2001

HP 63 12

HP 63 12 -- Unst, Haroldswick -- Cup (Viking) (Canmore 180)

HP 6309 1236 -- Unst, Gardie -- Building (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 174)
HP61SW 25 6309 1236.
Stones protruding through the turf, suggesting building foundations.

HP 6321 1203 -- Unst, Ungirsta -- Standing Stone (Prehistoric) (Canmore 194770)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 6321 1203   Standing stone within later remains of low turf and stone boundary.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HP 6323 1209 -- Unst, Haroldswick -- Ring Cairn (Neol/bronze Age) (Canmore 194768)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 6323 1209  Prehistoric ring cairn.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc
B Simpson 2000.

HP 6331 1241 -- Unst, Haroldswick -- Planticrub(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194727)
HP61SW 94 6331 1241 and 6337 1227
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 6331 1241  Planticrub.
HP 6337 1227  Planticrub.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000.

HP 6352 1257 -- Unst, Haroldswick -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188727)
An unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii).
A modern roofed building annotated Hall is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 18 January 2001.

HP 6357 1268 -- Unst, Haroldswick, Chapel And Burial-ground -- Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Chapel (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 179)
(HP 6357 1270) Chapel (NR)
(Remains of)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
The grass-grown remains of a strictly oriented oblong structure, 53' E-W by 28' N-S externally, within an enclosure. The walls, now less than 4' high, are about 6' thick and have apparently been built of very large stones.
Outside the east gable lies a badly weathered tombstone bearing the arms of (?) Mowat and Bruce.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930.
As described.
Revised at 1/2500.

HP 636 127 -- Unst, Bothen -- Weight(S) (Canmore 178)

HP 63620 12216 -- Unst, Haroldswick, Post Office -- Post Office (19-20th Century) (Canmore 216939)

HP 6364 1248 -- Unst, Haroldswick, Crookadale -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188728)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed long building of two compartments, what may be a second unroofed building of three compartments, two roofed buildings and three enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii).
Four roofed buildings and one enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 18 January 2001

HP 637 126 -- Unst, Haroldswick -- Burnt Mound(S) (Prehistoric)(Possible), Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 163)
No trace. The area to the N of Clesbo is ideally suited for burnt mounds.

HP 6380 1228 -- Unst, Haroldswick, General -- Village (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 113016)

HP 63853 12317 -- Unst, Beach Road, Haroldswick, The Hamars -- Farmstead (18th Century) (Canmore 163863)
This site was visited as part of the RCAHMS Scottish Farm Buildings Survey. Overlooking the beach, the farmstead comprises a T-plan two storey farmhouse plus a separate L-plan steading.
The buildings were roofed but unoccupied on the date of visit.
Information from RCAHMS (ACD), 15 January 2008; NMRS MS/2560/336.
Single storey and attic 3-bay traditional symmetrical farmhouse with 2-storey wing to rear forming L-plan. Harled rubble walls.    Timber sash and case windows; 12-pane to principal range, 4-pane to rear wing. Purple-grey slate roof with small skylights to principal range, stone slabs to rear wing. Harl-pointed rubble gablehead stacks, coped, with circular cans. Ashlar skew copes to principal range, cement-rendered to rear wing.
A remarkably intact example of a small Shetland farm with early origins. Domestic architecture built before the end of the 19th century is now rarely found in this little-altered state. The house displays well the character of much of Shetland's building stock prior to later 20th century alterations, and forms a picturesque sea-front focus to Haroldswick. (Historic Scotland)

HP 6386 1225 -- Haroldswick, Unst, Landing Stage -- Landing Stage (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 157055)
HP61SW 40.01  HP 6386 1225   winch

HP 6386 1246 -- Unst, Haroldswick -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194718)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 6386 1246   Drystone outbuilding.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000.

HP 639 124 -- Unst, Haroldswick -- Corn Drying Kiln (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Pot (Iron) (Canmore 184)

HP 63 13

HP 6310 1322 -- Unst, Ungirsta -- Souterrain (Prehistoric) (Canmore 165)
HP61SW 17 6310 1322.
(HP 6310 1326) Erd House (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
The supposed site of an underground house, which was open until a few years ago but is now covered and its exact site is not known.
Name Book 1878.
There is no surface indication of the earth-house which was discovered here about 1864, but a contemporary description states:-
It is of semi-circular form, two feet or so beneath the arable land, about thirty feet in length, three feet in breadth and height, widening out at the western extremity to the form of a chamber of five feet square; ponderous slabs of mica slate form the lintels. These stones have been transported from Norwick. Many stone urns and implements were removed from this depository (R Tate 1866).
R Tate 1866; RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930.
What is possibly the same structure was exposed about 1933 on cultivated land at Ungirsta. It was then completely destroyed, but a large number of relics including hammer-stones, stone implements, a non-rotary quern and steatitic pottery were recovered.  The structure was described locally as simply a passage or drain about 2 feet wide and the same in height, but some of the stones used had been fairly large and the character of the associated relics suggests a dwelling.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1933.
Situated on a slight rise, the site of this souterrain is still marked by a scatter of loose stones. The farmer knows of it and leaves the area unploughed.

HP 6341 1340 -- Unst, Feall -- Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188743)
One unroofed building and two enclosures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii). One roofed building and four enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 18 January 2001

HP 63 14

HP 6392 1423 -- Unst, Gravens -- Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188742)
One unroofed building and an incomplete enclosure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii).
One enclosure is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 18 January 2001.

HP 63 15

HP 6345 1543 -- Unst, Saxa Vord -- Building(S) (20th Century), Radio Mast(S) (20th Century) (Canmore 270973)

HP 63 16

HP 631 166 -- Unst, Saxa Vord -- Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 147)
HP61NW 3 631 166.
(HP 6310 1663) Cairns (NR)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
A group of five large but now dilapidated cairns composed of stones of considerable size.
They stand in a line running NNW-SSE and are separated by intervals of between 20 and 30 yards. None of them presents any feature calling for particular remark.
The most northerly is practically demolished, which the one immediately south of it, about 26' in diameter has been much destroyed in the centre. The third, which lies to the SE, has a diameter of 30'. The fourth, which is to the south of it and is approximately 36' in diameter, was probably once chambered, but any evidence of this has been obscured by the erection ofa modern landmark. The fifth, which lies further to the SE, is 25' in diameter.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930.
No trace. The cairns have been destroyed by service installations. No record of any finds.

HP 63162 16664 -- Unst, Saxa Vord, Royal Naval Chain Home Low Radar Station, -- Radar Station (Second World War) (Canmore 114601)
HP61NW 6.01                  HP 6345   1543                              Radio Masts; Buuildings (RN Station WW II)
HP61NW 6.02                  HP 6480   1544                              Building
HP61NW 6.03                  HP 6468   1542                              Building
HP61NW 6.04  centred HP 62980 16590                           Radar Station (RAF Saxa Vord) postwar
Situated within the bounds of RAF Saxa Vord, W of the Burra Firth, N Unst, is a Chain Home Low radar station.  Constructed of brick and concrete it formed part of the British Isles Radar Cover.
J Guy 1995; NMRS MS 810/4, 1-2, 3-8, 13
Additional information from Mr I Brown who states that this was a coast defence U-boat (C.D.U) station which was Naval operated.  A type 273 radar was mounted, a naval designation for a surface watching set, with paraboloids mounted inside a perspex 'lighthouse' type structure.
Information from Mr I Brown via e-mail to RCAHMS 19 October 1998.
The radar station is visible on vertical air photographs (106G/Scot/UK 97, 4095-4096, flown 18 May 1946), which shows that the buildings and structures associated with the installation were enclosed within a barbed-wire fence.  Two barbed-wire fence enclosures are clearly visible on the photographs surrounding the radar station, an inner around the buildings and an outer enclosing an area of moorland around the station.
The buildings are in two groups, at the end of a road.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), February 2006

HP 63 17

HP 6333 1775 -- Unst, Ura Geo -- Fort (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 148)
No trace of a broch or other defences.  The only apparent artificial features on this headland are the ruins of three modern enclosures to the E of the published site.

HP 64 06

HP 644 064 -- Unst, Clugan -- Township (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188849)
A township comprising three farmsteads, seven unroofed structures and some field walls is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v). The farmstead to the W (HP 6410 0645) comprises one unroofed building of two compartments and three conjoined enclosures, the central farmstead (HP 6435 0645) comprises two unroofed buildings, one of which is L-shaped, and four enclosures, and the farmstead to the E (HP 6440 0646) comprises one partially roofed long building and one enclosure.
The farmsteads, six unroofed structures, a separate enclosure and some field walls are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973). The farmstead to the W comprises one small unroofed building and three conjoined enclosures, the central farmstead comprises a series of six conjoined unroofed unroofed structures, some of which may be buildings, and three enclosures, and the farmstead to the E comprises two unroofed buildings and one enclosure.
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 January 2001

HP 6440 0646 -- Unst, Clugan -- Grave (Viking), Settlement (Period Unassigned), Implement (Stone)(Iron Age), Slag (Iron Age), Unidentified Pottery (Iron Age) (Canmore 105)
HP60NW 6 6440 0646.
An Iron Age and Viking site lies on a structural bench some 10m OD and 50m inland at Clugan.  The site was excavated by Sgt. B Beveridge RAF, and revealed two distinct horizons. The lower showed no structural remains but a large quantity of pottery, some iron slag, pumice, and stone tools. The pottery is clearly of the Shetland Iron Age type, probably of the immediate post broch period. Section evidence suggested that the site had been systematically cleared and levelled before later structures were built.  The only structure on the upper horizon on the area so far excavated was a Viking cremation burial with no grave goods. The stones at the eastern end are still in situ but those at the other end had disappeared.  Clearly defined post holes with packing marked their position.  The stray finds from the upper 20 cms of the soil included numerous fragments of massive steatite vessels typical of the Viking period in Shetland, suggesting that a longhouse lies nearby.
Small, A 1970;
Information from Sgt. B Beveridge to OS 1970
Site located at HP 6439 0646 by OS field surveyor (K Frost) 8 May 1970

HP 64 07

HP 6402 0767 -- Unst, Upswall -- Broch (Iron Age)(Possible) (Canmore 305793)
HP 6402 0767 A substantial mound in a prominent position on the S side of Balta Sound, behind a derelict croft house, is a probable broch site. The broch is approximately 20m in diameter. A surrounding ditch and rampart are visible to the N. Rampart only recorded to the S (line of stones). There is a rock face to the E. A later rectangular structure extends from centre to S edge. A stone dyke crosses the site. It is noted that Balta Broch is 2.4km to the NE on the other side of the Sound.
LH Smith 2009

HP 6437 0722 -- Unst, Ward Of Clugan -- Field Boundary (Period Unassigned), Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188850)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 January 2001

HP 64 08

HP 64 08 -- Unst, Balta Sound -- Ring (Stone) (Canmore 98)
A serpentine ring from Balta Sound (name: HP 645 087) is in Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology (27.575).
Museum Accessions Register.

HP 6405 0842 -- Unst, Skeo Taing -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188855)
Two unroofed buildings are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 January 2001

HP 6422 0837 -- Unst, Skeo Taing -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188854)
One unroofed building of two compartments is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 January 2001

HP 643 085 -- Unst, Skeo Taing -- Gouge (Possible) (Canmore 82970)
A two-pronged implement, probably a gouge or a bobbin for a fish line, was discovered.  With finder - details with National Museum of Scotland.
Daybook no: DB 1991/68
National Museum of Scotland (NMS) 1992.

HP 64 09

HP 641 091 -- Hamar Geo -- Buoy (20th Century) (Canmore 306015)
A fragment of leather noted in an eroding coastal section by Mr S Owers, Baltasound, was reported to the Shetland Archaeologist. An assessment of the remains was carried out in June 2000. Work revealed that the leather object was a fishing buoy which had been washed into a crevice in the rocks and subsequently covered by washed-in soil and flotsam. The buoy is of a traditional Shetland type used for marking lines in the early 20th century. These buoys are made from an uncut animal skin, in this case probably a dog skin, into which a mixture of linseed and fir tar was rinsed to make it watertight. The outer surface was usually painted to render it more visible. It was considered that no further work was required.
H Moore and G Wilson 2000
HP 641 091

HP 64166 09533 -- Unst, Littlehamar, Threshing Machine -- Threshing Machine (Post Medieval) (Canmore 217032)

HP 645 092 -- Unst, Swinna Ness -- Grave(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 243346)
The Shetland's Past Project was begun in spring 2001 (DES 2001, 83-5). The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. Thanks to the enthusiasm and dedication of those participating groups, funding has now been secured to consolidate and expand this project. Below is a sample of just some of the sites discovered and recorded in the last six months.
HP 645 092 Grave, 3.3 x 2.3m, aligned E-W. Anecdotal evidence suggests an early 20th-century date.
HP 645 092 Grave, 3.2 x 2.3m, aligned E-W. Anecdotal evidence suggests this is the grave of a seaman whose body was washed ashore in the 18th century. Site under threat of coastal erosion.
Report deposited in Shetland SMR.
Sponsor: Shetland Amenity Trust
Unst History Group, O Cambridge 2002

HP 6460 0940 -- Unst, Baltasound, Hamar -- Settlement (Norse) (Canmore 113014)
The monument known as Hamar, Norse settlement ENE of, Baltasound comprises the remains of a Viking period settlement, probably dating from the 9th to 10th centuries AD. The remains take the form of the foundations of a bow-walled longhouse, several lesser buildings and enclosure walls.
The site has been known locally for many years as Yakob Yahorasons or Yahorabsons.
Information from Historic Scotland (scheduling notice dated 22 April 1996).
HP60NW 22 centred 6460 0940

HP 64 10

HP 6404 1044 -- Unst, Hagdale -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 188829)
What may be a farmstead comprising one unroofed long building of two compartments is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 January 2001

HP 64051 10272 -- Unst, Hagdale, Chromate Quarry, Horse Mill -- Horse Engine House (19-20th Century) (Canmore 253125)
The chromite ore occurs within a thick band of serpentine and is concentrated in the area of Balta Sound and Hagdale. The ore appears to have been exploited from the 1820s onwards, and by 1840 there was a large quarry at Hagdale which was operated until 1862. The mill is thought to have been bupt around 1850 for the purpose of crushing and thus concentrating low-grade ores.
This is a very attractive relic of Shetland's industrial past, with its yellow drystone walling. It has been partially restored, and, although it is now roofless, recesses on the inside of the circular wall suggest that it may have had some form of light roofing. There is a single entrance and slits in the wall to allow daylight.
The mill is sited astride a small burn that rises in a pond to the west of the mill and runs down to the sea at Wick of Hagdale. The water was directed through the mill by means of small openings at ground-level on the west and east sides and stonelined channels across the mill interior. At the centre is a circular stone-kerbed recess containing an ironbound millstone, and another such stone with an iron tyre lies alongside. A paved walkway for the pony or pair of ponies surrounds the central pit. The smallest ponies in Shetland came from Unst and north Yell, and they would have been ideal for the mill.
Research is still in progress on the exact mechanism used here. Similar devices for crushing ore are known elsewhere in Britain, for example in Derbyshire and Devon, where they were set up in the open air. An iron-clad millstone was fixed vertically to a horizontal axle, and the axle was attached to a central pivot. The horse was harnessed to the other end of the axle and walked round in an anti-clockwise circle, and the vertical millstone crushed the ore placed in its path. At Hagdale it seems likely that the vertical millstone was set to run round the perimeter of the central recess, where the running water would carry away the debris and the heavier ore would remain in the recess. The octagonal stone with a large square perforation is likely to have been a weight (see p. 44).
Information from ‘Exploring Scotland's Heritage: Shetland', (1997).

HP 6411 1055 -- Unst, Hagdale -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 163861)
A farmstead comprising one partially roofed long building and an attached enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet v). One roofed building and one partially roofed building are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 January 2001
For Hagdale Horse Mill see HP61SW 31.01

HP 642 103 -- Unst, Hagdale -- House (Norse), Settlement (Period Unassigned), Unidentified Pottery (Iron Age) (Canmore 170)
HP61SW 21 642 103.
HP 642 103. An Iron Age, Viking and later settlement lies on gently sloping ground some 20m OD and 70m inland at Setters. The site appears to be extremely complex and multi-phased. From the steep slope at the NE end of the site burrowing animals have thrown up numerous sherds of pottery which suggests a range of Iron Age occupation between pre and post-broch periods. Superimposed on this is a longhouse some 24m in length and 7-8m broad with rounded ends suggesting a primary Norse occupation. More recent and badly robbed structures lie on top of this which may be either later Norse or Medieval. Outhouses certainly exist but they are impossible to assign to a specific horizon without excavation. A further longhouse may exist a few metres to the S.
A Small 1970.

HP 64 11

Finds: Lithic Implement (Stone) (HP 643 110)
HP 641 111 -- Unst, Setters Quarry -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 243367)
The Shetland's Past Project was begun in spring 2001 (DES 2001, 83-5). The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. Thanks to the enthusiasm and dedication of those participating groups, funding has now been secured to consolidate and expand this project. Below is a sample of just some of the sites discovered and recorded in the last six months.
HP 641 111 Oval structure, 3.5 x 2.5m. Bedrock adjacent to site shows signs of quarrying.
Report deposited in Shetland SMR.
Sponsor: Shetland Amenity Trust
Unst History Group, O Cambridge 2002

HP 6411 1146 -- Unst, Soterberg, Harold's Wick -- Field System (Period Unassigned), House (Norse), Mound (Period Unassigned), Settlement (Period Unassigned), Unidentified Pottery (Iron Age) (Canmore 169)
At HP 6411 1149 on a low green Knoll, is a ruined enclosure of comparatively recent date. Stones deep in the Knoll suggest it may lie on an earlier structure.  Alleged Iron Age pottery sherds have been found in the NE fringe of the Knoll by Mr Owers (information from V E Owers, Hamar, Baltasound); one of red clay is roughly ornamented.
HP 641 114. A multi-period farm mound at Soterberg on the southern shore of Haroldswick was excavated. This site, with substantial deposits, had previously been the object of at least one small investigation by a local person who found Iron Age pottery and a few objects from the Norse period.
The objective of the trial excavation in 1997 was to establish an overview of the character, potential and chronology of the site. Well-preserved parts of a Norse house structure survived and a number of trenches were established across the structure.
The Norse house structure is interpreted as a Viking longhouse and was superimposed by the fragmentary remains of later structures. Underneath the presumed Viking longhouse there were fragments of Iron Age structures. None of these could be dated with any certainty. While the artefact assemblage from the Iron Age mainly consists of pottery, the Norse finds are dominated by stone objects, especially of steatite and schist. They include a number of sherds from circular and sub-rectangular vessels, loom weights, spindle whorls, line sinkers, baking plates and whetstones.
Sponsors:  Shetland Amenity Trust, Shetland Enterprise Company, Sandison Trust, Copenhagen University, Glasgow University.
A-C Larsen and S Stummann 1997.

HP 642 115 -- Unst, The Punds -- Midden(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 243369)
The Shetland's Past Project was begun in spring 2001 (DES 2001, 83-5). The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. Thanks to the enthusiasm and dedication of those participating groups, funding has now been secured to consolidate and expand this project. Below is a sample of just some of the sites discovered and recorded in the last six months.
HP 642 115 Coastal eroding midden, currently 3.5 x 2.5m. Midden material has high charcoal/ash content. No dating material available.
HP 642 115 Coastal eroding midden, currently 2.0 x 0.5m. Stratigraphically below beach boulder layer. Midden material has high charcoal/ash content. No dating material available.
Report deposited in Shetland SMR.
Sponsor: Shetland Amenity Trust
Unst History Group, O Cambridge 2002

HP 64 12

HP 6400 1242 -- Unst, Haroldswick, Ark -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188729)
"..a house...in good repair.."
Name Book 1882
A farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings, two roofed buildings, one unroofed structure and four enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii).
Two roofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 18 January 2001.

HP 641 124 -- Unst, Haroldswick, Hand Winch -- Winch (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 182)

HP 6423 1235 -- Unst, North Booth -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188730)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building, one roofed building and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii). Three roofed buildings and three enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 18 January 2001

HP 6442 1253 -- Unst, Haroldswick, Norse Mills -- Horizontal Mill(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 177)
HP61SW 28 6442 1253 and 6440 1252
For mills at HP 6442 1253 and HP 6440 1252, see Architecture.
(Location cited as HP 645 126). Norse Mills, Haroldswick, 19th century or earlier. The well preserved ruins of two side-entrance mills, the upper one with a 29ins (0.74m) diameter stone.
J R Hume 1977.

HP 64534 12887 -- Unst, Papil, Valsgarth -- Farmhouse (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Outbuilding(S) (Period Unassigned), Wall(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 163865)
This site record was created to indicate a building which is, or was, listed but for which Canmore holds no supplementary information.  Further information on listed buildings is available from
http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designations
Information from RCAHMS (SC), 17 April 2018.

HP 6468 1264 -- Unst, Clibberswick -- Field Boundary (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194715)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 6468 1264   ?Prehistoric field boundary.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HP 648 127 -- Unst, Towrie -- Mound (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 162)
HP61SW 14 648 127.
'Tourie' (? Towrie: 648 127) is, as its name implies, a small hillock of apparently similar character to the 'Runie of Valsgarth' (HP61SW 13) (ie possibly a cairn). It has not been examined, but a knife-like stone and a steatite utensil with a hold in the bottom (cf. HU69NW 7) have been taken from it.
T Edmonston 1873.
Tourie, a deserted croft, has been built on a slight, natural knoll. No trace of a cairn.

HP 6482 1238 -- Unst, Clibberswick -- Grave (Viking) (Canmore 157)
HP61SW 1 6482 1238.
Whilst the farm yard at Clibberswick (HP 64 12) was being dug up in 1863 a woman's grave of the Viking period was found. The finds consisted of two 9th century tortoise brooches, a bronze trefoil brooch, a silver armlet and two glass beads. The armlet and beads have disappeared but the remainder of the finds are now in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS).
S Grieg 1940; H Shetelig 1954.

HP 6488 1289 -- Unst, Spragatup -- Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188790)
One small unroofed L-shaped building and an attached enclosure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii). One unroofed structure annotated Sheep Wash is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 23 January 2001

HP 64 13

HP 64 13 -- Unst, Valsgarth -- Cairn (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 161)
HP61SW 13 64 13.
The 'Runie of Valsgarth' lies about a quarter of a mile due west from the Cross Kirk (HP61SE 5), at Valsgarth (the two locations are nowhere near each other).
The name 'Runie' comes from the Norwegian word 'rune' - a heap or pile. Many large stones appear above ground in an artificial arrangement, at the centre of which, some years ago, was laid bare the remains of a building, apparently square, within which was found a large stone urn with a lid. At the same time were found many pieces of urns of steatite, well made, but so thin and brittle that they crumbled at the touch. This place has been filled up and cultivated.
T Edmonston 1873.
RCAHMS could find no trace of this site.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1933.
The 'Runie of Valsgarth' is no longer known at Valsgarth; or 1/4mile W of Cross Kirk. No trace of a cairn could be found at either place.

HP 6412 1398 -- Unst, Northdale -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188741)
A farmstead comprising one partially roofed L-shaped building, two roofed buildings, four unroofed structures and one enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii). One unroofed building, four roofed buildings and one enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 18 January 2001

HP 6429 1356 -- Mullapund -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194696)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 6429 1356  Croft remains.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HP 6430 1324 -- Unst, Valsgarth -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188737)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building with a small compartment built into one corner, two roofed L-shaped buildings, one unroofed structure and four enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii). Two roofed buildings and five enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 18 January 2001

HP 6451 1379 -- Unst, Norwick -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 69486)
HP61SW 36  6451 1379.
See Architecture.

HP 64 14

HP 6445 1400 -- Unst, Holsens -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 188740)
"...a ruin..."
Name Book 1882
What may be a farmstead comprising one unroofed long building of two compartments is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 18 January 2001

HP 6467 1446 -- Norwick Meadow -- Sheep Shelter (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194695)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 6467 1446  Drystone sheep shelter.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HP 647 147 -- Unst, Norwick, Fustrie's Knowe -- Cinerary Urn(S) (Canmore 166)
HP61SW 18 c. 647 147.
(Area: HP 647 147) 'Fustrie's Knowe', about 300yds NW of 'Bartle's Kirk' (HP61SW 4) 'is a high mound of decayed sandstone... formerly used as a burial-place.  Here some forty years ago, the crofter whilst delving about and around the mound came ..... upon some thirty urns of different sizes and shapes, standing in rows; but as little or no interest was then taken in such relics, they have unfortunately been totally lost.'
T Edmonston 1873.
A burnt mound. (site)
(Although listed under 'Mounds of Burnt Stones', there is nothing to suggest this in either authority.
T Edmonston 1873; RCAHMS 1946.
No trace, and no local knowledge.

HP 6488 1463 -- Unst, Norwick, Bartles Kirk -- Stone Setting (Neol/bronze Age) (Canmore 186)
HP61SW 4 6488 1463.
(HP 6488 1463) Bartle's Kirk (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
'The almost obliterated traces of an ....erection of apparently great antiquity, termed by the inhabitants 'Bardle's Kirk', erected, as the local tradition has it, in honour of St Bartholomew. Four large and two smaller stones are still standing, date of erection not known.
The first four of these stones are 8' in length and 2' 10" in girth; the two last 6' 6" and 5'2" each in length, and of the same girth as the former.  Situated west of the lower of the two stones are two smaller ones which appear to mark a grave.
Excavation has produced one entire stone urn; one large urn with fractured section; one large rubbing stone, measuring 3'7" in length by 2'7" in breadth and two celts, one of which is hollowed out at one end to fit the thumb and forefingers so as to afford a firm hold. Fragments of steatite urns, containing what are believed to be human ashes, have also been found here.
Scattered through all the ground outside the four largest stones, and at a depth of three to five feet, are numerous fragments of broken vessels, etc.  There are also numerous stones, many of them large, brought from a distance.
T Edmonston 1873.
Five small standing stones still remain.
Name Book 1878.
There are no remains of this church. In the vegetable garden of the modern farm-house near the site, however, there is a setting of four upright boulders, averaging about 3' in height and 1'8" in cross-section, which stand in two groups 19' apart, the distance between the first pair being 8' 2" and between the second pair 5'.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930.
Four stones as described by RCAHMS remain at the site. In the area enclosed by them are three earth-fast boulders, just protruding through the soil.  The situation, on a slope, and the position and character of the stones indicate that this is not the site of a church but more likely the last vestiges of a 'Neolithic-Bronze Age house although the remains are too scant for classification.
The tradition of a church and the name 'Bartle's Kirk' are still known locally.
No stones were noted in the area to the W in a cultivated field, but to the E at HP 6495 1465 is an upright stone 1.0m high, 0.6m wide, 0.3m thick with another earth-fast block beside it, apparently broken, measuring 0.3m high, 1.0m wide, 0.3m thick. Both have been there as long as local people can remember.

HP 64 15

HP 6435 1540 -- Unst, Ward Of Norwick -- Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188720)
A series of four conjoined enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet ii). Two of the enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 17 January 2001

HP 6468 1542 -- Unst, Saxa Vord -- Building(S) (20th Century), Radio Mast(S) (20th Century) (Canmore 270975)

HP 6480 1544 -- Unst, Saxa Vord -- Building (20th Century) (Canmore 270974)

HP 6485 1543 -- Unst, Ward Of Norwick, West -- Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)(Possible) (Canmore 146)
HP61NW 2 6485 1543.
(HP 6484 1544) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
A possibly chambered cairn which has apparently had a diameter of about 40', but seems to have spread beyond the original edge on the east side. There is a great quantity of stone in this spread and peat encroaches on the edge in the same way as over the rest of the cairn.
Some recent howking has exposed a 10' length of curved outer wall-face looking to the SE. If continued the wall would enclose an area of about 25' diameter in the west or main part of the cairn. To the north of the wall-face and a little wide its presumed position is an upright stone facing east.
At present there is no further sign of any structure but a modern beacon built over the centre of this part of the cairn may well overlie the chamber or cist.
A S Henshall 1963
As described by Henshall.

HP 6492 1530 -- Unst, Ward Of Norwick, East -- Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)(Possible) (Canmore 145)
HP61NW 1 6492 1530.
(HP 6491 1530) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
A possibly chambered cairn, at present about 55' in diameter, but greatly disturbed and robbed in the centre, while the encroaching growth of peat has obscured the edges.
Near the centre there stands an upright stone 2'3" wide, 1' thick and 4'6" high.  Another large stone lies at right angles, its east end 2'3" north of the north end of the former stones. These might be part of a chamber.
A S Henshall 1963
As described by Henshall.

HP 65 06

HP 650 066 -- Huney, The Givv -- Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)(Possible) (Canmore 243317)
HU60NE 13 650 066
The Shetland's Past Project was begun in spring 2001 (DES 2001, 83-5). The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. Thanks to the enthusiasm and dedication of those participating groups, funding has now been secured to consolidate and expand this project. Below is a sample of just some of the sites discovered and recorded in the last six months.
HP 650 066 Chambered cairn, 4.5 x 4.1 x 0.5m in total, with rectangular chamber 1.3 x 1.0m.
Report deposited in Shetland SMR.
Sponsor: Shetland Amenity Trust
Unst History Group, O Cambridge 2002

HP 65826 06973 -- Baltasound, Unst, Balta Isle Lighthouse -- Lighthouse (19th Century) (Canmore 317239)

HP 65 07

HP 6565 0740 -- Balta -- Stone Setting(S) (Neol/bronze Age) (Canmore 216006)
See also HP60NE 11.
A survey of the southern half of Balta Isle identified and recorded distinct areas containing numerous stone settings:
HP 6565 0740  Fifty-one separate stone settings were identified on the western side of the S half of the island, within close proximity of one another. They cover an area 231m N-S by 105m E-W. The majority are oval and range in length from c 2-6.5m and c 2-4m wide. Most are aligned NNE-SSW or E-W.
Sponsors:  Historic Scotland, Shetland Amenity Trust.
V E Turner and A C Larsen 2001.
Scheduled (with HP60NE 11) as 'Balta Isle, stone settings'. This western group ('Group 1') comprises 51 stone settings on fairly flat and low-lying ground by the shore at between 10 and 20m OD.'
These settings are Iron Age or Norse in date.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 19 December 2002.

HP 6594 0724 -- Balta -- Chambered Cairn(S) (Neolithic)(Possible), Dyke (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Stone Setting(S) (Neol/bronze Age) (Canmore 216012)
See also HP60NE 10.
A survey of the southern half of Balta Isle identified and recorded distinct areas containing numerous stone settings:
HP 6594 0727  Twenty-one separate stone settings were identified on the eastern side of the S half of the island, within close proximity of one another. They cover an area 174m N-S by 129m E-W. The majority are oval and range in length from c 2.5-6.5m and c 1.5-4.0m wide.
Sponsors: Historic Scotland, Shetland Amenity Trust.
V E Turner and A C Larsen 2001.
Scheduled (with HP60NE 10) as 'Balta Isle, stone settings'. This eastern group ('Group 2') comprises 25 surveyed feature (of which 3 are interpreted as the remains of chambered cairns and on is thought to be a dyke) near the summit (altitude c. 38m) at the S end of the island, predominantly on the gently sloping S and E sides of the hill.
These settings are Iron Age or Norse in date.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 19 December 2002.

HP 65 08

HP 65014 08973 -- Unst, Swinna Ness -- Building (Period Unassigned), Sheepfold (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 188061)
What may be a sheepfold comprising a circular enclosure with an attached rectilinear structure, and one unroofed building lying approximately 80m to the ESE are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vi). The possible sheepfold is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 1 February 2001
A pilot project, entitled the Shetland's Past Project, was begun in the spring of 2001. The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. During this pilot year, three history groups (Bressay, Fetlar and Whalsay) have formally been participating in the project, with two further history groups (Foula and Unst) joining the project, albeit on a more informal basis. The project has been met with so much enthusiasm that it hopes to be able to raise sufficient funds to encourage and train other heritage groups and interested individuals to take an active part in recording the cultural heritage of Shetland. Below is a list of the archaeological sites, which have so far been recorded as part of the project.
Unst History Group.
HP 6501 0897  Remains of a stone-built enclosure, 23m diameter and up to 0.75m high, truncated by a much later building (fishing lodge). An oval stone platter was identified in the E wall of the building. The corner of a stone building was identified within the confines of the enclosure (NMRS HP60NE 6).
Sponsors: Council for British Archaeology, Community Fund, Shetland Amenity Trust
B Simpson 2001

HP 65088 08957 -- Unst, Swinna Ness -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330191)
A small unroofed building, on the edge of the cliffs known as Black Skerries, to the south of Swinna Ness, is depicted on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 6" map.
Information from NTS (SS) April 2013

HP 657 087 -- Balta, North Booth -- House (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 243370)
The Shetland's Past Project was begun in spring 2001 (DES 2001, 83-5). The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. Thanks to the enthusiasm and dedication of those participating groups, funding has now been secured to consolidate and expand this project. Below is a sample of just some of the sites discovered and recorded in the last six months.
HP 657 087 ?House site. Low stone and turf circular wall, 7m diameter, with entrance marked by two orthostats
Report deposited in Shetland SMR.
Sponsor: Shetland Amenity Trust
Unst History Group, O Cambridge 2002

HP 658 087 -- Balta, North Booth -- Cairn (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 243324)
The Shetland's Past Project was begun in spring 2001 (DES 2001, 83-5). The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. Thanks to the enthusiasm and dedication of those participating groups, funding has now been secured to consolidate and expand this project. Below is a sample of just some of the sites discovered and recorded in the last six months.
HP 658 087	Cairn, 5 x 3m, oval, with earthfast stones and associated rubble.
Report deposited in Shetland SMR.
Sponsor: Shetland Amenity Trust
Unst History Group, O Cambridge 2002

HP 6582 0857 -- Balta -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188063)
"...a store-house for fish..."
Name Book 1881
One unroofed building with an attached enclosure and one roofed building are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vi), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 1 February 2001

HP 6598 0826 -- Unst, Balta Island Farm -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 217017)

HP 65 09

HP 65007 09122 -- Unst, Swinna Ness -- Dyke (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330193)
A stone dyke, 512m in length and 2m wide, aligned approximately northeast-southwest cuts off the eastern tip of Swinna Ness.
Information from NTS (SS) April 2013

HP 65020 09239 -- Unst, Swinna Ness -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330194)
A structure to the north of the dyke at Swinna Ness was noted during a visit by the NTS Regional Archaeologist.
Information from NTS (SS) April 2013

HP 65088 09105 -- Unst, Swinna Ness -- Lazy Beds (Post Medieval) (Canmore 330190)
An extensive area of lazy beds is visible on satellite imagery to the north-east of the enclosure (HP60NE 6).
Information from NTS (SS) April 2013

HP 65406 09138 -- Unst, Swinna Ness -- Dyke (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Sheepfold (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330192)
A small sheepfold, on a promontory above The Rett, is depicted on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 6" mapping. The site is visible, in a much dilapidated state, on current satellite imagery, and appears to have stone walls or dykes abutting its north and south sides.
Information from NTS (SS) April 2013

HP 6578 0903 -- Unst, Balta -- Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188062)
Two unroofed structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vi), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 1 February 2001

HP 65 11

HP 656 119 -- Unst, His Geo -- Planticrub(S) (Period Unassigned), Sheepfold (Period Unassigned), Wall (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188772)
Twenty-seven unroofed structures, which may be planticrues, two lengths of wall and a Sheepfold are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet iii). Twenty-four unroofed structures, one length of wall marked by pecked lines and the sheepfold are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 January 2001

HP 65 12

HP 6503 1210 -- Unst, Clibberswick, Cross Kirk -- Church (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 154)
HP61SE 5 6503 1210.
(HP 6503 1211) Cross Kirk (LB) (Remains of)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900)
The walls of the church, which stands within an enclosure, vary from 3'2" to 5'6" in width and are now reduced to 4' in height and in some parts to mere grass-grown mounds, outlining an oblong, single-chambered structure, with over-all measurements of 21'7" N-S by 32'7" E-W. From the outer face of the east gable, however, extend the foundations of a chancel-like struct-ure, 10'6" in length by 15'2" in breadth. The entrance to the nave seems to have been in the centre of the west gable, but the interior of the building is filled with debris.  The masonry consists of large boulders, the NW corner stone measuring 5'7" by 1'10" by 1'6". A kerb of stone runs parallel to the north side of the church at a distance of 8'.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930
Cross Kirk, as described.

HP 6509 1242 -- Unst, Tuan -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188773)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed L-shaped building of three compartments is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet iii). One small unroofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 January 2001

HP 6513 1210 -- Unst, Cross Ness -- Midden (Period Unassigned), Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 151)
HP61SE 2 6513 1210.
(Area: HP 650 121) A midden containing red ashy soil, unburnt animal bones, fragments of clay vessels and small burnt stones was found just above high water mark at the head of a small geo about 30 yards east of the Cross Kirk (HP61SE 5 ) in May 1901.
In digging into the deposit, Fraser come upon a cup, formed from the vertebral joint of a cetacean, considered to be pre-Viking.
'Alongside the geo, on the north', were some traces of an old foundation but of no definite form.
J Fraser 1909
There is a midden containing 'late wheelhouse' and 'passage house' type pottery, a small clay gaming piece, soapstone lamp and a large quantity of animal bones, in a rockfall on Cross Ness promontory. (HP 6515 1210). There is some evidence of structure near the point of the promontory.
A Small 1965
A local farmer indicated where Small found the midden material, at HP 6512 1212. This is probably the site referred to by Fraser. Only a few shells were noted at the time of investigation. At HP 6511 1213 at the shoulder of Cross Ness promontory are the remains of a small building with walls 1.2m thick, measuring c.3.0m. wide internally, and destroyed at its W. end but apparently having been 9.0m long. It is partially surrounded by an enclosure wall but the remains are too indefinite for classification. This is possibly the 'foundation' referred to by Fraser. These are only very indeterminate structural remains at the point of the promontory, part of which, according to local information, was destroyed by a mine a number of years ago.  At HP 6513 1211 in the N face of the highest point of the promontory, erosion has exposed an area of dry stone walling, probably an occupation site associated with the midden, but the erosion has been so extensive that little can be left of it.

HP 6514 1215 -- Unst, Cross Geos, Clibberswick -- Building (Norse), Midden (Iron Age), Steatite Quarry (Norse) (Canmore 155)
HP61SE 6 6514 1215.
Rescue excavations at a Norse Steatite Quarry and an Iron Age Midden were carried out ahead of modern talc extraction. In North Cross Geo a variable thickness of stratified quarry waste (over 3m in places) was found to overly worked bedrock.  Traces of a building associated with the final stages of vessel manufacture were found on clifftop.  A late Iron Age (wheelhouse period) midden had been deposited on the slope into South Cross Geo.
S Buttler 1983.
A soft metamorphic rock
During the Norse period in Scotland, outcrops of steatite were quarried at several locations on Shetland, the most extensive being those on the banks of the Catpund Burn in Cunningsburgh on South Mainland. Here steatite was removed in regular-sized blocks then shaped into vessels of a variety of forms. Such vessels have been recovered during excavations at Jarlshof some 18km to the south as the crow flies.
Steatite is a soft metamorphic rock composed mainly of mineral talc. The name is derived via Latin from the Greek for steatites, meaning precious stone. Its more common name, soapstone, gives the clue to its soft and slightly greasy texture that makes it easy to carve and readily fashion into bowls and containers. In an area where clay for pottery was relatively uncommon, steatite was highly prized, and indeed all the more so as it has excellent heat-retaining properties. In Shetland steatite is known as ‘kleber', from the Old Norse term for ‘stone'.
Steatite workings can be seen on the rock outcrops to either side of the Catpund Burn extending eastwards from its source in the hills to the shoreline below covering a distance of almost 1km. In places, the workings are visible as round and rectangular depressions cut into the rock face from which blocks have been removed, while elsewhere they remain as projecting blocks that have been partially cut but were never fully extracted. From this, it appears that the quarrying technique was to carve out roughly the basic shape of the vessel – creating its sides and bottom as if it were upside down on the rock – before then removing the block, hollowing out the interior and smoothing off the sides. The chisel marks left by this process can still be seen on the rock faces and there are mounds of discarded waste chippings flanking the gully of the burn.
Travel and trade
Elsewhere on Shetland, other steatite outcrops have been exploited and there are traces of workings on both Fetlar and Unst. Vessels made of steatite have been recovered not only from across Shetland but also much further afield on Orkney, St Kilda and Iceland. While the local variation in the composition of the rock makes it difficult to match any one vessel with a particular quarry, the distribution of the vessels themselves suggests exportation on an organised, if not commercial, scale.
So next time you travel on the A970 between Lerwick and Sumburgh look inland up the gully of the Catpund Burn and imagine the noise of quarrymen carving out blocks of stone a thousand years ago.
References:
Foster, A K and Turner V E (eds) 2009 Kleber: Shetland's Oldest Industry, Shetland Soapstone since Prehistory, Shetland Heritage Publica¬tions
RCAHMS 1946 Twelfth report with an inventory of the ancient monuments of Orkney and Shetland, Edinburgh, No. 1178
Ritchie, A 1997 Shetland, Exploring Scotland's Heritage series, Edinburgh, p107-9
Angela R Gannon - Archaeological Field Investigator

HP 65965 12240 -- Unst, Hill Of Clibberswick -- Cairn (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Field System (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Settlement (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 153)
HP61SE 4 6596 1224.
(HP 6596 1225) Cairn (OE)
O.S.6"map, Shetland, 2nd ed.,(1900).
A cairn almost entirely destroyed during the war, the material being used to build a watch-hut on its site.
RCAHMS 1946, Visited 1930
A mound, c.10.0m. diameter, c.0.6m. high, of spread cairn material surrounds the now roofless watch tower, which apparently occupies the site of an earlier rectangular structure.
The structure identified by earlier authorities as a cairn lies within an roughly D-shaped enclosure bounded by a stony bank, in places a single boulder across, but elsewhere up to 3m across. The enclosure, possibly a field, measures up to 40m across and the interior is markedly smoother than surrounding areas suggesting it may have been cleared and contains an improved soil. The possible field is similar to others in Shetland identified as Neolithic/Bronze Age in date and invites the possibility that the ‘cairn' is a house of similar date.
Information from RCAHMS (DCC) 21 July 2014

HP 65 13

HP 650 130 -- Unst, Braefield -- Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188775)
Six unroofed structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet iii). Five unroofed structures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 January 2001

HP 6533 1330 -- Unst, Braefield -- Planticrub (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188777)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet iii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 January 2001

HP 654 130 -- Unst, Braefield -- Field System (Period Unassigned), Planticrub(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188774)
Two unroofed structures and a field are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet iii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972), where the field is marked by pecked lines.
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 January 2001

HP 658 133 -- Unst, Braefield -- Boundary Dyke (Period Unassigned), Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188776)
One unroofed structure attached to a length of boundary dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet iii). The boundary dyke is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 January 2001

HP 659 139 -- Unst, Bulgar Geo -- Planticrub(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188779)
Nine unroofed structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet iii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 January 2001

HP 65 14

HP 6514 1463 -- Unst, The Bungalow -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188781)
One unroofed building, one partially roofed building, three roofed buildings and one enclosure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet iii), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 January 2001

HP 65147 14762 -- Unst, Norwick, Banks, Cottage -- Cottage (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 266870)

HP 65153 14768 -- Unst, Norwick, Banks -- Farmhouse (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 163869)
Booths [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1972.
HP61SE 8.01   65147 14762              Cottage
HP61SE 8.02   65165 14777              Outbuilding
This site record was created to indicate a building which is, or was, listed but for which Canmore holds no supplementary information.  Further information on listed buildings is available from
http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designations
Information from RCAHMS (SC), 17 April 2018.

HP 65165 14777 -- Unst, Norwick, Banks, Outbuilding -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Outbuilding (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 266871)

HP 6517 1410 -- Unst, Norwick, St John's Church And Churchyard -- Broch (Iron Age)(Possible), Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Church (Period Unassigned), War Memorial (20th Century) (Canmore 150)
Norwick 1 (St John), Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.60m, W 0.36m
Stone type: schist
Place of discovery: HP 6517 1410
Present location: Shetland Museum, Lerwick (BEL 1993.449).
Evidence for discovery: recorded by RCAHMS in 1930.
Present condition:  good
Description
This is a well-shaped cruciform stone with equal squared arms and an expanded shaft. There is a small pit at the base of the upper arm.
Date: ninth to eleventh centuries.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1536; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 110.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
Norwick 2 (St John), Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 1.00m, W 0.38m
Present location: in the churchyard at Norwick.
A relatively large cruciform stone, this has squared terminals to the side-arms, whereas the upper arm flares into a triangular shape and the shaft is also flared.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1536; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 111.
Norwick 3 (St John), Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.82m, W 0.34m
This cruciform stone has squared terminals to the side-arms, whereas the upper arm and the shaft are flared.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1536; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 112.
Norwick 4 (St John), Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.89m, W 0.30m
Present condition: there is damage to one vertical side of the stone, possibly the result of deliberate trimming.
The surviving side-arm id shorter than the upper arm, and the angles between the arms continue as sunken triangles towards the centre of the cross.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1536; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 113.
(HP 6516 1411) St John's Church (LB) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900)
The grass-grown foundations of St John's Church, Norwick, which consisted of nave and chancel (MacGibbon and Ross 1896) The north wall is slightly curved, due, according to local tradition, to its overlying the foundations of a broch.
In the churchyard are some rudely cross-shaped head- stones and coped coffins of rude construction.
D MacGibbon and T Ross 1896; RCAHMS 1946.
Only turf-covered wall footings remain of the nave.  The chancel, apart from the footings of the S. wall, has been obliterated by a modern grave monument.  The burial ground is still in use.  No trace of a broch though the knoll on which the church and churchyard stands is big enough to have supported one.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
HP 651 140  A salvage excavation was carried out in May and June 2003 during the construction phase of an extension to Norwick churchyard. Within the churchyard are the Scheduled foundations of a Romanesque church that had been built on top of a mound, a possible broch site.
The remains of three separate house structures, together with an extensive network of stone-lined and covered drains were found in an area of about 300m2 adjacent to the churchyard wall, along with many steatite objects. Bowl fragments were circular and finely made, indicating a Viking date. Five hearths were identified, including one measuring 2.3 x 0.5m internally. Small blocks of wax were also found, and part of the base of a 20mm square wax cup. One drain had been later reused as a forge, with a pit at the lower end, and was well preserved. There was also what appeared to be the outline of a small wooden building in the sandy soil next to the pit.
An Iron Age layer was uncovered towards the end of the excavation below the Viking layer, separated by about 1m of sand. Although it was not possible to excavate this layer before it was destroyed, large amounts of burnt material containing pottery were noted, from which a fragment of a Roman fibula brooch was found.
Sponsor:	Unst Archaeological Group.
L H Smith 2003.
HP 652 141  Archaeological remains previously found during a watching brief on the construction of an extension to the existing cemetery had been tentatively interpreted as a possible church with associated burials. The evaluation in April 2003 demonstrated that the features were not burials, and no evidence was found of an early church. However, the morphology of the structure and the nature of the artefactual assemblage recovered suggests that the site may relate to Norse domestic activity, together with later turf dykes of unknown date.
Report lodged with Shetland SMR and the NMRS.
Sponsor:	Shetland Islands Council.
P Duffy 2003.
HP61 2  ST.  JOHN'S  CHURCH
HP/652141
Possible broch  at Norwick on Unst.   The north wall of the church is slightly curved because, according to local tradition, it overlies the wall of a broch.
Sources: 1.  OS card HP 61 SE 1:  RCAHMS 1946, vol. 3, no. 1536,   126.
E W MacKie 2002

HP 6517 1410 -- Unst, Norwick, St John's Church And Churchyard -- Broch (Iron Age)(Possible), Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Church (Period Unassigned), War Memorial (20th Century) (Canmore 150)
Norwick 1 (St John), Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.60m, W 0.36m
Stone type: schist
Place of discovery: HP 6517 1410
Present location: Shetland Museum, Lerwick (BEL 1993.449).
Evidence for discovery: recorded by RCAHMS in 1930.
Present condition:  good
Description
This is a well-shaped cruciform stone with equal squared arms and an expanded shaft. There is a small pit at the base of the upper arm.
Date: ninth to eleventh centuries.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1536; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 110.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
Norwick 2 (St John), Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 1.00m, W 0.38m
Present location: in the churchyard at Norwick.
A relatively large cruciform stone, this has squared terminals to the side-arms, whereas the upper arm flares into a triangular shape and the shaft is also flared.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1536; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 111.
Norwick 3 (St John), Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.82m, W 0.34m
This cruciform stone has squared terminals to the side-arms, whereas the upper arm and the shaft are flared.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1536; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 112.
Norwick 4 (St John), Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.89m, W 0.30m
Present condition: there is damage to one vertical side of the stone, possibly the result of deliberate trimming.
The surviving side-arm id shorter than the upper arm, and the angles between the arms continue as sunken triangles towards the centre of the cross.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1536; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 113.
(HP 6516 1411) St John's Church (LB) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900)
The grass-grown foundations of St John's Church, Norwick, which consisted of nave and chancel (MacGibbon and Ross 1896) The north wall is slightly curved, due, according to local tradition, to its overlying the foundations of a broch.
In the churchyard are some rudely cross-shaped head- stones and coped coffins of rude construction.
D MacGibbon and T Ross 1896; RCAHMS 1946.
Only turf-covered wall footings remain of the nave.  The chancel, apart from the footings of the S. wall, has been obliterated by a modern grave monument.  The burial ground is still in use.  No trace of a broch though the knoll on which the church and churchyard stands is big enough to have supported one.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
HP 651 140  A salvage excavation was carried out in May and June 2003 during the construction phase of an extension to Norwick churchyard. Within the churchyard are the Scheduled foundations of a Romanesque church that had been built on top of a mound, a possible broch site.
The remains of three separate house structures, together with an extensive network of stone-lined and covered drains were found in an area of about 300m2 adjacent to the churchyard wall, along with many steatite objects. Bowl fragments were circular and finely made, indicating a Viking date. Five hearths were identified, including one measuring 2.3 x 0.5m internally. Small blocks of wax were also found, and part of the base of a 20mm square wax cup. One drain had been later reused as a forge, with a pit at the lower end, and was well preserved. There was also what appeared to be the outline of a small wooden building in the sandy soil next to the pit.
An Iron Age layer was uncovered towards the end of the excavation below the Viking layer, separated by about 1m of sand. Although it was not possible to excavate this layer before it was destroyed, large amounts of burnt material containing pottery were noted, from which a fragment of a Roman fibula brooch was found.
Sponsor:	Unst Archaeological Group.
L H Smith 2003.
HP 652 141  Archaeological remains previously found during a watching brief on the construction of an extension to the existing cemetery had been tentatively interpreted as a possible church with associated burials. The evaluation in April 2003 demonstrated that the features were not burials, and no evidence was found of an early church. However, the morphology of the structure and the nature of the artefactual assemblage recovered suggests that the site may relate to Norse domestic activity, together with later turf dykes of unknown date.
Report lodged with Shetland SMR and the NMRS.
Sponsor:	Shetland Islands Council.
P Duffy 2003.
HP61 2  ST.  JOHN'S  CHURCH
HP/652141
Possible broch  at Norwick on Unst.   The north wall of the church is slightly curved because, according to local tradition, it overlies the wall of a broch.
Sources: 1.  OS card HP 61 SE 1:  RCAHMS 1946, vol. 3, no. 1536,   126.
E W MacKie 2002

HP 6557 1414 -- Unst, Millfield -- Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188780)
One unroofed building, an attached subdivided enclosure and one unroofed structure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet iii). One unroofed building and one unroofed structure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 January 2001

HP 65 15

HP 6508 1506 -- Unst, Braehead -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194693)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 6508 1506  Croft remains.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HP 65786 15665 -- Unst, Skaw, The Garths -- Military Camp (Second World War) (Canmore 114593)
The accommodation camp for the World War II military installations at Skaw are visible on evrtical air photographs (106G/Scot/Uk 97, 3107-3108, flown 18 May 1946), in an area around Inner Skaw.
At least nineteen huts are visible, most of the Nissen type, but there are two groups of four conjoined to form an E in plan.
Several hut bases survive at the site and these are depicted on the current OS 1:2500 digital scale map.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), December 2005

HP 65 16

HP 65 16 -- Unst, Skaw Cottage, Boat-roofed Shed -- Shed (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 163870)
This building cannot be located from the available map evidence. The NGR (NP 651 148) cited by the HBM List appears to be erroneous.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 19 June 2000.

HP 6520 1606 -- Unst, Burn Of Skaw -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188784)
Four unroofed buildings, one roofed building and two enclosures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet iii). Seven unroofed buildings, one of whcih has only three walls marked, and one enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 January 2001

HP 6521 1636 -- Unst, Skaw -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188785)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet iii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 January 2001

HP 6539 1628 -- Unst, Gopund -- Croft (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188788)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building with two outshots, one unroofed structure and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet iii). Two unroofed buildings and one enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 January 2001

HP 654 161 -- Unst, Skaw -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 69485)
HP61NE 4  654 161.
See Architecture.

HP 65429 16463 -- Unst, Wellston Crofts -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 256801)
HP61NE21  65429 16463.
This site was visited as part of the RCAHMS Scottish Farm Buildings Survey.  The farmstead comprises a linear range aligned from NE to SW. The range consists of a cottage, a pig sty, a second cottage, a stable and a byre. There is internal access from the second cottage to the stable and byre and the remains of stalls can be seen within the byre. The buildings were ruinous and derelict on the date of visit.
Information from RCAHMS (ACD) 16 January 2008; NMRS MS2560/359

HP 65437 16356 -- Unst, Brecken -- Croft (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 270966)

HP 6560 1663 -- Unst, Skaw -- Croft (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188787)
A farmstead comprising three unroofed buildings, one unroofed structure and three enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet iii). One unroofed building, one unroofed structure and one enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 January 2001

HP 6569 1643 -- Unst, Skaw -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194672)
HP 6550 1650 - HP 5650 0050  A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 1999. The following sites were identified:
HP 6569 1643   Drystone building, later a sheep shelter.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HP 6573 1633 -- Unst, Skaw -- Site (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 143)
HP61 NE 2 6573 1633 and 6571 1631.
Two small, stony areas of roughly circular shape lie less than a quarter of a mile SW of 'The Haa', (HP 6586 1640) and close by the Burn of Skaw. As many of the stones are set on edge, these are probably the sites of demolished cairns.
RCAHMS 1946
At HP 6571 1632 and HP 6574 1633 on a slight knoll in a valley bottom are several small, earthfast stones set in no intelligible pattern. They do not appear to be the remains of cairns, and the local tradition of them being the graves of the crew of a Dutch or German vessel wrecked here "many years ago", may be correct.

HP 658 164 -- Unst, Skaw -- Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188786)
A township comprising ten unroofed buildings, four of which are subdivided, ten roofed buildings, three unroofed structures, fifteen enclosures, a Sheepfold and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet iii). Eighteen unroofed buildings, four roofed buildings, eight enclosures and the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 January 2001

HP 65849 16408 -- Unst, The Haa, The Boathouse -- Boathouse (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 259130)

HP 65 17

HP 65238 17078 -- Unst, Hill Ness -- Sheep Shelter (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 346099)

HP 66 12

HP 6623 1267 -- Unst, Hill Of Clibberswick -- Cairn (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 152)
HP61SE 3 6623 1267.
(HP 6617 1249) Cairn (OE).
O.S.6"map,Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
A cairn, now appearing as a circular, grass-covered mound, 22' in diameter and 3'6" high. The top has been dug into, but hardly any stones are visible.
RCAHMS 1946, Visited 1930
As described.
Divorced Survey at 1/10,000.

HP 66 13

HP 6614 1372 -- Unst, Big Roag -- Planticrub (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188778)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet iii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 January 2001

HP 66 14

HP 6616 1400 -- Unst, Burgar -- Stack Site (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 156)

HP 66 15

HP 6618 1556 -- Unst, Inner Skaw -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Field System (Period Unassigned), Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 178577)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building of complex shape, two conjoined enclosures and one unroofed structure, three separate buildings, one of which is partially roofed (HP 6604 1552) and two are unroofed (HP 6590 1567 and HP 6602  1569), three enclosures, one unroofed structure (HP 6608 1571) and a field-system are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet iii). Two unroofed buildings, three enclosures, one unroofed structure and the fragmentary remains of the field-system are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 23 January 2001

HP 663 158 -- Unst, Sand Of Inner Skaw -- Saddle Quern (Canmore 108164)
HP 663 158  Saddle quern: of rectangular beach-smoothed stone found at the head of the beach at the Sand of Inner Skaw. ARC 1995.116.
T Watt and I Tait 1996

HP 6630 1565 -- Unst, Inner Skaw -- Field System (Norse), House(S) (Norse) (Canmore 128776)
HP61NE 7.00  centred 6630 1565
HP61NE 7.01     HP 6618 1556       Farmstead; Buildings; Enclosures; Structure; Field-system

HP 6635 1574 -- Unst, Inner Skaw -- Midden (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 215993)
A pilot project, entitled the Shetland's Past Project, was begun in the spring of 2001. The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. During this pilot year, three history groups (Bressay, Fetlar and Whalsay) have formally been participating in the project, with two further history groups (Foula and Unst) joining the project, albeit on a more informal basis. The project has been met with so much enthusiasm that it hopes to be able to raise sufficient funds to encourage and train other heritage groups and interested individuals to take an active part in recording the cultural heritage of Shetland. Below is a list of the archaeological sites, which have so far been recorded as part of the project.
HP 6635 1574  Ashy midden material exposed to either side of a small burn leading into the sea. Numerous artefacts such as steatite vessel fragments, pottery, and stone tools have been recovered from the midden deposits.
Sponsors: Council for British Archaeology, Community Fund, Shetland Amenity Trust.
B Simpson 2001

HP 6638 1554 -- Unst, The Garths -- Cairn (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 144)
HP61NE 3 6638 1554.
(HP 6638 1556) Cairn (NR) (Site of).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
An ancient cairn (Still extant).
Name Book 1878.
No trace.

HP 6643 1539 -- Unst, Skaw, The Garths -- Engine House (20th Century) (Canmore 114592)

HP 6672 1576 -- Unst, Skipa Geo -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188783)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet iii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 January 2001

HP 66922 15610 -- Unst, Skaw, The Garths, Chain Home Radar Station -- Radar Station (Second World War) (Canmore 114575)
HP61NE 6.00 Centred 66922 15610
HP61NE 6.01                    HP 67427 15528           Radar Site
HP61NE 6.02    Centred HP 66977 15545           Engine House
HP61NE 6.03                    HP 66432 15390           Engine House
HP61NE 6.04    Centred HP 65786 15665           Military Camp
HP61NE 6.05                    HP 6632    1677           Radio Station
A Chain Home radar station situated on The Skaw, Unst.  The installations and buildings cover a large area of The Skaw where the transmitter block, receiver block, engine houses, mast bases and light anti-aircraft emplacements are still to be seen.
J Guy 1995; NMRS MS 810/4, 9-10
The Chain Home Radar station and associated accommodation camps is visible on vertical air photographs (106G/Scot/UK 97, 3167-3168 and 4160-4161, flown 18 May 1946).
Information from RCAHMS (DE), December 2005

HP 6695 1578 -- Unst, Nousta Geo -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188782)
Four unroofed structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet iii). Two unroofed structures and an enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 January 2001

HP 66977 15450 -- Unst, Skaw, The Garths -- Engine House (20th Century) (Canmore 114591)

HP 66 16

HP 6600 1655 -- Unst, Skaw -- Structure (Period Unassigned), Unidentified Pottery (Iron Age) (Canmore 142)
(HP 660 165) Investigation of a peat ash midden being cut into by the sea at Skaw revealed fragments of pottery of Iron Age character.
A Small 1965.
No trace of the midden, but at HP 6602 1657 about 16.0m of rough dry stone walling has been exposed in the cliff face, suggesting an occupation site. According to local information this is where the pottery was found.
HP 660 166  Iron Age artefacts from eroding site at N end of beach: anvil stone (beach boulder with pecked hollow), and pottery body sherd, steatite grit. ARC 1997.113-114.
Shetland Museum 1997

HP 66306 16722 -- Unst, Skaw, Remote Reserve -- Building (20th Century) (Canmore 114596)
The remote reserve for Skaw Radar Station (HP61NE 6.00) is situated about 105m SW of the Radio Station (HP61NE 8).
The building is visible on a vertical air photograph (106G/Scot/UK 97, 3104, flown 18 May 1946), with what may be a fence surrounding the structures.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), December 2005.

HP 66387 16791 -- Unst, Skaw, Loran Type 700, Radio Station -- Radio Station (20th Century) (Canmore 141547)
A WWII radio station situated some 100m NE of the most northerly part of Skaw Radar Station (HP61NE 6.05).  The transmitter/receiver block at HP 6639 1679  was installed with types 700 and 7000 sets as a ground station for the LORAN system.  The site is depicted on the current chart copy edition of the OS 1:10000 map, (1971).
Information from Mr I Brown, November 1998.
Installed with Type 700 (Loran) only.
Information to RCAHMS via e-mail from Mr I Brown (Radar Archive), 21 October 2005
The Radio Station is visible on a vertical air photograph (106G/Scot/UK 97, 3104, flown 18 May 1946), with what may be a fence surrounding the structure.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), December 2005

HP 6673 1699 -- Unst, Holm Of Skaw -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188789)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet iii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 January 2001

HP 66 17

HP 6686 1715 -- Unst, Holm Of Skaw -- Beacon (20th Century) (Canmore 270972)
The beacon at the N end of Holm of Skaw was designed by Michael Petrie and constructed in 1993.  It uses solar electric power.
Information from RCAHMS (MMB) 19 August 2004
HP61NE 24 6686 1715

HP 67 15

HP 67427 15528 -- Unst, Skaw, The Garths -- Radar Site (Second World War) (Canmore 114589)
This site is situated NW of the Loch of Lambaness at the end of a track.
Information from RCAHMS

HU 17 60

HU 176 605 -- Papa Stour, Biggings -- House (Norse) (Canmore 250)
HU16SE 17 176 605.
Excavation showed the abandoned croft-house of the 'Gorl' (in the yard at "Da Biggings") to be lying on top of a Norse house site. Structures indicate a building of substance.Finds include coarse black pottery comparable with Hamilton's types 2 and 3 at Jarlshof, soapstone objects, wood and textile.
B E Crawford 1978.
Excavation continued, revealing an area of pine flooring with possible evidence of upright benching or a bench feature. The site continues to produce coarse black pottery, as well as a few glazed pieces, plenty of soapstone fragments and artefacts, and also more textile.
B E Crawford 1979.
Three radio-carbon dates are available from the earlier levels of the Norse House Site which was excavated in its central area down to natural sand in 1982. The earliest, GU 1604, from wood charcoal in a hearth, is 1245+/- 65bp. The other two, from wood charcoal and heather charcoal are 910 +/- 65 bp and 930 +/- 65 bp respectively (GU-1603, GU -1604; all uncalibrated). These two, suggesting an early 11th century date, fit well with other dateable evidence from the site. The main feature of the season's excavation was a large, square fire pit (0.6m square and 0.4m deep) with a paved base. It was probably part of a larger hearth structure which unfortunately extended right right underneath the wall of the 'Gorl' (19th century croft house building).
B E Crawford 1983.
A fifth and final season's work on the above site involved first, the partial demolition of the 'Gorl' and then the excavation of the area underneath the walls of the demolished house in order to link up with previous excavations outside and inside it.  More fragments of the wooden floor were found which had given a 14c. date of 960 +- 55 in 1984 (GU-1775).  Excavation of the large central hearth was not completed, but areas on E, S and N sides of the Norse house were excavated to underlying sand deposits.  Although these overlie what appears to be bedrock they may not be natural, as originally thought, for preliminary evidence from the pollen analysis indicates that thorough mixing has taken place.
B E Crawford 1987.
A final tidying-up excavation took place in May 1990.  A large fire-pit was re-examined in the centre of the Norse house, below the wooden floor: this will be consolidated to form a feature of the site for viewing by visitors to the island.  An exploratory trench was opened up to the north of the Norse house.  This contained fragmentary structures of post-medieval date including a worked sandstone block found lining a drain; it appears to have been a segmental arch stone from a 17th or 18th century gateway.  A small remaining unexcavated area within the Norse house was examined and another large pit containing carbonised fill was discovered, similar to many others found all over the site.  It appeared to curve round a hearth and contained soapstone and one piece of possible continental grey ware.
Sponsors: Society of Antiquaries (London), Russell Trust, Carnegie Trust, University of St Andrews.
B Crawford and B Smith 1990.
HU 177 604  In order to inform the preparation of the site for public presentation, a previously unexcavated part of it - at the E end of the skáli, the building lying between the eldhus and the stofa - was investigated in June and July 2003. In addition to the excavation of the medieval contexts of hearth complexes and paved floors, traces of degraded wooden flooring and dumped hearth material were examined. The continuation of pit-like features, encountered in previous seasons, were also fully explored. These contained thick deposits of a mixture of burnt seaweed and some heather. It is possible that these represent the bedding trenches and pits for wooden walls and posts.
The presence of continental redware sherds from the upper levels of the excavation indicates a date in the 17th century. Accompanying the ceramics were well-preserved textiles of woven material.
Report lodged with Shetland SMR and the NMRS.
B Ballin Smith and B E Crawford 2003

HU 21 47

HU 217 475 -- Wards Of Mucklure -- Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)(Possible), Dyke (Period Unassigned), Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 243373)
The Shetland's Past Project was begun in spring 2001 (DES 2001, 83-5). The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. Thanks to the enthusiasm and dedication of those participating groups, funding has now been secured to consolidate and expand this project. Below is a sample of just some of the sites discovered and recorded in the last six months.
HU 217 475 Chambered cairn with two possible phases of use indicated by expanded circumference to include second chamber.
Report deposited in Shetland SMR.
Sponsor: Shetland Amenity Trust
F Rennie and O Cambridge 2002.

HU 29 43

HU 2984 4370 -- Burn, Wester Skeld -- Burnt Mound (Prehistoric) (Canmore 341)
HU24SE 8 2984 4370.
(HU 2982 4372) Tumulus (NR)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1903).
A mound of burnt material, much disturbed by excavation in or before 1865-6, but measuring approximately 40' by 34' by 5'6" high on the east side. What was probably a 'fire-box', said to have been used as a well, was found during the excavation.
J Hunt 1866; RCAHMS 1946, visited 1931.
Burnt mound as described.
Revised at 1/2500.

HU 30 43

HU 3005 4332 -- Yahaarwell -- Standing Stone(S) (Prehistoric) (Canmore 717)
HU34SW 2 3005 4332.
(HU 3003 4333) Standing Stone (OE)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed. (1903)
A three-sided block of red granitic stone, standing about 8' 10" high and tapering gradually upwards from the base, which has been loosely packed. At 2' above ground level, it measures 6' across the broadest or south face. In or before 1865-6 six stone'knives' were found in a row beside it. (J Hunt 1866)
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1931
Standing stone as described and illustrated. Another similar stone 9.0m. to the N, now prostrate, is believed locally to have once stood upright and been pushed over in the last century. Probably similar to other double standing stones in Shetland (See HU35NW 3). No further information regarding 'knives'.
Revised at 6"

HU 30 50

HU 3017 5033 -- Sefster -- Souterrain (Prehistoric) (Canmore 757)
HU35SW 14 3017 5033.
An underground structure a few yards from the houses at Sefster has disappeared.
Excavations, (J Hunt 1866), in 1865 disclosed a structure "rather more than" 15yds long, varying in width from 16 to 19 inches and in height from 2 to 2 1/2ft. The sides were perpendicular and the roof was of lintel stones.  At one end was an expansion up to 2 1/2ft in width and about 4ft long. The other end was open.  At first glance a drain, but the size and the rise and fall of the floor tend to disprove this idea. Many unclassified stone implements were found on the surface and in the soil above and within the structure.
RCAHMS 1946; A Mitchell (plan) 1870.
HU 3016 5035. The site (verified by a local informant who remembered her father describing the excavation) is now marked by an excavated straight trench c.14.0m long by c.1.3m wide, almost silted up. Only two or three earthfast stones remain. Unable to classify, but presumably a souterrain.

HU 39 79

HU 39969 79780 -- Little Roe, Lighthouse -- Beacon (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 299007)
This 'lighthouse' (in reality, most probably a beacon) is indicated on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but not on the current OS (GIS) MasterMap. The location cited thus remains unverified.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 June 2009.

HU 4 8

HU 4 8 -- Yell -- Millstone Quarry (Post Medieval) (Canmore 1239)
HU48NE 3 unlocated

HU 43 91

HU 4385 9135 -- Yell, Birrier Of West Sandwick -- Monastic Settlement (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1262)
(HU 4385 9135) Ancient Ruins (TI)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900)
'The ruins of a number of Picts Houses'
Name Book 1878
Birrier, a cliff-girt promontory in a very exposed situation on the W. coast of Yell, encloses a roughly oval area some 95m NE-SW by 55m transversely which slopes quite steeply from a maximum height of about 40m on the landward side to about 16m towards the sea. It is joined to the mainland by a narrow ridge with a rocky boss halfway along rendering access difficult, but it may have been easier when first occupied. The promontory is sealed off by a substantial drystone wall facing landwards, now much reduced and turf-covered.  Within the enclosed area are the footings of 14 buildings of which 7 form a compact central group. They are rectangular on plan with slightly bowed sides and rounded corners, and measure from 3-6m in length and from 2.5-3.0m in width internally, with faced walling 1.3m thick. Although clearly of some antiquity, no indications of their date or purpose were found. However, the site bears a strong resemblance in all respects to Brough of Deerness, Orkney, an early Celtic monastic settlement (HY50NE 14), and also to Kame of Isbister, immediately opposite on the W. coast of Yell Sound (HU39SE 4).
Nine unroofed buildings, one of which has four compartments, are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xv). Eight unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 16 February 2001

HU 44 83

HU 4498 8368 -- Yell, North Kirk Geo -- Chapel (Period Unassigned), Cross (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1245)
North Kirk Geo 1, Yell, Shetland, cruciform stone fragment
Measurements: H 0.34m, W 0.34m
Stone type:
Place of discovery: HU 4498 8368
Present location: in the North Kirk Geo graveyard on the west coast of Yell.
Evidence for discovery: recorded in 2000.
Present condition: the shaft has broken away and here is damage to one corner of the upper arm.
Description
This fragment consists of the upper and side-arms of a cruciform stone.
Date: ninth to eleventh centuries.
References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 85.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
North Kirk Geo 2, Yell, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H o.52m, W 0.30m
Present condition: part of the shaft is missing and one side-arm is damaged.
This was a slender cruciform stone with short arms.
References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 86.
North Kirk Geo 3, Yell, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.64m, W 0.36m
Present condition: the base of the shaft is damaged.
This is a cruciform stone with flaring shaft and upper arm and short side-arms.
References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 87.
North Kirk Geo 4, Yell, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.72m, W 0.40m
Present condition: some damage to the base of the shaft.
This is a cruciform stone with flaring shaft and angular upper arm and short side-arms.
References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 88.
North Kirk Geo 5, Yell, Shetland, cruciform stone fragment
Measurements: H 0.34m, W 0.28m
Present condition: the shaft is missing.
This is the upper part of a cruciform stone with flaring upper arm and very short side-arms.
References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 89.
North Kirk Geo 6, Yell, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.56m, W 0.44m
Present condition: good.
This is a cruciform stone with widely flaring shaft and upper arm and short side-arms.
References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 90.
North Kirk Geo 7, Yell, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.60m, W 0.46m
This is a cruciform stone with flaring upper arm, short side-arms and a short shaft.
References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 91.
North Kirk Geo 8, Yell, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.62m, W 0.54m
Present condition: somewhat battered.
This is a poorly formed cruciform stone with short arms and shaft and a flare to the shaft and one side of the upper arm.
References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 92.
HU48SW 1 4498 8368.
(HU 4498 8370) Chapel (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
The site of a chapel, which is thought to have fallen into disuse about the time of the Reformation, lies in the south part of the burial ground of West Yell, which is still in use.
Name Book 1878.
No trace; no local information regarding the chapel. Burial ground still used.

HU 44 84

HU 4463 8494 -- Yell, Head Of Brough -- Broch (Iron Age) (Canmore 1246)
HU48SW 2 4463 8494.
See also:
HU48SW 4  HU 4465 8493   Building
(HU 4464 8497) Brough (NR)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed.,(1900).
The remains of a broch, reduced to its foundations. Here and there it is possible to trace the line of the outer face of the wall, indicating an overall diameter of approximately 57'. The broch has originally been surrounded by a ditch, apparent in the north, not less than 4' deep, in front of and behind which there has been a bank of earth resting upon a rude foundation of stones. Today the fragments of these banks rise only slightly above ground-level. The outer one is roughly 30 yds from the broch, the inner one 20 yds.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1931.
As described by the RCAHMS.
HU48 1    HEAD OF BROUGH                                                   HU/446850
This probable broch on Yell I., standing on a plateau overlooking the sea, is now reduced to its foundations.   A few traces of the outer face indicate an overall diameter of 17.38 m (57 ft.).  On the north side there are the remnants of two defensive banks or ramparts,  20m and 30m from the broch, with a ditch between them;  this last has been at least 1.22 m (4 ft.) deep.
Sources:  1. OS card HU 48 SW 2:  2.  RCAHMS 1946, vol. 3, no. 1721,   163.
E W MacKie 2002

HU 4465 8493 -- Yell, Head Of Brough -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189820)
A enclosure with two compartments lying just to the S of a brouch (HU48SW 2) is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xxi) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 March 2001

HU 4490 8491 -- Yell, Head Of Brough -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189821)
Two unroofed buildings are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xxi). The fragmentary remains of the unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 March 2001

HU 4496 8462 -- Yell, Burn Of Brough -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189822)
A farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xxi). Some walls, which may be the fragmentary remains of the buildings, are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 March 2001

HU 44 85

HU 4482 8501 -- Yell, Westbrough -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189818)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building, three roofed buildings and three enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xxi). One unroofed building and two enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 March 2001.

HU 44 87

HU 44557 87973 -- Yell, West Sandwick, The North Haa -- Garden Wall(S) (Period Unassigned), Gate Pier(S) (Period Unassigned), Lairds House (Period Unassigned), Walled Garden (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1241)
HU48NW 2.01  HU 44615 87876  Pier
Laird's house comprising symmetrical 2-storey 3-bay remodelling of 17th century house, connected by central 2-storey link to 2-storey and attic 3-bay classical remodelling of later 18th century house to S; latter flanked to E and W by walls connecting to single storey single bay.
The present house was created by John Ogilvy of Quarff soon after his marriage in 1829 to Barbara Grace Robertson who was heiress to the estate. He embarked on a remodelling of what was probably a 17th century house with a grander front block added around 1770. Ogilvy rebuilt the older house, and added the classical details and pavilions to the front block which is likely to have been a standard large Shetland haa of 3 bays with high wallhead concealing a garret. The formal arrangement of garden seems to also date from the remodelling, with the design centring on the S block. This includes the semicircular enclosure to the N which adjoins, but otherwise ignores, the N block. The pier is perhaps Shetland's finest example of a domestic pier. Viewed from the main road, North Haa provides a spectacular focus to this part of western Yell, and indicates the impact the tall lowland design of the haas once had throughout Shetland. (Historic Scotland)

HU 44615 87876 -- Yell, West Sandwick, The North Haa, Pier -- Pier (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 178925)
Pier [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1973.
Coursed stugged sandstone sides with slabbed carriageway; steps set into W side at S end.
The pier is perhaps Shetland's finest example of a domestic pier. (Historic Scotland)

HU 44949 87988 -- Yell, West Sandwick, General -- Village (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 217078)

HU 44 88

HU 4403 8871 -- Yell, The Brough -- Broch (Iron Age) (Canmore 1240)
HU48NW 1 4403 8871.
(HU 4404 8873) Brough (OE)
OS 6" map, Scotland, 2nd ed., (1900).
Only the foundations remains of this broch, which appears to have been of average size. It is situated on a small tidal islet.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1931.
The remains of a broch buried beneath a turf-covered mound of tumbled masonry, through which the outer wall face can occasionally be seen indicating a diameter of almost 17.5m. The upper courses of a corbelled mural cell are visible in the SW arc, and the entrance, now obscured, was apparently in the E.  The greatly eroded outer defences around the broch are best preserved on the N side, where to low turf-covered stony ramparts with medial rock-cut ditch, 2.5m deep, can be seen. In the cliff face at the extreme W end of the inner rampart, the wall is 2.0m thick, and formed of revetted slabs set on edge, with a rubble core.
On the remainder of the island there are unintelligible remains of low walls suggesting further ramparts and an associated settlement.
HU48 2    WEST SANDWICK  ('The Brough')                                                  HU/440887
Probable broch on Yell I., on a small tidal islet.   The site is a turf-covered mound through which the outer wall face can be seen,  indicating an overall diameter of almost 17.5m [1].   The upper courses of a corbelled mural cell  can be seen in the south-west arc and the entrance,  now greatly obscured,  is apparently on the east side.   The outer defences are much eroded but two low, turf-covered ramparts can be seen on the north side with a rock-cut ditch between them, 2.5m deep. Erosion has produced a cliff face with a cross section at the west end of the inner rampart where it can be seen to be 2.0m thick with a rubble core faced with revetted slabs set on edge.
Sources:  1.  OS card HU 48 NW 1 (with sketch plan):   2.  RCAHMS 1946, vol. 3, no. 1722,   163.
E W MacKie 2002

HU 4457 8848 -- Yell, Gunnigarth -- Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned), Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189707)
Seven unroofed structures and an enclosure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xv). Five unroofed structures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 16 February 2001.

HU 44599 88798 -- Yell, Lee Of Bacca -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 271069)
HU48NW 12  44599 88798.
A single storey stone-walled, slate-roofed dwelling with an attached outbuilding set at right angles has been recorded on oblique aerial photography (RCAHMSAP 2003).
Information from RCAHMS (MMB) 7 October 2004.
This site was visited as part of the RCAHMS Scottish Farm Buildings Survey. The farmstead comprises a one and a half storey cottage with attached byre plus a linear range of outbuildings set at right angles. The buildings were roofed on the date of visit.
Information from RCAHMS (ACD) 15 January 2008; NMRS MS2560/341

HU 4470 8820 -- Yell, South Ladie -- Settlement (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 195044)
HU 5250 9450 - HU 4650 7950 A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 2000. The following sites were identified:
HU 4470 8820  ?Late Iron Age or medieval settlement.
HU 4475 8818  Standing stone and lazy beds.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HU 44 89

HU 4431 8977 -- Yell, Flaga Water -- Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189704)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xv) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973), where it is shown with an attached incomplete enclosure.
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 16 February 2001.

HU 4459 8959 -- Yell, Harkland -- Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189705)
Two unroofed structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xv). Four unroofed structures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 16 February 2001.

HU 4493 8947 -- Yell, Harkland -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189706)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xv) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 16 February 2001.

HU 44950 89519 -- Yell, Heracle -- Outbuilding (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 279671)
HU48NW 14  44950 89519.
This site was visited as part of the RCAHMS Scottish Farm Buildings Survey. This building comprises a possible lambie house with a turf gable and the remains of a turf roof.
Information from RCAHMS (ACD) 15 January 2008; NMRS MS2560/337.

HU 4497 8906 -- Yell, West Sandwick, Norse Mill -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1242)
See also NH48NE 4.
See Architecture.
(Location cited as HU 449 891: considered as group with HU48NE 4). Norse mills, West Sandwick, 19th century or earlier. A pair of ruined mills, both with stones. The upper mill has a 30.5ins (0.77m)-diameter stone.
J R Hume 1977.

HU 44976 89394 -- Yell, North Leady, Thatched Byre -- Byre (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 259233)
HU48NW 11  44976 89394.
This site was visited as part of the RCAHMS Scottish Farm Buildings Survey. The building is aligned from N to S beside a track leading to North Leady and is a thatched byre not associated with any other structure. The building was derelict on the date of visit but the roof of split planks and netting with a peat gable end was partially intact.
Information from RCAHMS (ACD) 14 January 2008; NMRS MS 2560/344

HU 44 90

HU 4427 9010 -- Yell, Gilsa Burn -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189696)
Onw small unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xv), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 16 February 2001

HU 4438 9020 -- Yell, Gilsa Burn -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 71007)
HU49SW 4  4438 9020.
Mill (NAT)
OS 6-inch map, Shetland, 1st ed. (1881), sheet xv.
This mill has been demolished.  Just beside the site is a plant shelter, presumably made from stone taken from the mill.  The line of the lade can still be seen.

HU 4442 9068 -- Yell, Loch Of Birriesgirt -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189694)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xv), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 16 February 2001

HU 4467 9030 -- Yell, Mill Loch -- Mill(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 189695)
Three small unroofed buildings lying beside Gilsa Burn, which may be mills, are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xv) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971), where one building has only three walls shown.
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 16 February 2001

HU 44 91

HU 4408 9114 -- Yell, Loch Of Birriesgirt -- Burnt Mound (Prehistoric) (Canmore 1263)
HU49SW 2 4408 9114.
At HU 4409 9115, on the edge of a stream, there is a low turf-covered burnt mound, c.5.5 m in diameter. Several earthfast slabs protrude through the turf, and there is a water trough, formed of thin slabs and measuring 1.5 m E-W by 0.7 N-S, lying on the E margin.

HU 4408 9142 -- Yell, Loch Of Birriesgirt -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189693)
Two unroofed buildings are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xv), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 16 February 2001

HU 4410 9135 -- Yell, Loch Of Birriesgirt -- Mound (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1264)
HU49SW 3 4410 9135.
A low amorphous mound with hollowed centre, situated on a slope close to a stream.  It measures about 8.0m in diameter, and may be the tumbled footings of a modern enclosure.

HU 44 93

HU 4483 9388 -- Yell, Cro Waters -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189650)
An enclosure of two compartments is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1880, sheet x) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971), where it is shown smaller and more rectilinear.
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 February 2001

HU 45 74

HU 45377 74718 -- Mossbank, Lighthouse -- Lighthouse (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 157550)
For co-located broch, see HU47SE 1.
Light established in 1909; built as automatic.
K Allardyce 1998

HU 45 75

HU 4532 7529 -- Yell, Mossbank, Booth Of Udhouse -- Fishing Bothy (19th Century) (Canmore 189677)
A desk assessment, walkover survey, geophysical survey, trial trenching and a watching brief were conducted by Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division (GUARD) at the ruined Böd of Udhouse, Mossbank, Delting, Shetland on behalf of Scottish Water, in advance of destruction of the building.  The project revealed that the rectangular building, with an attached annex, was middle to late nineteenth century in date and had possibly functioned as a trading booth, before being used as a dwelling and was latterly refurbished as an agricultural shed.  A midden located to the north of the building indicated that the building was last inhabited in the 1930s.
A walkover survey, desk assessment, geophysical survey, trial trenching and a watching brief were conducted by Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division (GUARD) at Udhouse, Mossbank, Delting, Shetland, at various dates between 10 August and 22 September 2004, with site visits on the 11 and 27 August and 22 September.  The work was undertaken in advance of the construction of an access road through the ruins of the Böd of Udhouse to a new septic tank development, to upgrade an existing system in line with new EU regulations.  The work was carried out on behalf of Scottish Water.
Contractor: GUARD
Client: Scottish Water
HU 4532 7529

HU 45 81

HU 4545 8184 -- Yell, Taing Of Setter, Boat-noost -- Naust (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 104527)
HU48SE 10 4545 8184.
A noost situated above a small inlet c. 2.5m wide, 0.5m deep. There is a winding gear at the head of the noost with wooden covered rollers. The wood is in an advanced state of decay.
Information: Ms V Turner, Shetland Amenity Trust, 16 December 1991.

HU 4581 8160 -- Yell, Setter -- Non Antiquity(S) (Canmore 274121)
A walkover survey was conducted in October 2004 in advance of improvements to the local sewerage system, as aerial photos had shown a rectangular feature in the peat. The survey did not reveal any archaeological features that would be affected by the development.
Report lodged with Shetland SMR and the NMRS.
Sponsor:	Ross-shire Black & Veatch.
B Ballin Smith and D Lynn 2004
HU 4581 8160 GUARD were commissioned to undertake a watching brief in February 2005 at Setter, where an access track and turning area were constructed for the insertion of a 13,500 litre septic tank to replace the existing sewage system. No archaeological features were found.
Archive to be deposited in NMRS. Report lodged with Shetland Amenity Trust SMR and NMRS.
Sponsor: Ross-Shire Black and Veatch.
D Lynn, 2006.

HU 4584 8144 -- Yell, Clothan, Church -- Church (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 171414)
Ch [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1973.

HU 4586 8175 -- Yell, Setter -- Planticrub (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194966)
HU 5250 9450 - HU 4650 7950 A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 2000. The following sites were identified:
HU 4586 8175  Planticrub.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HU 4591 8161 -- Yell, Hill Of Clothan -- Planticrub (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194952)
HU 5250 9450 - HU 4650 7950 A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 2000. The following sites were identified:
HU 4591 8161 Planticrub.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HU 4595 8168 -- Yell, Quoys -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189829)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xxii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 March 2001

HU 45 82

HU 4529 8250 -- Yell, Booth Of Sound -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189827)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building, two roofed buildings and one enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xxi). One unroofed building, with only three walls marked, and two roofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 March 2001

HU 45441 82759 -- Yell, West Yell Schoolhouse -- School (Period Unassigned), Schoolhouse (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 178923)
School House [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1973.
This site record was created to indicate a building which is, or was, listed but for which Canmore holds no supplementary information.  Further information on listed buildings is available from
http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designations
Information from RCAHMS (SC), 17 April 2018.

HU 4550 8252 -- Yell, Stamberry Houll -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 195003)
HU 5250 9450 - HU 4650 7950 A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 2000. The following sites were identified:
HU 4550 8252  Building.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HU 4553 8266 -- Yell, South Smithfield -- Planticrub (Period Unassigned), Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189826)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xxi) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973), where it is shown with two compartments.
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 March 2001
HU 5250 9450 - HU 4650 7950 A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 2000. The following sites were identified:
HU 4552 8263  Planticrub.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HU 4553 8282 -- Yell, North Smithfield -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189825)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xxi) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 March 2001

HU 4556 8208 -- Yell, Setter -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 71000)
HU48SE 4  4556 8208.
Mill (NAT)
OS 6-inch map, Shetland, 1st ed. (1882), sheet xxii.
Demolished.

HU 4570 8280 -- Yell, North Smithfield -- Planticrub(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 195004)
HU 5250 9450 - HU 4650 7950 A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 2000. The following sites were identified:
HU 4570 8280  5 planticrubs.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HU 4574 8208 -- Yell, Setter -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 70999)
HU48SE 3  4574 8208.
See Architecture.

HU 45 83

HU 452 839 -- Yell, Everhoull -- Chambered Cairn (Neolithic) (Canmore 109561)
HU 452 839  Chambered cairn down hill from Everhoull and Vigga, between the two houses. The entrance faces the sea, downslope to the W. Large stones marking the position of the outer wall and facade are visible, as are stones of the passage, chamber indistinct.
T Watt and I Tait 1996

HU 45280 83280 -- Yell, Croft At Sound -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 257591)
HU48SE 34  45280 83280.
This site was visited as part of the RCAHMS Scottish Farm Buildings Survey. The farmstead is a linear range aligned from NNW to SSE which comprised the ruinous and unroofed remains of a single storey cottage plus outhouse.  Information from RCAHMS (ACD) 14 January 2008
Related site:
HU48SE 35  45342 83243 Newhouse Byre.

HU 45342 83243 -- Yell, Newhouse Croft -- Byre (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 257592)
HU48SE 35  45342 83243.
This site was visited as part of the RCAHMS Scottish Farm Buildings Survey. The farmstead is a linear range aligned from NNW to SSE comprising a modern cottage and an attached thatched byre. The farm was occupied on the date of visit but the roof of the byre was in poor condition and held in place with fish netting.
Information from RCAHMS (ACD) 18 January 2008; NMRS MS2560/344
Related site:
HU48SE 34 45280 83280 Croft at Sound.

HU 4547 8379 -- Yell, Kirkhouse -- Field System (Period Unassigned), Township (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189824)
See also:
HU48SW 1    HU 4498 8368   Chapel
A crofting township comprising two unroofed buildings, two partially roofed buildings, thirty-four roofed buildings, five unroofed structures and twenty enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xxi). There are several areas of narrow strip fields within the township.
Seventeen unroofed buildings, fifteen roofed buildings and eighteen enclosures are on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 March 2001
HU 5250 9450 - HU 4650 7950 A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 2000. The following sites were identified:
HU 4535 8395  Large square enclosure with turf sides.
HU 4532 8405  Small building or planticrub.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HU 4554 8306 -- Yell, Sound -- Township (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 271076)
The township, situated on ground sloping down to Yell Sound, has been recorded on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 2003), illustrating a pattern of inhabited buildings interspersed with the ruins of earlier buildings, enclosures and planticrubs.
Information from RCAHMS (MMB) 7 October 2004

HU 4558 8310 -- Yell, Clickhimin -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189831)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building, one roofed building and one enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xxii). One partially roofed building and one enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 March 2001

HU 45 84

HU 4513 8484 -- Yell, West Yell -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 71005)
HU48SE 9  4513 8484.
See Architecture.

HU 4534 8474 -- Yell, Burn Of Gardins -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189823)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xxi), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 March 2001

HU 45 85

HU 450 859 -- Yell, Burn Of Roo -- House(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 109560)
HU 450 859  Near the mouth of the Burn of Roo, on the S side is an oval house, 30ft (9.1m) wide overall. Dimension other way more indeterminate, having been disturbed. A few hundred yards to the N is a larger house, but more indistinguishable. Much peat moor covers the site.
T Watt and I Tait 1996

HU 4506 8503 -- Yell, Litla Water -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189819)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xxi). The fragmentary remains of the unroofed building are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 March 2001.

HU 45 87

HU 4507 8770 -- Yell, West Sandwick -- Mound (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 195043)
HU 5250 9450 - HU 4650 7950 A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 2000. The following sites were identified:
HU 4507 8770  Earthen mound.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HU 4511 8709 -- Yell, Bakka -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189703)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xv), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 16 February 2001.

HU 4529 8769 -- Yell, Moorbrae -- Mill (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189702)
Two unroofed structures, one of which lies adjacent to an unnamed burn and may be a mill, are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xv), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 16 February 2001.

HU 4546 8784 -- Yell, Burn Of Dalamut -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189700)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xv), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 16 February 2001.

HU 4553 8772 -- Yell, Moo Burn -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189701)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xv), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 16 February 2001.

HU 45 88

HU 45 88 -- Yell, West Sandwick -- Polisher (Stone) (Canmore 1238)
HU48NE 2 c. 45 88.
In the collection of H W Cursiet, Kirkwall, in 1885 was a 'rubber of black porphyrite, with quartz crystals polished, found in West Sandwick (HU 45 88), convex faces, flat sides, blunt edge, 2 3/4 ins long, 1 1/10 in thick at centre, 1 3/4 ins broad at edge and 1 1/4 ins broad at butt, which is roughly squared.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1885. (Exhibits).

HU 4517 8807 -- Yell, West Sandwick -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189698)
One unroofed building of two compartments is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xv), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 16 February 2001.

HU 4522 8883 -- Yell, West Sandwick -- Chapel (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1237)
West Sandwick 1, Yell, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.48m, W 0.38m
Stone type:
Place of discovery: HU 4522 8883
Present location: in the burial ground at West Sandwick.
Evidence for discovery:
Present condition: there is damage to one side of the shaft.
Description
This is a cruciform stone with a wide shaft and a very wide and short upper arm, while the side-arms are also short.
Date: ninth to eleventh centuries.
References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 94.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
West Sandwick 2, Yell, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.68m, W 0.52m
Present condition:
This is a cruciform stone with a wide shaft and a wide and short upper arm, while the side-arms are also short.
References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 95.
West Sandwick 3, Yell, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.56m, W 0.44m
Present condition: good.
References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 96.
West Sandwick 4, Yell, Shetland, cruciform stone fragment
Measurements: H 0.50m, W 0.34m
Present condition: very battered and one arm is missing.
This was never a well-formed cruciform stone, but the damage has made worse its lack of definition. The surviving side-arm is very short and the upper arm was evidently similarly shrt.
References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 97.
HU48NE 1 4522 8883.
(HU 4523 8886) Chapel (LB) (Site of) Burial Ground
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
The site of what is supposed to have been a pre-Reformation chapel. The burial-ground is still in use.
Name Book 1878.
No trace and no further information. Burial ground still used.

HU 4547 8808 -- Yell, West Sandwick -- Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189699)
Two unroofed structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xv). Five unroofed structures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 16 February 2001.

HU 45 89

HU 4502 8907 -- Yell, West Sandwick, Norse Mill -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 70997)
See also HU48NW 3.
See Architecture.
HU 5250 9450 - HU 4650 7950 A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 2000. The following sites were identified:
HU 4503 8908   Horizontal mills.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000.

HU 4517 8996 -- Yell, West Sandwick -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189697)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xv), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 16 February 2001.

HU 4527 8940 -- Yell, West Sandwick -- Burial (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 195042)
HU 5250 9450 - HU 4650 7950 A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 2000. The following sites were identified:
HU 4527 8940  Burial.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HU 4537 8942 -- Yell, West Sandwick -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 195041)
HU 5250 9450 - HU 4650 7950 A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 2000. The following sites were identified:
HU 4537 8942  Building.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HU 45 93

HU 4595 9300 -- Yell, Efstigarth -- Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189719)
Four unroofed structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 45 95

HU 4516 9559 -- Yell, Green Hill, Mass John's House -- House (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1247)
(HU 4516 9561) Mass John's House (TI)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
The ruins of a small house situated in the precipitous cliffs. 'Tradition says that in ancient times a priest living in this neighbourhood broke his vows and fled to this outlandish place to live in quiet, and is said to have done so for many years'.
OS Name Book 1878.
Mass John's House has been destroyed by cliff erosion.

HU 45 96

HU 4574 9633 -- Yell, 'hill Of The Standing Stone' -- Standing Stone (Prehistoric)(Possible) (Canmore 1250)
HU49NE 4 4574 9633.
Nothing on ground.

HU 46 40

HU 46433 40815 -- Lerwick, South Road, Clickimin -- Broch (Iron Age), Fort (Period Unassigned), Settlement (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1049)
Clickhimim, Shetland, footprint stone
Measurements:
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: HU 4643 4081
Present location: set as a paving stone in the outer gateway leading into the fort with the footprints facing upwards.
Evidence for discovery: none, and the slab is unlikely to be in its original location.
Present condition: somewhat worn.
Description
Carved in low relief into the surface of the slab is a pair of shod footprints, set close together roughly in the centre of the slab. Each footprint is 0.23m long (9 inches).
Date: early medieval
References: Hamilton 1968, 151-6; Scott & Ritchie 2009, 2, 14, 47, no 10.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
(HU 4643 4082) Brough (NR)
O.S.6"map, Shetland, 2nd ed.,(1902).
The broch of Clickhimin, one of the best preserved broch sites in Shetland, was excavated between 1953 and 1957 by Hamilton, who recovered a history which shed new light on the Iron Age colonization of the area.
The earliest occupation of the site was a small Late Bronze Age farmstead of the 7th or 6th centuries BC which was superseded by a larger circular farmhouse built by Iron Age immigrants about the 5th century BC. In the 4th, or early 3rd century BC larger and well-organised bands of Celtic settlers arrived, capable of erecting a stone-walled fort consisting of a block-house and ringwork, which was in turn superseded by a broch about the 1st century AD. In the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD the need for such defences passed away and the subsequent history of the site centres round a large wheelhouse built within the reduced tower and with minor outhouses, storage pits and cattle stalls dug in the debris inside the older defences. 310: Two fragments of Roman glass were found, one 1st to early 2nd century AD and the other 2nd to mid-3rd century. Both came from wheelhouse deposits.
J R C Hamilton 1968
Resurveyed at 1/2500 by OS(RD) 8th September 1964.
Clickhimin Broch is situated on the south shore of the Loch of Clickhimin, three-quarters of a mile south-west of Lerwick on the Lerwick-Sumburgh road. Mousa Broch is situated on the west shore of the island of Mousa, opposite Sandwick, 15 miles south of Lerwick on the Lerwick-Sumburgh road. Access is by motor boat hired from Leebatten, Sandwick.  These two monuments are open at all reasonable times on application to the Caretaker. The device on the outside of the cover is a stylised picture of a broch.
Bone dice found.
D V Clarke 1970; E J Mackie 1971.
Bronze Spiral finger-ring.
E J Mackie 1971.
A watching brief was carried out in advance of cables being laid for the installation of floodlights at Clickimin Broch.  The trenches were dug by HBM workmen. The trenches averaged 0.2m wide and rarely exceeded 0.15m in depth. The nature of the disturbed deposits was recorded. Copies of the report have been deposited with RCAHMS, HBM, and the Shetland Archives.
V Turner 1990.

HU 46 78

HU 468 782 -- Yell, Holm Of Copister -- Stone Setting (Neol/bronze Age), Quern (Canmore 109562)
HU 468 782  Three circular stone settings close to the shore on W side of the holm. Smaller than houses, and not like cairns, but apparently prehistoric. A trough quern was found about 30ft (9m) E of the sheepfold on the NW corner of the holm.
T Watt and I Tait 1996

HU 4688 7838 -- Yell, Holm Of Copister -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189687)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xxvi) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 March 2001

HU 46 79

HU 46298 79513 -- Yell, Ulsta, Pier House -- Shop (Period Unassigned), Storehouse (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 174754)
For Ulsta Pier (HU 4632 7959), see HU47NE 14.00.

HU 4632 7959 -- Yell, Ulsta, Pier -- Pier (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 157382)
HU47NE 14.01  HU 464 796  capstan
For adjacent Pier House, see HU47NE 15.

HU 464 795 -- Yell, Ulsta, Flukes Hole -- Naust(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 70633)

HU 464 796 -- Yell, Ulsta Pier, Hand-capstan -- Capstan (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1218)

HU 4652 7982 -- Yell, Ulsta -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 70939)
HU47NE 4  4652 7982.
Mill (NAT)
OS 6-inch map, Shetland, 1st ed. (1882), sheet xxii.
Demolished.  There are several plant shelters in the vicinity, probably built from material taken from the mill.

HU 4672 7986 -- Yell, Burn Of Ulsta -- Planticrub (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194942)
HU 5250 9450 - HU 4650 7950. A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 2000. The following sites were identified:
HU 4672 7986  Planticrub.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000.

HU 46 80

HU 4609 8050 -- Yell, Ulsta -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189830)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xxii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 March 2001

HU 4620 8050 -- Yell, Ulsta -- Dyke (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 194948)
HU 5250 9450 - HU 4650 7950 A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 2000. The following sites were identified:
HU 4620 8050  ?Prehistoric dyke.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HU 46323 80445 -- Yell, Ulsta -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 279702)
HU48SE 40  46323 80445.
This site amalgamated into HU48SE 37 Unst, Ulsta, Westerhouse
Information from RCAHMS (ACD) 18 January 2008.

HU 46339 80450 -- Yell, Ulsta, Wester House -- Croft (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 271077)
A single storey stone-walled roofed dwelling and the ruined remains of a further two buildings have been recorded on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 2003). The building and the two ruins appear on the current edition of the OS 1:10,000 map (1973), occupying the site of a farmstead depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xxii) with four roofed buildings and a yard.
Information from RCAHMS (MMB) 7 October 2004
This site was visited as part of the RCAHMS Scottish Farm Buildings Survey. The single storey cottage was roofed but derelict on the date of visit. A ruined byre was situated to the W of the cottage, and although derelict this retained remnants of a thatched roof.
Information from RCAHMS (ACD) 15 January 2008; NMRS MS2560/355

HU 4640 8033 -- Yell, Ulsta, Chapel And Burial-ground -- Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Chapel (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1243)
Ulsta, Yell, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.38m, W 0.25m, D 0.05m
Stone type:
Place of discovery: HU 4640 8033
Present location: Shetland Museum, Lerwick (ARC 1996.248).
Evidence for discovery: found during digging for cultivation on the site of the old burial ground in 1970. It was later presented to the museum.
Present condition: the base of the shaft is broken.
Description
This is a small and relatively thin example of a cruciform stone, with a wide and high upper arm.
Date: ninth to eleventh centuries.
References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 93.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
HU48SE 1 4640 8033.
(HU 4641 8034) Chapel & Burial Ground (LB) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
A slight eminence marks the site of this pre- Reformation chapel. 'A few years ago a road was cut through the middle of the Burial Ground when the remains of the chapel, in the shape of stones and rubbish, were removed, also part of the Burial Ground, and some human remains brought to view. The portion of the Burial Ground west of the road is enclosed by an old bank, and cultivated and that on the east is rough pasture'.
Name Book 1878.
No trace of a chapel. There is a small turf- covered enclosure to the W of the site, possibly incorporating part of the old graveyard wall, but there are no remains to the E of the road.
HU 464 803  Crucifix medieval grave marker. Dug up in 1970, W of site of medieval church; 380 x 250 x 50mm (lower part broken).
HU 464 804  Presumed pre-Norse house site, at same location as the medieval church site. House may also extend to E side of road. No trace of house discernible, but in 1990s burnt stones and ash were dug up, and a hammerstone was found in 1996.
T Watt and I Tait 1996

HU 4643 8043 -- Yell, Ulsta, Newhouse -- Housing Estate (Modern) (Canmore 271078)

HU 46 91

Finds: Quern (HU 464 918)
HU 4615 9183 -- Yell, Wester Burn Of Buster -- Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189720)
One unroofed building and one enclosure lying approximately 100m to the NW are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 9 February 2001.

HU 4626 9176 -- Yell, Buster, Horizntal Mill -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 71008)
HU49SE 12  4626 9176.
See Architecture.

HU 464 917 -- Yell, Buster -- Field System (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189721)
A township comprising one unroofed L-shaped building, four roofed buildings, six enclosures, one of which is incomplete, and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi). Within the head-dyke are some strip fields marked by pecked lines.
Nine unroofed buildings, three roofed buildings, seven enclosures and a sheepfold are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 46449 91857 -- Yell, Buster -- Farmstead(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 257391)
HU49SE 33.01 centred 46449 91857
This site was visited as part of the RCAHMS Scottish Farm Buildings Survey. The site comprises a group of three ruined farmsteads. The central farmstead (NGR 46449 91857) is aligned from N to S and comprises a single storey cottage with an attached byre plus a separate barn. This farmstead was derelict but roofed on the date of visit. The farmstead in the NW (NGR 46369 91904) is a linear range aligned from W to E and comprises a cottage with attached outbuildings and possible lambie house. This site was ruinous and roofless on the date of visit.  The farmstead to the S (NGR 46427 91796) has a L- shaped plan and consists of a central cottage with an enclosed garden to the E and two outbuildings. This farmstead was derelict but roofed on the date of visit.
Information from RCAHMS (ACD) 18 January 2008.
NMRS, MS/2560/329.

HU 466 913 -- Yell, Buster -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned), House (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 109568)
HU 466 913  House and enclosure at Easter Burn of Buster, near where the stream joins the Burn of Kirkhouse. Site is c 8ft (2.5m) from the stream. House is roughly oval, 30 x 18ft, and is almost fully enclosed by a crescentic earth wall, c 42ft away from house. About 50ft to the E a line of sub-peat dyke is visible, it may be part of the house enclosure wall. The name of this site was Titlatun.
T Watt and I Tait  1996

HU 46 92

HU 4619 9271 -- Yell, Efstigarth -- Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 195005)
HU 5250 9450 - HU 4650 7950 A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 2000. The following sites were identified:
HU 4619 9271  Ruined building.
HU 4624 9273  Enclosure.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000
The building at HU 4619 9271 is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland, 1880, sheet 11) as a school. The building is depicted on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (GJW) 3 September 2001.

HU 4659 9262 -- Yell, Grimister -- Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189722)
Four unroofed structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 9 February 2001.

HU 46 93

HU 4605 9357 -- Yell, The Herra -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189717)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 4627 9352 -- Yell, North Grommond -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189718)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building, three roofed buildings and two enclosures, and some cultivation strips are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi). One roofed building and one enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 4629 9329 -- Yell, South Grommond -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189726)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building, four roofed buildings and three enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi). One unroofed building, one roofed building and three enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 467 935 -- Yell, Grimister, Poita -- Quern(S) (Canmore 109565)
HU 467 935.  In the same area as the recorded medieval church site (HU49SE 2), an earlier pre-Norse domestic site is presumed to have existed. This is evidenced by three large trough querns on the shore below the site. All are broken; surviving dimensions: 75 x 58cm; 76 x 62cm; 62 x 46cm.
T Watt and I Tait 1996.

HU 4675 9348 -- Yell, Grimister -- Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Chapel (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1254)
(HU 4674 9350) Chapel & Burial Ground (LB) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
'A small vegetable garden said to be the site of an ancient Romish Chapel and Burial Ground.  When the garden was formed a few years ago .. there were some bones brought to view supposed to be human remains'.
OS Name Book 1878.
No trace. The evidence for a chapel and graveyard site here seems to be very slender. On the foreshore to the N are water-worn pieces of hollowed stone, which could be the remains of two fonts or two saddle querns.

HU 46 94

HU 4610 9428 -- Yell, Graveland -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189714)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi).
Two unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 8 February 2001.

HU 4614 9413 -- Yell, Haa Of Graveland -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189715)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building, one roofed building and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi).
Four unroofed buildings and four enclosures, two of which are incomplete are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 8 February 2001.

HU 4620 9444 -- Yell, Graveland -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval)(Possible) (Canmore 189713)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building of five compartments and one enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi).
One unroofed building and what may be a length of head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 8 February 2001.

HU 4623 9461 -- Yell, Daalaskeo -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189712)
A farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi). One unroofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 8 February 2001

HU 4692 9477 -- Yell, Whaal Firth -- Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189710)
Two enclosures lying approximately 110m apart are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 8 February 2001

HU 46 96

HU 463 967 -- Yell, Graveland -- Broch (Iron Age)(Possible) (Canmore 1249)
Listed among 'Sites reputed to be brochs, but with no convincing remains of any period other than modern'.
N Fojut 1985.
HU49 2 GRAVELAND
HU/463967 (approx.)
Possible broch in Yell; no further information.
E W MacKie 2002

HU 46 97

HU 463 972 -- Yell, Stuis Of Graveland -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned), House (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 109566)
HU 463 972  S of Easter Tammy's hole is a circular structure, c 5m across, no trace of an entrance, but stones protruding clearly from the ground. Crescentic wall on W side, enclosing the house, and leading to the sea at both sides.
T Watt and I Tait 1996.

HU 47 77

HU 4723 7797 -- Yell, Holm Of Copister -- Broch (Iron Age) (Canmore 1216)
HU47NE 1 4723 7797.
(HU 4722 7799) Brough (OE)
O.S.6"map, Shetland, 2nd ed.,(1900).
A broch, now represented by a grass-grown mound about 20' high. The lower part of the wall is exposed on the east, and on thw west a potion of the upper walling 12' 6" thick, containing a gallery about 3' wide. The remains indicate an overall diameter of 59' 6".
A rampart of earth and small stones, 4 ft 6 ins to 6 ft high, surrounds the site, except where eroded on the SW. The inner face is almost vertical, having been revetted with coursed masonry now visible on the NW and SE.  The outer face slopes downwards, at an angle which gives a maximum breadth of 15' at the base.  On the east the rampart and the broch wall are connected by a grassy bank which shows coursed masonry at the base of both sides.  Within the north half of the enclosure are a large stone ('A' on plan) set on end, and a short stretch of wallin (B'), which have perhaps belonged to a structure as old as the broch itself. The traces of stonework lying to the west of these represent the foundations of a much later building.
On the north additional protection has been provided in the shape of a ditch with an upcast bank. The ditch averages 14' in width and is narrowest on the north where it is cut through rock. The bank, only some 2' 4" high, rises about 4' above the bottom of the ditch and has a maximum breadth of 9'.  The 12' gap in its west arc probably indicates the position of the entrance.
RCAHMS 1946. Visited 1930.
As described and planned by the RCAHM.
HU47 3    HOLM OF COPISTER                                                 HU/472779
This broch and its outworks occupy almost the whole of the small islet of that name on Yell island,  150 yds. from the tip of a peninsula.  The site is a grassy mound about 6.10 m (20 ft.) high and the base of the wall is visible on the east with, on the west side, part of a mural gallery about 90cm (3 ft.) wide;   this must be an upper one since it is on the wallhead.   The wallhead here is 3.81 m (12.5 ft.) thick.   Part of a mural stair was traceable in 1890 [3].   The masonry is built in unusually thin courses and is of the local limestone.
The broch is surrounded by a rampart 1.37 - 1.83 m (4.5 - 6 ft.) high faced with stone on its inner face which is almost vertical where exposed (on the north-west and south-east);  the outer face now slopes down to give a maximum breadth of 4.68 m (15 ft.) at the base.  On the north-west side,  the lowest part of the islet and facing Yell, an extra ditch and bank lies outside the rampart.
Dimensions.  External diameter 18.15 m (59.5 ft.).
Sources:  1. OS card HU 47 NE 1:   2. RCAHMS 1946, vol.3, no. 1720, 162-3 and figs. 673:   3. Acland 1890.
E W MacKie 2002

HU 47 78

HU 4780 7888 -- Yell, Copister -- Mill (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189841)
One unroofed building lying adjacent to Snivlis Burn, which may be a mill, and one unroofed structure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xxii), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 March 2001

HU 4797 7881 -- Yell, Snivlis Burn -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189689)
Three unroofed buildings are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xxvi), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 March 2001

HU 47 79

HU 47 79 -- Yell, Ward Of Copister -- Field System (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 69506)
HU47NE 6  47 79.
Covers an extensive area to S of chambered cairn HU47NE 5.
Information from V Turner, Shetland Amenity Trust, 3 August 1990.

HU 4770 7932 -- Yell, Saidlas Burn -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 194943)
HU 5250 9450 - HU 4650 7950 A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 2000. The following sites were identified:
HU 4770 7932  Enclosure/sheep pen.
Sposnor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HU 478 790 -- Yell, Copister -- Dyke (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 123620)
HU 478 790  ?Neolithic dyke. Sub-peat field wall, running in straight line with several upright stones visible along its course. Dyke runs from the Bog to the Mussel Loch.
Shetland Museum 1997.

HU 4787 7978 -- Yell, Ward Of Copister -- Hut (20th Century) (Canmore 201694)
Concrete base of a First World War watch hut.
Information from Defence of Britain Project form.
J H Ballantyne 1997

HU 479 797 -- Yell, Ward Of Copister -- Chambered Cairn (Neolithic) (Canmore 70940)
HU47NE 5  479 797.
Heel-shaped form.
Information from V Turner, Shetland Amenity Trust, 3 August 1990.
HU 478 797  Chambered cairn, circular, on top of Ward. Around 1.5m high, with perhaps 1m more under the moor.
Shetland Museum 1997

HU 47 92

HU 4705 9251 -- Yell, Hill Of Raga -- Grave (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1253)
HU49SE 11 4705 9251.
Local enquiry revealed that over 100 years ago a pre-Reformation font was taken from a chapel at Vollister (possibly HU49SE 3), and placed on the grave of a drowned man at HU7505 9251, where it is still to be
seen.

HU 4748 9216 -- Yell, Burn Of Skrepla -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189725)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 475 926 -- Yell, Raga -- Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189724)
A township comprising three unroofed buildings, seven roofed buildings, seven enclosures and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi). Three unroofed buildings, one partially roofed building, five roofed buildings and the fragmentary remains of the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001
HU 5250 9450 - HU 4650 7950 A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 2000. The following sites were identified:
HU 4740 9250  Clearance.
HU 4735 9248  Spread of stone.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HU 4762 9293 -- Yell, Raga -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189723)
Two unroofed buildings are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 47 93

HU 4717 9391 -- Yell, Vollister -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189809)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building of three compartments and an attached enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi). One unroofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 2 July 2001

HU 476 939 -- Yell, Vollister -- Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189711)
A township comprising four unroofed buildings, all of which are subdivided, one enclosure and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi). Three unroofed buildings and two enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 8 February 2001
HU 5250 9450 - HU 4650 7950 A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 2000. The following sites were identified:
HU 5138 9088  Turf banking.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HU 4783 9394 -- Yell, Vollister -- Chapel (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 1255)
HU49SE 3 4783 9394.
(HU 4762 9394) Chapel (LB) (Site of)
O.S.6"map, Shetland, 2nd ed.,(1900).
The site of an ancient chapel.
Name Book 1878.
No trace of a chapel could be found at the site indicated by the OS, but, according to local information, it stood at HU 4781 9394. There, overlaid by modern sheep-shelters and mutilated by robbing, are the vague footings of a building of indeterminate length, and about 3.7 m wide internally, over walls 1.0 m thich. It is oriented E-W and the E end appears to be apsidal. There is a cross-wall towards the E end and traces of a probable entrance into the "nave" on the S side.
Although the evidence suggests that the building is in fact a chapel, the amorphous nature of the remains precludes positive classification.

HU 48 44

HU 488 441 -- Bressay, Sandgarth -- House (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 243209)
The Shetland's Past Project was begun in spring 2001 (DES 2001, 83-5). The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. Thanks to the enthusiasm and dedication of those participating groups, funding has now been secured to consolidate and expand this project. Below is a sample of just some of the sites discovered and recorded in the last six months.
HU 488 441	Prehistoric house. Poorly defined multi-cellular structure, 10.5 x 14.7m.
Report deposited in Shetland SMR
Sponsor: Shetland Amenity Trust
Bressay History Group, O Cambridge

HU 48 78

Finds: Knife (Stone) (HU 48 78)
HU 4800 7875 -- Yell, The Booth -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189692)
Three unroofed buildings, one roofed building and four incomplete enclosures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xxvi). One unroofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 March 2001

HU 4819 7875 -- Yell, Copister, Nettlehaa -- Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Church (Period Unassigned), Gravestone (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 143208)
Coppister, Yell, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.54m, W 0.36m
Stone type:
Place of discovery: HU 4819 7875
Present location: at the Old Haa, Burravoe, Yell.
Evidence for discovery: found during ploughing to the north of Nettlehaa in the 1980s, close to the site of the old burial ground.
Present condition: there is damage to one of the corners of the upper arm.
Description
This is a well-proportioned cruciform stone.
Date: ninth to eleventh centuries.
References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 84.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
HU 481 787  Medieval crucifix grave marker was ploughed up to the N of Nettlehaa in the 1980s; 55 x 37cm. The medieval church was situated at Copister; the house named Nettlehaa was built in 1821 to the SE of the burial yard. No visible evidence of church or yard now exists.
T Watt and I Tait  1996

HU 4830 7870 -- Yell, Loch Of Copister -- Building (Period Unassigned), Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189690)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xxvi). Two unroofed circular structures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 March 2001

HU 4851 7851 -- Yell, Loch Of Copister -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189691)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xxvi), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 March 2001

HU 4893 7802 -- Yell, Capel -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189688)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xxvi), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 22 March 2001.

HU 48 79

HU 4804 7937 -- Yell, Westpunds -- Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189840)
Two unroofed structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xxii), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 March 2001

HU 4813 7915 -- Yell, Westpunds -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 187273)

HU 4836 7935 -- Yell, Newhouse -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 187271)

HU 4845 7925 -- Yell, Lee Of Copister -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 187272)

HU 4880 7915 -- Yell, Copister -- Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189835)
Three unroofed structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xxii). Two unroofed structures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 March 2001

HU 4898 7984 -- Yell, Ness Of Galtagarth -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189836)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xxii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 March 2001

HU 48 80

HU 4835 8005 -- Yell, Salt Ness -- Sheepfold (Period Unassigned), Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189832)
Two unroofed structures and a Sheepfold are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xxii). A Sheep Dip is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 March 2001

HU 48 82

Finds: Axehead (Stone) (HU 483 822)
HU 4837 8220 -- Yell, Arisdale -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Field System (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189828)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building, two roofed buildings and five enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xxii). Immediately to the SW is an area of narrow strip fields.
Two roofed buildings and three enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 March 2001

HU 48767 82021 -- Yell, Arisdale, Catalina Crash Site And Memorial -- War Memorial (21st Century) (Canmore 339146)
A data upgrade project to record war memorials.

HU 48 91

HU 4818 9171 -- Yell, Halsagarth -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 71009)
HU49SE 13  4818 9171.
See Architecture.

HU 4860 9195 -- Yell, Windhouse -- Settlement (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1259)
HU49SE 7 centred 4860 9195.
In the area centred at HU 486 919 on a SW slope there is an Ne/Ba settlement comprising 3 oval houses.
House at HU 4882 9179 is terraced into the hillside, and measures 9.0m N-S by 7.0m E-W internally. The wall thickness cannot be accurately measured due to mutilation, but it is best-preserved at the S entrance where large slabs define the wall faces and the entrance itself. No internal features can be seen.
House at HU 4859 9196 is the best example.  It too is terraced, and measures internally about 11.0m NE-SW by 7.0m NW-SE but these dimensions are only approximate due to mutilation. The walls, faced with large slabs vary from 1.7m to 3.0m in thickness and the entrance, though now obscured, was probably in the SW. A massive turf-covered wall extends from the SW segment for a distance of 15.0m.
Little remains of the house at HU 4855 9201 save for an arc of stones set edge to edge forming the inner wall face on the E side. It is partially overlaid by a modern enclosure.
There are numerous field walls and terraces in the area, some of which are certainly associated with this settlement, others probably with the nearby broch (HU49SE 4) and others with later occupation (HU49SE 10).
In 1868 a small stone pestle was dug out of a 'barrow' containing ashes, above Barta Skeo, and donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS)  by J.T. Irvine 1870. This probably came from one of the Neolithic/Bronze Age houses.

HU 4875 9180 -- Yell, Windhouse -- Chambered Cairn (Neolithic) (Canmore 1261)
HU49SE 9 4875 9180.
At HU 4874 9182 there is a heel-shaped chambered cairn, facing SW down a steep rocky slope. It measures c.8.4m across the facade which is 1.0m deep, and 6.0m from facade to the back of the cairn, with a height of 1.0m.  The kerb is visible for most of its periphery. The portal stones and seven earthfast slabs survive within the cairn suggesting a trefoil-shaped chamber but mutilation makes this uncertain.
A S Henshall 1972.
Survey Diagram.

HU 4880 9191 -- Yell, Windhouse -- Broch (Iron Age) (Canmore 1256)
HU49SE 4 4880 9191.
(HU 4880 9192) Brough (LB) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
The remains of a broch ".... partly excavated many years ago when a number of typical objects, now lost, were recovered. Today the masonry is no more than two or three courses high, nor is there enough of it left to establish the ground-plan, but the overall diameter has been 53' 9". The wall is only 12' 9" thick on the north and NW. On the west, however, it expands to 15'4" and has contained a cell. This expansion may, as in other brochs, indicate the position of the entrance passage. An unusual feature is some slight buttressing of the outer face on the west and NW.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1931.
The partially excavated remains of a broch, 17.5m in diameter, as generally described by the RCAHM. In the wall of an outbuilding immediately to the W, a shell midden is exposed.
Re-surveyed at 6" scale.
HU49 1    WINDHOUSE
HU/48809191
Probable broch on Yell I.,  on the shoulder of the hill overlooking the south end of Whale Firth and less than 30m above the sea.   The site was excavated many years before the Commission's visit in 1931 when some 'typical' artefacts were found, but which are now lost.   There are only two or three courses of masonry  left but they show that the building has an overall diameter of 17.5m (57 ft. 4 ins.) and that the wall is 3.89 m (12 ft. 9 ins.) thick on the north and north-west.   On the west however it expands to 4.68 m (15 ft. 4 ins.) and shows traces of an intra-mural cell. In the wall of an outbuilding immediately to the west a shell midden is exposed [1].
Sources:  1. OS card HU 49 SE 4:  2.  RCAHMS 1946, vol. 3, no. 1723,   163.
E W MacKie 2002

HU 4887 9191 -- Yell, Windhouse, Chapel And Graveyard -- Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Chapel (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1251)
For laird's house of Windhouse (HU 4888 9191), see HU49SE 21.
(HU 4886 9193) Chapel & Burial Ground (LB) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
'A green piece of pasture .. known to be the site of an ancient Romish Chapel. There was also a Burial Ground in connection with the chapel but the limits of it cannot be defined but it is supposed that Windhouse is partly built within its boundary which would leave the Burial Ground chiefly on the west of the buildings'.
Name Book 1878.
No trace; and no local information regarding the site of this chapel and graveyard.

HU 48878 91910 -- Yell, Windhouse -- Garden Wall(S) (Period Unassigned), Lairds House (18th Century) (Canmore 178922)
For chapel and burial-ground at Windhouse, see HU49SE 1.
Former laird's house, original L-plan house at centre comprising symmetrical dormered single storey and attic 3-bay principal block with projecting crenellated porch, single storey 2-bay wing to rear (forming L-plan), square-plan single storey single bay crenellated wings flanking principal block, lean-to additions in-filling re-entrant angles flanking rear wing. Harled walls with droved sandstone ashlar and concrete dressings and details.
18th century haas are rare survivors in Shetland, and although Windhouse has been substantially extended and is in a ruinous state, it still retains much evidence of the early house. It was probably a single storey and attic 3-bay haa with a concealed attic similar to Swinister Old Haa in Delting. Late 19th century alterations included adding the entrance porch and crowsteps, inserting bipartite windows and dormers, and adding the E and W wings. These sort of light-hearted alterations in rendered brick and concrete are quite common in Shetland during the end of the 19th century. Lunna House, Nesting, and St Olaf's, Yell, are examples of this, but alterations at Windhouse are more radical than most. The 1880s castellated-gothic rebuilding is of historic interest, but its main contribution is to the dramatic silhouette of the house when viewed from the surrounding area. (Historic Scotland)

HU 48 92

HU 4856 9279 -- Yell, Brocken Burn -- Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189716)
One unroofed building and one enclosure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi). One unroofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 8 February 2001

HU 4888 9221 -- Yell, Windhouse -- Farmstead(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1252)
HU49SE 10 4888 9221 and 4867 9195.
At HU 4888 9221 are the turf-covered footings of two contiguous rectangular buildings (X) and at HU 4866 9197 the footings of a similar single building (Y). They are unusual in that the longer axis runs down the slope, and they appear to be of considerable antiquity.
Buildings 'X' measure internally about 20.0m N-S by 4.0 m E-W and about 14.0 m N-S by 4.5 m E-W respectively over walls, in which no stones are now visible, spread to 2.5 m across and 0.4 m in height. The ground in the immediate vicinity is disturbed partly by quarrying, but there were probably further structures here.
Building 'Y' measures 14.0 m E-W by 4.0 m N-S internally over walls c 0.9 m thick and 0.3 m high. The longer side walls are slightly bowed outwards and the E end is rounded. A cross- wall is evident towards the lower W end.
There are numerous field walls and cultivation terraces in the area, some of which are certainly associated, others are associated with either the Ne/Ba settlement (HU49SE 7), the broch (HU49SE 4) or fairly recent.
These buildings cannot be dated from ground inspection, but they appear older than the 18/19th C croft-houses common in Shetland, and they are similar in size, shape and position to Norse type farmsteads in Unst. Surveyed at 6" scale.

HU 48 93

HU 48 93 -- Yell, Brocken Burn -- Burnt Mound(S) (Prehistoric) (Canmore 1257)
HU49SE 5 c. 48 93.
An unspecified number of mounds of burnt stones are recorded as having been obliterated when the land on Brocken Burn was brought into cultivation (c.48 93)
J T Irvine 1887; RCAHMS 1946; C S T Calder 1965.
(HU 4849 9288) ? Burnt Mound.
Shetland Museum Annotated 6"map.
There is no trace of burnt mounds at Brocken Burn

HU 48 96

HU 48 96 -- Yell, Lochs Of Lumbister -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 71006)
HU49NE 5  48 96.
There is a horizontal mill, now reduced to a pile of rubble, near the Lochs of Lumbister.  It is not shown on OS maps.  (Information from Mr J Ramsay, Northhouse, Yell; not visited.)
G Douglas, SIAS, 5 November 1984.

HU 4827 9681 -- Yell, Lochs Of Lumbister -- Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189651)
One unroofed building and an enclosure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 8 February 2001

HU 48557 96035 -- Yell, Lumbister -- Farmstead(S) (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189653)
"...good rough pasture and the ruins of a few small farms..."
Name Book 1881
What may be a township comprising three enclosures, three Sheepfolds, one unroofed structure and a head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi). The sheepfolds and the unroofed structure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 8 February 2001

HU 486 962 -- Yell, Lumbister -- Stone Row (Neol/bronze Age) (Canmore 1248)
HU49NE 2 486 962.
HU 488 965.  Three sub-parallel rows of small boulders, about 60m long, 20m apart, approximately NE SW orientation. Central line crossed, at mid-point, by short row of larger boulders.
N Fojut 1978.
Located to HU 486 962 by Exton, who describes 'a setting of five parallel rows of 250 small boulders in all, situated E of ruined croft buildings on a gently sloping grassy area in a region which is otherwise generally covered by a layer of peat.  These rows, which run approximately NE-SW, are on average 120m in length and 20m apart.  The second row from the E is crossed ibliquely by a shorter row 45m long.  240 distances between the centres of adjacent stones were measures, each to the nearest 2cm. The accurate orientation of this site remains to be determined.'
H Exton 1991b.

HU 4863 9690 -- Yell, Lochs Of Lumbister -- Building (Period Unassigned), Wall (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189652)
One unroofed building and a short length of attached wall are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 8 February 2001

HU 49 40

HU 4929 4002 -- Bressay, Grindiscol, Will Houll -- Burnt Mound (Prehistoric) (Canmore 1046)
(HU 493 400) Will Houll (OE)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1903).
The 'Knowe of Willwill' ( amended to 'Will Houll' on resubmission), has been opened up and several ancient relics taken from it.
Name Book 1878.
A mound of burnt stones, excavated c.1865 by James Hunt and George Petrie, Near the bottom were large stones set on edge to form a structure of some kind and an erect stone 2ft 8 ins high, 18 ins wide and 8 ins thick perforated by a whole 10 ins in diameter. The finds included at least one handled stone implement.
J Hunt 1866; A Mitchell 1870.
'Will Houll' or 'the Fairy Knowe' Much broken up by excavation, but originally it seems to have measured about 54ft in diameter by as much as 7ft 6 ins in greatest height.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 14 July 1930.
In a pasture field at HU 4929 4003 there is a turf-covered burnt mound, denuded by excavation, but surviving to a height of 2.3m. No finds have been made recently : the name 'Will Houll' is known locally.
Re-surveyed at 1/2500.

HU 49 44

HU 491 441 -- Bressay, Sandgarth -- Burnt Mound (Prehistoric) (Canmore 243243)
The Shetland's Past Project was begun in spring 2001 (DES 2001, 83-5). The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. Thanks to the enthusiasm and dedication of those participating groups, funding has now been secured to consolidate and expand this project. Below is a sample of just some of the sites discovered and recorded in the last six months.
HU 491 441	Burnt mound, 8.6m diameter, 0.5m high.
Report deposited in Shetland SMR.
Sponsor: Shetland Amenity Trust.
Bressay History Group, O Cambridge 2002

HU 492 443 -- Bressay, Ayre Of Ness -- Naust(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 243253)
The Shetland's Past Project was begun in spring 2001 (DES 2001, 83-5). The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. Thanks to the enthusiasm and dedication of those participating groups, funding has now been secured to consolidate and expand this project. Below is a sample of just some of the sites discovered and recorded in the last six months.
HU 492 443	Three interlinked stone-built boat noosts.
Report deposited in Shetland SMR.
Sponsor: Shetland Amenity Trust
Bressay History Group, O Cambridge 2002

HU 492 444 -- Bressay, Ness Of Beosetter -- Otter Trap (Post Medieval) (Canmore 243259)
The Shetland's Past Project was begun in spring 2001 (DES 2001, 83-5). The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. Thanks to the enthusiasm and dedication of those participating groups, funding has now been secured to consolidate and expand this project. Below is a sample of just some of the sites discovered and recorded in the last six months.
HU 492 444	Otter trap; stone built; post-medieval.
Report deposited in Shetland SMR.
Sponsor: Shetland Amenity Trust.
Bressay History Group, O Cambridge 2002

HU 494 441 -- Bressay, Beosetter -- Burnt Mound (Prehistoric) (Canmore 243239)
The Shetland's Past Project was begun in spring 2001 (DES 2001, 83-5). The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. Thanks to the enthusiasm and dedication of those participating groups, funding has now been secured to consolidate and expand this project. Below is a sample of just some of the sites discovered and recorded in the last six months.
HU 494 441	Burnt mound, 14.5 x 12.0m, 1.7m high.
Report deposited in Shetland SMR.
Sponsor: Shetland Amenity Trust
Bressay History Group, O Cambridge 2002

HU 49 79

HU 4934 7995 -- Yell, Ness Of Galtagarth -- Building (Period Unassigned), Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189837)
One unroofed building and two unroofed structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xxii), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 March 2001

HU 4958 7991 -- Yell, Ness Of Galtagarth -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189838)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xxii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 March 2001

HU 4961 7981 -- Yell, Galtagarth -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 187270)

HU 4981 7974 -- Yell, Ness Of Galtagarth -- Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189839)
Two unroofed structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xxii), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 March 2001
HU 5250 9450 - HU 4650 7950 A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 2000. The following sites were identified:
HU 4982 7972  Pronounced mound with footings of farmhouse (?post-medieval).
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HU 49 80

HU 4930 8068 -- Yell, Hamnavoe -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189834)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xxii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 March 2001

HU 49443 80402 -- Yell, Hamnavoe, St Magnus' Kirk And Kirkyard -- Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Church (Period Unassigned), War Memorial (20th Century) (Canmore 171413)
Ch [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1973.
A data upgrade project to record war memorials.

HU 49459 80385 -- Yell, Hamnavoe, St Magnus' Kirkyard Wall, Post Box -- Post Box (20th Century) (Canmore 253156)

HU 4950 8096 -- Yell, Burn Of Hamnavoe -- Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189833)
Eleven unroofed structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xxii). Five unroofed structures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 March 2001

HU 4970 8025 -- Yell, Hamnavoe -- Chambered Cairn (Neolithic) (Canmore 195069)
HU 5250 9450 - HU 4650 7950 A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 2000. The following sites were identified:
HU 4970 8025  Chambered cairn.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HU 4974 8080 -- Yell, Hamnavoe -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 71004)
HU48SE 8  4974 8080.
See Architecture.

HU 4976 8080 -- Yell, Hamnavoe -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 71003)
HU48SE 7  4976 8080.
See Architecture.

HU 4978 8079 -- Yell, Hamnavoe -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 71002)
HU48SE 6  4978 8079.
See Architecture.

HU 4980 8079 -- Yell, Hamnavoe -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 71001)
HU48SE 5  4980 8079.
See Architecture.

HU 49 89

HU 49 89 -- Yell, Muckle Vandra Water -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 70998)
HU48NE 5  49 89.
There is a horizontal mill (not shown on OS maps) near Muckle Vanda Water.  It is now reduced to a pile of rubble.  (Information from archivist, Mr R Johnstone; not visited.)
G Douglas, SIAS, 9 November 1984.

HU 49 91

Finds: Quern (HU 493 917)
HU 491 912 -- Yell, Setter -- Watermill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 71010)
HU49SE 14  491 912.
At this site are the remains of a mill which had been converted into a water-covered generator.  The wheel is said to have been vertical; no trace of it remains.  Only piles of rubble, the mill lade and sluice can still be seen.

HU 4910 9147 -- Yell, Houbs Of Setter -- Burnt Mound (Prehistoric) (Canmore 1260)
HU49SE 8 4910 9147.
At HU 4911 9148, in a low-lying field close to a burn, there is an amorphous swelling in which, according to local information, a tank-like structure, c 2' 6" square, was found, amidst a mass of small burnt stones.  The "tank" has no capstone and was full of earth.  Though no burnt material can now be seen, this was almost certainly a burnt mound containing a cooking trough.

HU 49141 91925 -- Yell, Windhouse -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 112461)
HU49SE 18.00  49141 91925.
This site was visited as part of the RCAHMS Scottish Farm Buildings Survey. This site comprises a farmhouse with an adjacent steading. The steading has a courtyard layout that includes a gig house, a turnip house, a bothy, a shepherd's house and a possible byre. The site was occupied on the date of visit.
Information from RCAHMS (ACD) 16 January 2008; NMRS MS 2560/361

HU 4916 9137 -- Yell, Setter -- Mound (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1258)
HU49SE 6 4916 9137.
HU 493 915. Late Neolithic Oval house or cairn, Setter.
J Stewart 1954.
At HU 4915 9140 on a fairly steep N slope there is a green mound measuring about 7.0m in diameter and 0.6m high. On the N margin are three large stones, and several others protrude through the turf of the mound, but these form no recognisable pattern.  Unable to classify.

HU 492 913 -- Yell, Setter -- Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189708)
A township comprisng nine unroofed buildings, three of which are long buildings, one partially roofed building, seven enclosures and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvi). Two unroofed buildings, four roofed buildings, four enclosures, two fields and the fragmentary remains of the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 20 February 2001

HU 49 93

HU 4965 9380 -- Yell -- General View (Canmore 341058)

HU 49 98

HU 4998 9878 -- Yell, Sandy Water -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189895)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 5 February 2001

HU 50 43

HU 503 435 -- Bressay, Gunnista -- Naust(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 243263)
The Shetland's Past Project was begun in spring 2001 (DES 2001, 83-5). The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. Thanks to the enthusiasm and dedication of those participating groups, funding has now been secured to consolidate and expand this project. Below is a sample of just some of the sites discovered and recorded in the last six months.
HU 503 435	Indistinct, but up to four stone-built boat noosts.
Report deposited in Shetland SMR.
Sponsor: Shetland Amenity Trust.
Bressay History Group, O Cambridge 2002

HU 506 433 -- Bressay, Globa -- Naust(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 243221)
The Shetland's Past Project was begun in spring 2001 (DES 2001, 83-5). The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. Thanks to the enthusiasm and dedication of those participating groups, funding has now been secured to consolidate and expand this project. Below is a sample of just some of the sites discovered and recorded in the last six months.
HU 506 433	Two stone-built boat noosts.
Sponsor: Shetland Amenity Trust
Bressay History Group, O Cambridge 2002

HU 5099 4301 -- Bressay, Loch Of Aith -- Bank (Earthwork) (Period Unassigned), Mill Dam (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 243222)
The Shetland's Past Project was begun in spring 2001 (DES 2001, 83-5). The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. Thanks to the enthusiasm and dedication of those participating groups, funding has now been secured to consolidate and expand this project. Below is a sample of just some of the sites discovered and recorded in the last six months.
HU 509 429	Mill dam. Earth and stone bank for horizontal mill.
Sponsor: Shetland Amenity Trust
Bressay History Group, O Cambridge 2002
A sluice is depicted on the Burn of Brough on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland), Sheet LIII, 1881) and OS 1:10,000 map sheet (1973), upstream from three horizontal mills (HU54SW 20, HU54SW 21, HU54SW 22 ).
RCAHMS (SO) 2003

HU 50 79

HU 5010 7987 -- Yell, Houlland -- Naust (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 195057)
HU 5250 9450 - HU 4650 7950 A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 2000. The following sites were identified:
HU 5010 7987  Stone-lined boat noost.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HU 50 80

HU 5002 8057 -- Yell, Burn Of The Gardins -- Mill (Period Unassigned), Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189201)
One roofed building annotated Mill and two unroofed structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xxii). Three unroofed structures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 March 2001

HU 5009 8065 -- Yell, Burn Of The Gardins -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189202)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xxii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 March 2001

HU 501 801 -- Yell, Houlland -- Field System (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189208)
A crofting township comprising one unroofed building, twenty-eight roofed buildings, five unroofed structures, several enclosures and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xxii). There are several areas of narrow strip fields within the township.
Eleven unroofed buildings, two partially roofed buildings, twenty-one roofed buildings, several enclosures and the head-dyke are on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 3 July 2001
HU 5250 9450 - HU 4650 7950 A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 2000. The following sites were identified:
HU 5088 8000  Planticrub.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HU 5071 8024 -- Yell, Hamars Of Houlland -- Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189200)
Three unroofed structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xxii).
One unroofed structure is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 7 March 2001.

HU 50 83

HU 5024 8366 -- Yell, Burn Of Hamnavoe -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189211)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xxii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 March 2001

HU 50 87

HU 50967 87807 -- Yell, South Ward Of Reafirth -- Marker Cairn (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330161)
This recent marker cairn has been built in the middle of a small rectangular structure of unknown date.
Information from NTS (SS) April 2013

HU 50 88

HU 5013 8888 -- Yell, Byres Of Djubidale -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189159)
Two unroofed buildings and one circular structure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvi). One unroofed rectilinear structure is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972) at the same location as the circular structure on the 1st edition.
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 20 February 2001

HU 50 91

HU 5026 9182 -- Yell, Lea -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189169)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 5035 9125 -- Yell, Laxa Burn -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189152)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvi), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 20 February 2001

HU 50850 91454 -- Yell, Mid Yell, Garths Of Gardie -- Lairds House (19th Century) (Canmore 174715)
Former laird's house comprising 2-storey 3-bay near-symmetrical house of rectangular plan, with single storey 2-bay outbuilding to E, and single storey barn to W, adjoining NW corner of house. Random rubble walls. HOUSE: near-symmetrical S elevation with centre bay off-set slightly to left, entrance door at ground in centre bay, windows in flanking bays, regular fenestration at 1st floor. 2-bay E gable with windows at ground and 1st floor in left bay only. Door off-set to right of centre at rear elevation, single window centred at 1st floor. Blank W gable. Corrugated-iron roof to house and tarred roof to barn, with concrete skew-copes. Harled gablehead stacks to house with concrete copes and circular cans. E outbuilding roofless, with rubble stone-coped stack to E gable. GARDEN WALLS: drystone walls enclosing garden centred to S of house, and extending from outbuildings to E and W to enclose fields.
Haa of Gardie was once the home of Laurence Williamson, a Shetland historian and genealogist. (Historic Scotland)

HU 50 92

HU 5051 9208 -- Yell, Lea -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189204)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building and one enclosure  is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi). One roofed building and an attached enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 June 2001

HU 5066 9237 -- Yell, Lower Camb -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189206)
Two unroofed buildings are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 June 2001

HU 5068 9220 -- Yell, Annslea -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189205)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building and one enclosure  is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi). One roofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 June 2001

HU 5080 9242 -- Yell, Lower Camb -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189207)
A farmstead comprising one roofed building and five enclosures, and two unroofed structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi). Three roofed buidlings and three enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 June 2001

HU 50 99

HU 50667 99078 -- Yell, Dalsetter -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 279703)
HU59SW 47  50667 99078.
This site was visited as part of the RCAHMS Scottish Farm Buildings Survey. This farmstead comprises a house plus a separate long range. The buildings were derelict on the date of visit.
Information from RCAHMS (ACD) 15 January 2008; NMRS MS2560/362

HU 50747 99012 -- Yell, Haa Of Dalsetter -- Lairds House (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 174698)
This site record was created to indicate a building which is, or was, listed but for which Canmore holds no supplementary information.  Further information on listed buildings is available from
http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designations
Information from RCAHMS (SC), 17 April 2018.

HU 51 79

HU 5175 7982 -- Yell, Burravoe -- Planticrub(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 195054)
HU57NW 14 5175 7982 and 5260 7975
HU 5250 9450 - HU 4650 7950 A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 2000. The following sites were identified:
HU 5175 7982  3 planticrubs.
HU 5260 7975  2 planticrubs.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000.

HU 5188 7927 -- Yell, Burra Voe -- Broch (Iron Age), Chapel (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 1357)
(HU 5189 7930) Brough (OE) (Site of)
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Although no definite traces are now visible, this broch was noted by Thomas (From a description written by J Anderson quoting F Thomas) and in 1866 Irvine described it as 'nearly destroyed' for building stone. He also mentions the discovery of underground passages, 'the entrance to which is now filled up with stones'. (J T Irvine).
Nothing is left of the chapel which is said to have been built on the site.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1931.
A turf-covered broch mound, surmounted by a ruined modern building. The outer wall face of the broch is occasionally visible, indicating an overall diameter of about 19.0m. No internal features can be seen. There are indications of a revetted outer rampart, partly eroded by the cliff, and destroyed by quarrying, so that it can only be traced for a short distance on the S side.  No information re. alleged chapel.
HU 519 793  A walkover survey was conducted in August 2004 in advance of improvements to the local sewerage system. The survey did not reveal any new archaeological features, but existing buildings (one listed) could be affected by the development.
(Report lodged with Shetland SMR and the NMRS).
Sponsor:	Ross-shire Black & Veatch.
B Ballin Smith 2004.
HU57 1    BURRAVOE 2   ('Burra Voe')                                                  HU/519793
Site of possible broch in south Yell I., noted by Thomas [2] but of which few traces now survive [3].   More recently part of the outer wall face of a circular building was observed, with a diameter of c. 19.0m [1].  There are faint traces of an outer rampart on the south, partly eroded by the cliff and destroyed by the quarrying of the site when a chapel (now also vanished) was built on the site.
Sources:  1. OS card HU 57 NW2:   2. Thomas 1890,   180:  3.  RCAHMS 1946, vol. 3, no. 1745,   166-7.
E W MacKie 2002

HU 519 793 -- Yell, Burravoe -- No Class (Event) (Canmore 293796)
HU 519 793 A walkover survey was conducted in August 2004 at Burravoe, Yell, in advance of improvements to the local sewerage system. The survey did not reveal any new archaeological features, but existing buildings (one C(s) listed) could be affected by the development.
Archive to be deposited in NMRS. Report lodged with Shetland Amenity Trust SMR and NMRS.
Sponsor: Ross-shire Black and Veatch.
B Ballin Smith 2006

HU 5195 7934 -- Yell, Burravoe, Arch -- Boat Yard (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 276525)
HU 519 793 A previous walkover survey of a site identified for improvements to the local sewerage system, conducted in August 2004 (GUARD Report 1900), noted the remains of a boat shed that were potentially at risk from the development. A limited standing building survey was undertaken in July 2005 to record the architecture and structure of the building remains. The remains of the boat shed were recorded by digital photography, measured survey and written record
Archive to be deposited in NMRS. Report lodged with Shetland Amenity Trust SMR and NMRS.
Sponsor: Ross-shire Black and Veatch.
B Ballin Smith, C Francoz and M Miller 2006

HU 51974 79367 -- Yell, Burravoe, Telephone Call Box -- Telephone Box (20th Century) (Canmore 174753)
T C B [NAT]
OS 1:2500 map, 1971.

HU 51985 79364 -- Yell, Burravoe, Pier, Shop And Former Booth -- Storehouse (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 253304)

HU 51 80

HU 5108 8055 -- Yell, Loch Of Kettlester -- Broch (Iron Age)(Possible) (Canmore 1366)
(HU 5107 8058) Brough (OE).
OS 6"map, Shetland, 2nd ed.,(1900).
The scattered remains of a typical island-broch, now reduced to its foundations. It has been linked to the west margin of the loch by a causeway which has run NW-SE, but is now very much broken up and destroyed.  The site was inaccessible, but it was learned that little was left of the original structure, the island having been used in recent times as a 'plantie-krub'.
RCAHMS 1946. Visited 1931
The amorphous remains of a broch occupying almost the whole of the island. Large quantities of tumble and the construction of plantie crubs in the centre have obscured all broch-like features and the dimensions can no longer be ascertained. The well-built causeway, now exposed by the lowering of the water level, has apparently been renovated fairly recently.
HU58 2    LOCH OF KETTLESTER                                               HU/511806
The scattered remains of a possible broch on Yell I., situated on an islet in the loch, and linked to the shore by a causeway running north-west-south-east.   The Commission did not see it but a later report [1] describes the remains occupying the whole islet but showing nothing of interest.
Sources:  1. OS card HU 58 SW 2:   2.  RCAHMS 1946, vol. 3, no. 1719,   162.
E W MacKie 2002

HU 5158 8000 -- Yell, Burravoe -- Dyke (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 195047)
HU 5250 9450 - HU 4650 7950 A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 2000. The following sites were identified:
HU 5158 8000 ?Prehistoric dyke.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HU 5165 8002 -- Yell, Roseville, Burravoe -- Burnt Mound (Prehistoric) (Canmore 1367)
(HU 5165 8005) Tumulus (OE).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
A mound of burnt stones.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1931.
A burnt mound, 2.0m high; known locally as the 'Fairy Knowe'.
Re-surveyed at 1/2500.

HU 51 83

HU 5187 8382 -- Yell, Holligarth -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189218)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xxii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 March 2001

HU 5195 8326 -- Yell, Gossabrough Dale -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189214)
A subdivided enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xxii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 March 2001

HU 5199 8380 -- Yell, Holligarth -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189217)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xxii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 March 2001

HU 51 84

HU 5165 8483 -- Yell, Hill Of Holligarth -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189210)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xxii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 March 2001

HU 51 85

HU 5126 8515 -- Yell, South Burn Of Otterswick -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189215)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xxii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 March 2001

HU 5179 8556 -- Yell, Otterswick -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned), Lade (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 71029)
HU58NW 4  5179 8556.
Mill (NAT)
OS 6-inch map, Shetland, 1st ed. (1882), sheet xvi.
Mill reduced to a pile of rubble; the lade is still quite visible.

HU 51 86

HU 5170 8607 -- Yell, Lee Of Otterswick -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189132)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvi), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 20 February 2001.

HU 5190 8631 -- Yell, North Burn Of Otterswick -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189131)
Two unroofed buildings are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvi), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 20 February 2001.

HU 51 90

HU 5145 9095 -- Yell, Mid Yell, Reafirth Cemetery -- Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Chapel (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1395)
Reafirth 1, Yell, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.42m, W 0.18m
Stone type: micaceous sandstone
Place of discovery: HU 5145 9095
Present location: in the burial ground at Reafirth.
Evidence for discovery: recorded by RCAHMS in 1931.
Present condition: good.
Description
This is a tapering slab on which the side-arms have been indicated by little more than a rounded notch, leaving the upper arm very wide.
Date: ninth to eleventh centuries.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1713; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 98.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
Reafirth 2, Yell, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.30m, W 0.18m
Present condition:
This was an unusually small cruciform stone, with short arms.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1713; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 99.
Reafirth 3, Yell, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.42m, W 0.28m
This was a small cruciform stone with short arms.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1713; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 100.
Reafirth 4, Yell, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.50m, W 0.36m
This was a cruciform stone with short and rounded arms.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1713; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 101.
HU59SW 1 5145 9095.
(HU 5146 9096) Chapel (LB) (Site of)
Burial Ground (T.I.)
OS 6" map, Scotland, 2nd ed., (1900).
This ruined chapel is oblong in plan and lies E-W. Nothing is now left above ground except portions of the rubble-built west and north walls, evidently much repaired when two burial places of the 1690's were erected on the outside.  Exact measurement is impossible, but it may be conjectured that the building has been some 50' long by 23' broad. The west doorway still survives to the top of the voussoirs, although covered with an acc- umulation of soil as far as the springers. Its arch- itectural details suggest a 17th. cent. date or later.  A few short-armed crosses of micaceous sandstone are to be seen in the churchyard.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1931.
Chapel and gravestones in graveyard, as described by RCAHM. The burial ground is still in use.

HU 51533 90773 -- Yell, Mid Yell, St John's Church And Churchyard -- Church (Period Unassigned), Churchyard (Period Unassigned), War Memorial (20th Century) (Canmore 174709)
Ch [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1972.
HU59SW 9.01   HU 51542 90786     Church Hall
A data upgrade project to record war memorials.

HU 51542 90786 -- Yell, Mid Yell, St John's Church, Church Hall -- Hall (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 253157)
This site record was created to indicate a building which is, or was, listed but for which Canmore holds no supplementary information.  Further information on listed buildings is available from
http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designations
Information from RCAHMS (SC), 17 April 2018.

HU 5164 9095 -- Yell, Mid Yell, Linkshouse Pier -- Pier (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 157389)

HU 51646 90833 -- Yell, Mid Yell, Linkshouse -- Merchants House (18th Century) (Canmore 174716)
2-storey and attic 3-bay near-symmetrical former merchant's house of rectangular plan. Harled rubble walls. N (SEAWARD) ELEVATION: near-symmetrical, door offset to left of centre at ground, blank in flanking bays, regular fenestration at 1st floor. W GABLE: asymmetrical 2-bay gable with windows at 1st floor and attic in bay to left only. S ELEVATION: door offset to right of centre at ground, raggle of former gabled porch above; windows in flanking bays, windows at 1st floor in bays to centre and left only. E GABLE: single window to left at 1st floor. Harled stacks and concrete skew-copes to gables.
Linkshouse is currently (1997) roofless with windows and doors boarded up due to a fire in the early 1990s. It is likely that the S elevation was the front of the house, and that (like the Bod of Gremista and Gardiesting) the ground floor was used for storage and trading, accounting for the lack of windows on the N elevation. Its unusual fenestration and pier-head position make it an interesting and historic focus to Mid Yell. (Historic Scotland)

HU 5180 9033 -- Yell, Hill Of Lussetter -- Dyke (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 195023)
HU 5250 9450 - HU 4650 7950 A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 2000. The following sites were identified:
HU 5180 9033  Remains of hill dyke.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HU 5190 9075 -- Yell, Kerry Of Lussetter -- Boathouse (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 195027)
HU 5250 9450 - HU 4650 7950 A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 2000. The following sites were identified:
HU 5190 9075  Traditional boat shed.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000.

HU 51933 90726 -- Yell, Mid Yell, Lussetter, South East Pavilion -- Pavilion (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 266886)
This site record was created to indicate a building which is, or was, listed but for which Canmore holds no supplementary information.  Further information on listed buildings is available from
http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designations
Information from RCAHMS (SC), 17 April 2018.

HU 51938 90712 -- Yell, Mid Yell, Lussetter -- Manse (18th Century) (Canmore 174717)
HU59SW 14.01   51950 90705          NW Pavilion
HU59SW 14.02   51933 90726          SE Pavilion
Hascosay House [NAT]
OS 1:2500 map, 1971.

HU 51950 90705 -- Yell, Mid Yell, Lussetter, North West Pavilion -- Pavilion (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 266884)
This site record was created to indicate a building which is, or was, listed but for which Canmore holds no supplementary information.  Further information on listed buildings is available from
http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designations
Information from RCAHMS (SC), 17 April 2018.

HU 51 91

HU 511 911 -- Yell, Mid Yell -- Field System (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189151)
See also HU59SW 33.
A township comprising nine unroofed buildings, one of which is annotated Site of Chapel (HU59SW 1), four partially roofed buildings, forty-seven roofed buildings, which included a Church (HU59SW 9), a Manse, a Methodist Chapel and a Post Office, four unroofed structures, some enclosures and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvi). There are several areas of narrow strip fields within the township.
Four unroofed buildings, two partially roofed buildings, one hundred and eighteen roofed buildings, some enclosures and one area of narrow strip-fields (HU516 907) are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 20 February 2001

HU 51154 91508 -- Yell, Mid Yell, Gardiesting House -- Bakery (Period Unassigned), Barn (Period Unassigned), House (Period Unassigned), Shop (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 174713)
This site record was created to indicate a building which is, or was, listed but for which Canmore holds no supplementary information.  Further information on listed buildings is available from
http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designations
Information from RCAHMS (SC), 17 April 2018.

HU 51166 91070 -- Yell, Mid Yell, General -- Township (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 217179)
See also HU59SW 23.
HU59SW 33  51166 91070

HU 51 92

HU 5102 9236 -- Camb, Yell -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 71036)
HU59SW 5  5102 9236.
Mill (NAT)
OS 6-inch map, Shetland, 1st ed. (1881), sheet xi.
No trace.

HU 51089 92250 -- Yell, Seafield, Pier And Nausts -- Naust(S) (Period Unassigned), Pier (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1398)
(Location cited as HU 512 922). Pier, Seafield, 19th century. A neat massive drystone-rubble pier with inset stair at the head.
J R Hume 1977.

HU 5119 9223 -- Seafield, Smiddy -- Smithy (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 174756)
Smiddy [NAT]
OS 1:2500 map, 1971.

HU 5122 9235 -- Yell, Camb -- Burnt Mound (Prehistoric) (Canmore 195021)
HU 5250 9450 - HU 4650 7950 A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 2000. The following sites were identified:
HU 5122 9235  Burnt mound.
B Simpson 2000

HU 5126 9224 -- Seafield, Camb, Yell -- Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Chapel (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1396)
(HU 5127 9266) Chapel (LB)
(Site of) Burial Ground (LB)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
A heap of stones and rubbish situated in the south side of a small patch of rough pasture said to be an ancient burial ground. The chapel is considered to be not later than the end of the 14thC. and the burial ground has been disused since at least the end of the 18th c. (Neighbouring name 'Kirkabister'.)
OS Name Book 1878.
No trace of the chapel survives. All that remains of the burial ground is a flat area, c.28.0m E-W by c.23.0m transversely, terraced into the hillside.  Within it is a sub-circular enclosure, c.8.0m across, formed by slight, turf-covered wall footings. Possibly the remains of a later structure.

HU 5149 9254 -- Yell, Camb -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189170)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 51500 92400 -- Yell, Camb -- Village (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 271063)
The village of Camb is laid out with crofts on both sides of the public road and has been recorded on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 2003) during aerial survey.
Information from RCAHMS (MMB) 13 September 2004
HU59SW 34 51500 92400

HU 51 97

HU 5116 9755 -- Yell, Colvister -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 71035)
HU59NW 13  5116 9755.
Mill (NAT)
OS 6-inch map, Shetland, 1st ed. (1881), sheet xi.
Now reduced to a pile of rubble.

HU 515 970 -- Yell, Colvister -- Township (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189143)
A crofting township comprising eight unroofed buildings, one of which is L-shaped, eight roofed buildings, five enclosures, some field walls and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi). Seven unroofed buildings, one partially roofed building, four roofed buildings and four enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 8 February 2001

HU 5195 9775 -- Yell, Sellafirth, Bayanne House -- Settlement (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 1385)
HU59NW 5 5195 9775.
(Area: HU 519 978 ) Remains of a possible settlement were exposed at a spot called the "Tafts" in the cultivated riggs above the brow of the cliff on the point of land west of the present house of Bayann (Beyan: HU 520 978) between the years 1833 and 1835.
When loose stones in the area were being removed for building purposes, many were found to resemble 'knocking stones' but with rectangular instead of circular cavities; 'while below others, which were placed in a circle, were found stone knives, some of which were of unusual shape, (so far as the Writer's memory goes in the case of one he saw) of a roughly triangular form with a small round hole perforated in one corner, the hole being evidently for a string to pass through. This specimen went afterwards to England.' (Information from Miss M B Jamieson 1st August 1883).
Two large quern stones, standing on their edges were also found and 'among the stones large quantities of ashes and a considerable number of human bones were found and a large bank of shells has since been laid open by the inroads of the sea at the same spot.
' Some of the stones, including some of the 'knocking stones', were used in the construction of a stone fish- drying beach below the banks on the east side of the Burn of Leogie. Others were used to build the new farm-house above.
J T Irvine 1885.
'The Tafts' is the local name for a small area of ground beside the coast at HU 519 978. At HU 5196 9779, where the coast has been eroded, small quantities of midden material and indeterminate traces of wall footings, were noted at the time of investigation. Apart from this there is no trace of this alleged settlement.
HU 519 977. A short strech of walling protruding from a low cliff near to Bayanne House suggested the presence of an eroding structure of some antiquity. An archaeological assessment of the section face and inland deposits was carried out in May-June 1995. Investigation of the section revealed the remains of a domestic structure, overlain by domestic debris and a later wall. A quantity of artefacts were recovered and typologically dated to the Iron Age period. Test pitting inland indicated the presence of a further structure of unknown date.
Sponsor: Shetland Amenity Trust.
Environmental and Archaeological Services (EASE) 1995.
HU 519 977  An ongoing programme of excavation on this coastally eroding site revealed the remains of a fragmentary structure and shell midden of probable Iron Age date. Beneath this structure, earlier walls appear to represent part of a substantial cellular building and a byre area. These were not completely uncovered during this season. A geophysical survey and further trial trenching indicated the presence of adjacent structures and agricultural activity. A quantity of stone artefacts and pottery were recovered, along with worked bone and well-preserved midden deposits.
Sponsors: Historic Scotland,  Shetland Amenity Trust
G Wilson and H Moore 1996
HU 519 977  Two previous seasons of geophysical survey and excavation at this site had indicated the presence of several structures immediately adjacent to the cliff edge (Wilson and Moore 1996). From the outset it was apparent that while part of the site had already eroded away, the remainder was vulnerable but sufficiently well-preserved and substantial to warrant further investigation.
The final season of excavation uncovered four structural units presently thought to span the mid-1st millennium BC to the mid-1st millennium AD. The earliest, Structure A, was represented by an arc of post-holes associated with a series of drains and pits. It was not entirely excavated. Ard marks found adjacent to this structure indicate agricultural activity which may be of contemporary date.
Structure B (partially eroded) was sub-circular with thick rubble and stone walls; it measured c 8m in diameter. It was associated with a flagged yard and a field bank. A series of pits and drains were cut into the floor of this structure and a stone-capped drain ran parallel to its external walls. This structure was refurbished on several occasions. It yielded a large quantity of stone agricultural implements including mattock blades, ard points, knives and digging tools. Several steatite and ceramic vessels were found in associated refuse deposits. Following abandonment, this structure appears to have been deliberately backfilled with soil. Deposits of domestic refuse, containing a large amount of animal bone, were deposited into the yard area to a depth of 1.5m.
The next phase of occupation was centred on a substantial oval stone building (Structure C) which was constructed within a large pit. The internal dimensions of this structure measured 7 x 5m; the walls survived to c 1m high with an entrance to the S side. It was set back slightly further from cliff edge than its predecessor and was not, therefore, as badly affected by coastal erosion. Whilst its revetted walling and semi-subterranean setting are reminiscent of wheelhouse construction, the structure at Bayanne did not have wall piers, although it was radially divided, in later times at least. This structure underwent several renovations, including the elongation and elaboration of its entrance area. Roughly built internal divisions were added during the final phase of use; one pier contained a pierced stone which may have served as a tethering post for an animal. The floor of this structure was eroded through wear and the majority of the deposits which covered the interior were related to its abandonment. These deposits were well-stratified and included discrete shell middens, domestic refuse and rubble dumps.
The interior of Structure C was finally covered with deposits of rubble. This may have been carried out in preparation for the construction of a later 'figure-of-eight' house (Structure D). This building consisted of large orthostats set into the underlying rubble deposits and probably backed by banks of domestic midden. It was partially paved and contained a series of four consecutive hearths. This structure was refurbished at least once, with floor deposits being sealed by secondary paving. Artefacts found in association with this structure include sherds of wheel-thrown burnished ware, a decorated rotary quern and quantities of bone, shell and coarse pot. The remnants of a partially eroded structure (Structure E), found immediately adjacent to the cliff, was probably of similar construction and may be contemporary in date.
G Wilson and H Moore 1997

HU 51 98

HU 5119 9800 -- Yell, Easterhouse -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189172)
Two unroofed buildings are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 8 February 2001

HU 5119 9872 -- Yell, Sellafirth -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189230)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 5 February 2001

HU 5130 9850 -- Yell, Sellafirth -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189229)
Four unroofed buildings are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 5 February 2001

HU 5153 9884 -- Yell, Hill Of Sellafirth -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189224)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 5 February 2001

HU 516 982 -- Yell, Sellafirth -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Field System (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval) (Canmore 189228)
A farmstead comprising two roofed buildings and three enclosures, three roofed buildings, two unroofed buildings, a field and a length of head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii). One partially roofed building, three roofed buildings and one enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 5 February 2001

HU 51650 98507 -- Yell, Sellafirth Church And War Memorial -- Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Church (Period Unassigned), War Memorial (20th Century) (Canmore 174699)

HU 5188 9861 -- Yell, Newhouse -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189226)
Two unroofed buildings are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 5 February 2001

HU 5189 9875 -- Yell, Hill Of Sellafirth -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189225)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 5 February 2001

HU 52 78

HU 5265 7888 -- Yell, Cumlins, Heoga Ness -- Cairn (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1358)
HU57NW 3 5265 7888.
(HU 5265 7890) Cairn (OE).
O.S.6"map, Shetland, 2nd ed.,(1900).
A heap of large stones which covers an area approximately 30' in diameter. It is situated on a natural rocky outcrop, and has apparently been piled up without much regard to method. It does not seem to have been seriously disturbed.
RCAHMS 1946. Visited 1931.
A round cairn of bare stones, c.7.0m in diameter and 1.0m high, contained by a kerb of large stones mostly obscured by tumble but well defined in the E arc. There are suggestions of an inner kerb, but this may be due to tumble.

HU 52 79

HU 52005 79343 -- Yell, Burravoe, Pier -- Pier (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1360)
HU57NW 5.01   HU 51985 79364    Shop and former booth
(Location cited as HU 519 793). Pier, Burravoe, 19th century. A small rubble pier, repaired in concrete, with an inset ramp. At the landward end is a 2-storey, 4-bay harled store.
J R Hume 1977.

HU 52007 79491 -- Yell, Old Hall Of Brough, Including Walls -- Lairds House (17th Century), Museum (19-20th Century), War Memorial (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1356)
HU57NW 1 52007 79491.
(HU 5201 7951) Old Hall of Brough (LB).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
A featureless, rectangular harled building, 50' 6" long by 21' 6" broad externally. The gables are crow-stepped and each of the lateral walls has at sometime been strengthened by the addition of two heavy buttresses. The major axis lies N-S.
On the west, until they are interrupted by the roadway, the side walls of the courtyard can still be seen projecting from the gables with which they are in alignment. The surviving length of the south wall includes the original gateway which bears an armorial panel with the date 1672 - presumably that of the completion of the Hall - and the initials 'R.T.' for Robert Tyrie.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1931.
A 17th century house, still occupied, of no particular significance, as described by the RCAHMS.
This 17th-century house was built at a point from which all boats attempting to enter the shelter of narrow Burra Voe could be monitored, and the original track to the shore passed through its courtyard. The modern road passes just south of the intact east entrance, but the rest of the courtyard has been demolished. The house has been restored and contains a local history exhibition (colour photograph on p.39).
An excellent example of a laird's house, this is a substantial rectangular building with crow stepped gables from which the remains of the courtyard walls project on the south-west side. At some stage it became necessary to strengthen the long walls of the house by adding massive buttresses, which do little to alleviate its stern exterior. The wooden porch is modern. The gateway in the south wall of the courtyard has a rounded arch above which is an armorial panel within a moulded stone surround; it bears the date 1672 and the initials R T for the laird, Robert Tyrie.
In the early 19th century an old trading booth on the shore of Burra Voe was still owned and operated by the family living in the Old Haa, selling goods imported from Scotland.
Robertson's Stores at the pier is a 19th century warehouse, but, along the shore to the south-west, a broad stone-built arch attached to a modern shed is all that survives of the old booth. On the promontory beyond is a large mound covering the remains of a broch and topped with a good example of a skeo for drying fish.
Information from ‘Exploring Scotland's Heritage: Shetland', (1997).

HU 5202 7977 -- Yell, Burravoe, St Colman's Episcopal Parsonage -- Rectory (Post Medieval) (Canmore 174757)
Parsonage [NAT]
OS 1:2500 map, 1971.
For adjacent and associated church, see HU57NW 11.

HU 52027 79827 -- Yell, Burravoe, General -- Village (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1361)

HU 52039 79793 -- Yell, Burravoe, St Colman's Episcopal Church And War Memorial -- Church (19th Century), War Memorial (20th Century) (Canmore 174706)
Ch [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1972.
For adjacent and associated parsonage, see HU57NW 13.
This charming and well tended Episcopal church was designed by RTN Speir and built with the finest materials (colour photograph on p.38). It has  a rectangular nave with small external buttresses and an apsidal chancel, and there is a little spire over a ventilator at the east end of the nave. The walls are built of rubble with good sandstone dressings. The interior is light and airy, with an open timber kingpost roof-frame and beautifully crafted wooden pews and altar. The altar frontal is painted to show the Worship of Heaven.
Information from ‘Exploring Scotland's Heritage: Shetland', (1997).

HU 5237 7999 -- Yell, Burravoe, Norse Mill -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 71027)
See Architecture.
(Location cited as HU 523 800). Norse mill, Burravoe, 19th century or earlier. The ruin of a side-entrance mill, modified internally, with a pair of 27ins (0.69m) diameter concrete millstones.
J R Hume 1977.

HU 52412 79489 -- Yell, Burravoe, Manor House Of Burravoe -- Boathouse (Period Unassigned), Gate Pier(S) (Period Unassigned), Manor House (Medieval), Naust (Period Unassigned), Outbuilding (Period Unassigned), Pier (Period Unassigned), Wall(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 174705)
Manor House of Burravoe [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1972.
This site record was created to indicate a building which is, or was, listed but for which Canmore holds no supplementary information.  Further information on listed buildings is available from
http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designations
Information from RCAHMS (SC), 17 April 2018.

HU 5276 7944 -- Yell, Heoga Ness -- Cairn (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1359)
HU57NW 4 5276 7944.
What is almost certainly a heel-shaped cairn lies at HU 5276 7945, just off the summit of a rocky knoll called Himral. It appears as a turf-covered stony mound c.0.9m high, with several earthfast slabs denoting a SSE facade 5.5m across and 0.8m deep. Only three stones of the kerb are visible, but these are sufficient to suggest that the cairn has probably measured c.4.2m from facade to the rear. No internal features are visible.

HU 52 80

HU 5215 8025 -- Yell, Upper Neapaback -- Planticrub (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 195046)
HU 5250 9450 - HU 4650 7950 A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 2000. The following sites were identified:
HU 5215 8025  Planticrub.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000.

HU 52 83

HU 5213 8340 -- Yell, Gossabrough Dale -- Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189213)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xxii). Three unroofed structures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 March 2001

HU 5221 8349 -- Yell, Gossabrough Dale -- Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189212)
Five unroofed structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xxii). One unroofed structure of two comaprtments is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 March 2001

HU 5228 8361 -- Gossabrough, Yell, Norse Mill -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 71031)
Mill (NAT)
OS 6-inch map, Shetland, 1st ed. (1882), sheet xxii.
Reduced to a mound of rubble, but the shape of part of the under house can still be seen.

HU 5248 8373 -- Yell, Gossabrough -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 71032)
Mill (NAT)
OS 6-inch map, Shetland, 1st ed. (1882), sheet xxii
Only a few pieces of stone remain at this site.
One unroofed building annotated Mill is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xxii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 March 2001

HU 528 834 -- Yell, Wick Of Gossabrough -- Unidentified Pottery (Canmore 1370)

HU 52 84

HU 525 840 -- Yell, Swarister -- Field System (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189216)
A crofting township comprising three unroofed buildings, one partially roofed building, thirteen roofed buildings, one of which is annotated Mill (HU58SW 8), one unroofed structure, some enclosures and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xxii). Within the township are several areas of narrow strip fields.
Eight unroofed buildings, one partially roofed building, seven roofed buildings, one unroofed circular structure, some enclosures and the fragmentary remains of the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 March 2001

HU 52759 84059 -- East Yell, Swarister Haa -- House (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 317238)

HU 52 85

HU 520 854 -- Yell, East Yell, Otterswick -- Field System (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189134)
A township comprising twenty unroofed buildings, twenty-two roofed buildings, some enclosures and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvi). There are several areas of narrow strip fields within the township.
Five unroofed buildings, two partially roofed buildings, twenty roofed buildings, some enclosures and the fragmentary remains of the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 20 February 2001

HU 522 856 -- Yell, Otterswick -- Church (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 109563)
HU 522 856. Medieval church site at S side of South Burn of Otterswick, downslope from farm of Newfield. The church itself is unrecognisable, but the site's existence is known locally. The stones have been rebuilt as a yard at some time, c.30 x 40ft. Also a raised area at S side of the yard, perhaps associated with the church. Local name for the site was the Kirk Skjo.
T Watt and I Tait 1996.

HU 5266 8553 -- Yell, Tongi, Boat-noosts -- Naust(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 105241)
A boat noost is situated at the edge of a sandy bay. The noost is 6m long by 3m and maximum 1m deep. It is aligned ENE-WSW. The inland end is flat, with a crude stone dyke standing 3 courses high at the head of it. the N side has been revetted with building stone. A second noost lies to the west of this. It is 4m long by 2m and maximum 0.3m deep.
Information: Ms V Turner, Shetland Amenity Trust, 16 December 1991.

HU 5290 8519 -- Otterswick, Yell, The White Lady Of Queyon -- Figurehead (19th Century) (Canmore 282504)
The White Lady of Queyon [NAT] (at HU 5290 8519)
OS 1:10,000 map, 1972.
White Wife [NAT]
(No location indicated: centre of annotation at HU 52922 85298)
OS (GIS) AIB, September 2006.
For wreck of the SV Bohus (HU c. 537 853), see HU58NW 8002.
'The Figurehead of the "Bohus" "The White Wife"
On 23rd of April, 1924 the German barque "Bohus" set sail for Taltal, Chile. She was an iron hulled 3-masted barque of 1487 registered tons and was built in Alloa in 1892. Three days out of Gothenburg, the Captain made a navigational error. This resulted in the "Bohus" being 60 miles off course by the 26th of April. In a thick haze, the ship was dashed broadside on to the rocky spur at the Point of Hatt and was grounded. Within half an hour most of the ship had broken up. Four of the thirty nine people on board were killed or drowned, Including Cadet "Tom" Eberth who saved four of his shipmates before being swept away. Many of those who were rescued owe their lives to the prompt action of the Yell men who rushed to their assistance when they saw the ship was in distress.
The ship's figurehead came ashore in September 1924. It was fittingly erected by the people of East Yell within sight of where the ship foundered. Restoration work by Shetland Amenity Trust commenced in 1986 and on 22nd April, 1989 the refurbished "White Wife" was officially unveiled.
Some of those who lost their lives were buried in Mid Yell. A black marble slab commemorates Cadet "Tom" Eberth. The marble slab is set into a stone which comes from nearby Hascosay. Mementoes from the "Bohus" can be seen in Shetland Museum, Lerwick and at the Old Haa Mueum, Burravoe. The book "Wrestlers with the Troubled Sea" 1994 by Louis Johnston tells the story of the wreck.
This information board was prepared by Shetland Amenity Trust with support from the E.C.LEADER1 programme.'
[Information on board mounted adjacent to the figurehead].
Point of Hatt is not noted as such on the 1987 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 September 2006.

HU 52 88

HU 5264 8895 -- Yell, Tow -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189135)
One unroofed and two roofed buildings are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvi). One unroofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 20 February 2001

HU 5274 8850 -- Yell, Vatsie -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189136)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvi), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 20 February 2001

HU 5281 8845 -- Yell, Vatsie -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189137)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed and one roofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvi). One unroofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 20 February 2001

HU 52 89

HU 5254 8923 -- Yell, Burn Of Uralee -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189157)
Two unroofed buildings, one of which has two compartments, are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvi), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 20 February 2001

HU 5287 8947 -- Yell, South Westerhouse -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189156)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvi), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 20 February 2001

HU 52 91

HU 5216 9177 -- Yell, Hivdigarth -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189171)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building, one partially roofed building and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi). One partially roofed building and one enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 5261 9164 -- Yell, Kaywick -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189153)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvi), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 20 February 2001

HU 52 92

HU 52205 92118 -- Yell, Park -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 279685)
HU59SW 36  52205 92118.
This site was visited as part of the RCAHMS Scottish Farm Buildings Survey. The farmstead is aligned from NW to SE and comprises a one and a half storey cottage with a separate range. The single storey range is made up of a stable, byre and barn plus a kiln at the NW. The buildings were derelict on the date of visit.
Information from RCAHMS (ACD) 15 January 2008; NMRS MS2560/347

HU 52 93

HU 5255 9386 -- Yell, Bungla Burn -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189166)
Two unroofed buildings are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 8 February 2001

HU 52 94

HU 523 944 -- Yell, Basta -- Township (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189168)
A crofting township comprising five unroofed buildings, nine roofed buildings, eight enclosures, a sheepfold and some field walls is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi). One unroofed building, eleven roofed buildings, several enclosures and some field walls are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 8 February 2001

HU 52556 94461 -- Yell, Basta -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 279660)
HU59SW 35  52556 94461.
This site was visited as part of the RCAHMS Scottish Farm Buildings Survey. This farmstead is aligned from N to S and comprises a long range plus a single storey wooden fronted cottage. The buildings were derelict on the date of visit. Information from RCAHMS (ACD) 16 January 2008; NMRS MS2560/324

HU 52651 94411 -- Yell, Haa Of Udhouse -- House (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 317817)

HU 5280 9438 -- Yell, Haa Of Udhouse -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189167)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 8 February 2001
Building previously identified was possibly an ancilliary building to Haa of Udhouse. Information from RCAHMS (IF) 25 April 2012

HU 52 96

HU 52 96 -- Yell, Cunnister -- Bog Butter, Trough (Canmore 116543)
ME 222. Large oval dish of wood, filled with butter, found in moss at Cunnister, North Yell, Shetland. Purchased 1888.
NMAS 1892.
Carved dish with remains of lid. Filled with bog butter and attributed to the late 1st millennium AD. NMS ME222/SH 8.
C Earwood 1993.
In 1887 an 'oblong wooden vessel' was found at a depth of 3' (0.9m) in a peat moss at Cunnister or Gunnister which is situated on the E side of Basta Voe in the NE part of Yell. It is in store at the Royal Museum of Scotland under accession number NMS SHC 6.
The vessel was described as being 'somewhat like a large nut in appearance' and 'covered by a thin covering of fibre, evidently the inner bark of some tree'. It measured 1'8" (0.5m) in length over all by 1' (0.3m) transversely, and 7" (178mm) in thickness. The internal cavity contained a 'mass' of bog butter.
Held in store at the Royal Museum of Scotland there is an (unlabelled) object which may be identified as this trough. After (presumably) shrinkage, it measures about 0.64m in length by 0.25m in breadth and 0.16m in depth and has been worked from a length of gnarled and knotted timber which is roughly-square in section and has been split in places; the shaping of the exterior has been minimal and the light weight of the piece appears to confirm the proposed timber identification. Internally, the piece is roughly squared at the ends and rounded in section to produce a cavity of roughly cylindrical form measuring about 0.48m in length by 0.19m in breadth and 0.11m in depth; the volume thus appears to have been about 1 litre. No lid appears to survive and there is no indication of one having existed. Toolmarks of indeterminate form are visible within the interior, and there appears to have been some rotting of the timber.
W I Macadam 1889; J Ritchie 1941; C Earwood 1993; B A Crone 1993; R J C Mowat 1996, visited November 1994.
NMS ME 222. Large oval dish and lid found in peat-moss, 1887.
NMRS, MS/996/1.

HU 526 966 -- Yell, Cunnister -- Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189144)
A township comprising five unroofed buildings, eighteen roofed buildings, ten enclosures, some field walls and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi). Five unroofed buildings, seven roofed buildings, several enclosures and the fragmentary remains of the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 8 February 2001

HU 52 97

HU 5203 9778 -- Yell, Bayanne House -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189174)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed T-shaped building, one roofed L-shaped building and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi). One roofed building and one enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 8 February 2001

HU 5225 9756 -- Yell, Portland -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 189176)
What may be a farmstead comprising one unroofed building, two roofed buildings and one enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 8 February 2001.

HU 523 975 -- Yell, Sellafirth, Portland -- Settlement (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 1386)
'A group of ancient building ', apparently similar to HU59NW 5, (an alleged settlement) and opposite that site at 'The Whumblins of Cunnister'.
J T Irvine 1885.
Name Whumlins noted at HU 524 975.
Shetland Museum Annotated 6"record map.
No trace.

HU 5234 9763 -- Yell, Portland -- Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189177)
One unroofed building and one enclosure lying approximately 110m to the E are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 8 February 2001.

HU 5237 9776 -- Yell, Hillside -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189175)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building, one roofed building and one enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi).
One roofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 8 February 2001.

HU 52606 97036 -- Yell, Cunnister, Braeside Cottage -- Cottage (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 259211)
HU59NW 46  52606 97036.
This site was visited as part of the RCAHMS Scottish Farm Buildings Survey. The cottage is wooden fronted with stone gable ends and although consisting of a single storey only, an internal stairway is visible through the doorway. The building was roofed but derelict on the date of visit.
Information from RCAHMS (ACD) 10 January 2008.

HU 52 98

HU 5211 9843 -- Yell, Sellafirth -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189227)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 5 February 2001

HU 5229 9815 -- Yell, Leogie -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189173)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 8 February 2001

HU 5247 9852 -- Yell, Burn Of Maeawater -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189220)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 5 February 2001

HU 5274 9868 -- Yell, Sand Water -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189221)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 5 February 2001

HU 53 61

HU 536 616 -- Whalsay, Loch Of Sandwick -- Dyke (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 243274)
The Shetland's Past Project was begun in spring 2001 (DES 2001, 83-5). The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. Thanks to the enthusiasm and dedication of those participating groups, funding has now been secured to consolidate and expand this project. Below is a sample of just some of the sites discovered and recorded in the last six months.
HU 536 616 ?Prehistoric dyke, poorly preserved, indicated by upright stones. Visible for 230m. Stratigraphically below peat cover.
Report deposited in Shetland SMR.
Sponsor: Shetland Amenity Trust.
Whalsay History Group, O Cambridge 2002

HU 537 618 -- Whalsay, Loch Of Sandwick -- Planticrub(S) (Period Unassigned), Structure(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 243288)
The Shetland's Past Project was begun in spring 2001 (DES 2001, 83-5). The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. Thanks to the enthusiasm and dedication of those participating groups, funding has now been secured to consolidate and expand this project. Below is a sample of just some of the sites discovered and recorded in the last six months.
HU 537 618 Five plantie-crubs along shore of a loch. Local tradition suggests the stone was robbed in the 20th century from extensive ?Neolithic buildings. Sandstone bowl fragment from within matrix of the wall displays clear chisel marks.
Report deposited in Shetland SMR.
Sponsor: Shetland Amenity Trust.
Whalsay History Group, O Cambridge 2002

HU 53 81

HU 5326 8178 -- Yell, Markna Geo -- Cairn (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 1368)
HU58SW 4 5326 8178.
(HU 5327 8180) Cairn (TI).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
Some rude standing stones about 2 feet high which mark the site of the graves of shipwrecked mariners.'
Name Book 1878.
An amorphous scatter of stones, approximately 4.0m across, through which protrude 4 upright stones forming no intelligible pattern. It is in a poor position for a cairn, and may possibly have been some form of rough shelter.

HU 53 82

HU 5309 8261 -- Yell, Burn Of Hummelton -- Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189219)
Four unroofed structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xxii). One unroofed structure is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 March 2001

HU 5338 8257 -- Yell, Bay Of Whinnifirt -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 71030)
Mill (NAT)
OS 6-inch map, Shetland, 1st ed. (1882), sheet xxii.
Reduced to a pile of rubble.  (Local information; site not visited.)
G Douglas, SIAS, 23 October 1984
One unroofed building annotated Mill is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xxii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 March 2001

HU 5341 8224 -- Yell, White Hill Of Gossabrough -- Building (Period Unassigned), Field Boundary (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189199)
One unroofed building attached to a field wall is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xxii). The field wall marked by pecked lines is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 March 2001

HU 53 83

HU 530 831 -- Yell, Gossabrough -- Field System (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189209)
A township comprising eleven unroofed buildings, one partially roofed building, nine roofed buildings, five unroofed structures, some enclosures and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xxii). Within the township are several areas of narrow strip fields.
Eleven unroofed buildings, three partially roofed buildings, eight roofed buildings, three unroofed circular structures, some enclosures and the fragmentary remains of the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 March 2001

HU 53134 83316 -- Yell, Gossabrough Haa -- House (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 317237)

HU 5337 8329 -- Yell, Ness Of Gossabrough -- Broch (Iron Age)(Possible) (Canmore 1365)
HU58SW 1 5337 8329.
(HU 5340 8330) Brough (LB)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed.,(1900).
A broch, now almost completely destroyed. The conspicuous, rocky site, though only 50' above sea level, is one of considerable natural strength, amid cultivated land.  Slight traces of the foundations of the main wall can be detected here and there, and these point to an overall diameter of about 57'. On the NE there are indefinite indications which suggest outbuildings of considerable extent.
Irvine (J T Irvine) records that in 1866 chambers were still visible among the remains and there are said to have been graves hard by.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1931.
A broch mound in which the wall face is only visible on the W side, rendering accurate measurement impossible.  Disturbed ground to the E of the broch indicates the former existence of outbuildings now overlaid by the footings of a late rectangular building.
Visited By OS (NKB) 12th May 1969.
HU58 1    GOSSABROUGH   ('Ness of Gossabrough')                                                 HU/534833
Probable broch on the south-east shore of Yell I.,  on a rocky knoll near the base of a promontory (overlooking a bay with sandy beaches) but in effect in the middle of farmland with modern houses near;  it is almost completely destroyed,   there being only a tall, grassy mound with stones projecting from the sides.  The building is probably on top of a rocky knoll and the Commission was able to trace a diameter of about 17.39 m (57 ft.):  the investigators also detected probable outbuildings on the north-east side.  An accurate measurement of the structure is now impossible [1].  Irvine records that chambers were still visible in the middle of the 19th century [2] (visited 6/6/63).
Sources:  1. OS card HU 58 SW 1:  2. Irvine 1866:  3 RCAHMS 1946, vol. 3, no. 1718,   162.
E W MacKie 2002

HU 53 86

HU 535 867 -- Yell, Aywick -- Field System (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189133)
A township comprising eighteen unroofed buildings, two partially roofed buildings, twenty-three roofed buildings, some enclosures and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvi). There are several areas of narrow strip fields within the township.
Two unroofed buildings, two partially roofed buildings, twenty-two roofed buildings and some enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 20 February 2001

HU 53590 86121 -- Yell, Stanebrae -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330184)
A farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition Ordnance Suvey 6" mapping, and was also noted during a visit by the NTS archaeologist.
Information from NTS (SS) April 2013

HU 5360 8660 -- Yell, Aywick -- Building (Period Unassigned), Field System (Period Unassigned), Mound (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 195067)
HU 5250 9450 - HU 4650 7950 A walkover survey in advance of refurbishment to the 11Kv hydro-electric line was undertaken in 2000. The following sites were identified:
HU 5360 8660  Mound, building and field system.
Sponsor: Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
B Simpson 2000

HU 53694 86621 -- Yell, Aywick -- Structure (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 330182)
A possible structure, rectilinear in form, aligned NE-SW and largely overgrown, although with visible stone walling on the NW side is visible on modern satellite imagery, but is not depicted on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 6" mapping.
Information from NTS (SS) April 2013

HU 53758 86453 -- Yell, Haa Of Aywick -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330183)
A farmstead, comprising three roofed buildings, one unroofed building and two enclosures, is depicted on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 6" mapping.
Information from NTS (SS) April 2013

HU 53762 86583 -- Yell, Haa Of Aywick -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330180)
A small unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 6" mapping.
Information from NTS (SS) April 2013

HU 53766 86269 -- Yell, Newhouse -- Sheepfold (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330162)
An archaeological walkover survey was carried out  between Monday 2nd and Friday 6th July 2012 across NTS properties on both Unst and Yell.
The aim of the survey was to establish the archaeological significance of the various parcels of land owned by the Trust.
Visits were made to 9 areas. These were:
Aywick (Yell)
Shinniwers Dale (Yell)
Houlland (Unst)
Halligarth (Unst)
Swinna Ness (Unst)
Collaster (Unst)
Watlee (Unst)
Wick (Unst)
Framgord (Unst)
A visit to the small islet of Daey (Fetlar) was not possible

HU 53770 86510 -- Yell, Haa Of Aywick -- Sheepfold (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330181)
A sheepfold to the north of the main farmstead of Haa of Aywick is depicted on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 6" mapping.  The sheepfold is currently in use as a small walled garden with an entrance on the south-west side, and a number of lean-to structures on the south-east and north-east sides.
Information from NTS (SS) April 2013

HU 53834 86174 -- Yell, Stanebrae -- Drain(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330163)
An area of land drains ca. 0.8ha in size is located 250m east of Stanebrae farmstead.
Information from NTS (SS) April 2013

HU 53892 86406 -- Yell, Wart -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330174)
A farmstead comprising one L-shaped unroofed building, with an enclosure to the east is depicted on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 6" mapping.
Information from NTS (SS) April 2013

HU 53897 86084 -- Yell, Salt Wick -- Turf Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330185)
A turf enclosure east of the farmstead of Stanebrae and close to the coast at Salt Wick was noted during a visit by the NTS Regional Archaeologist.
Information from NTS (SS) April 2013

HU 53917 86525 -- Yell, Trolie Geo -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330165)
This site was visited as part of the 2012 NTS walkover survey and is a much ruined stone building which now stands only a couple of feet in height.
Information from NTS (SS) April 2013

HU 53958 86072 -- Yell, Salt Wick -- Naust (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330186)
A boat naust at the head of the beach at Salt Wick was noted during a visit by the NTS Regional Archaeologist.
Information from NTS (SS) April 2013

HU 53972 86368 -- Yell, Wart -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330164)
An unroofed structure 5x3.8m is depicted on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 6" mapping. A field visit found that the structure is still upstanding, although not in use.
Information from NTS (SS) April 2013

HU 53977 86532 -- Yell, The Helliack -- Structure (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 330189)
A possible structure on the promontory known as The Heliack was noted during a visit by the NTS Regional Archaeologist.
Information from NTS (SS) April 2013

HU 53 87

HU 53499 87170 -- Yell, Aywick, Newhouse -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 271068)
HU58NW 28  53499 87170.
The buildings of this croft comprise a range, which incorporates a single storey (and attic) stone-walled, slate-roofed dwelling with an attached outbuilding and further outbuildings set at right angles, have been recorded on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 2003).
Information from RCAHMS (MMB) 7 October 2004.

HU 5374 8741 -- Yell, Loch Of North Aywick -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189130)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvi), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 20 February 2001

HU 5394 8736 -- Yell, Loch Of North Aywick -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189129)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvi), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 20 February 2001

HU 53 89

HU 53052 89492 -- Yell, South Westerhouse -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 257020)
HU58NW 27  53052 89492.
This site was visited as part of the RCAHMS Scottish Farm Buildings Survey. Situated in a picturesque setting, the farmstead comprises a byre roofed with corrugated iron, a central cottage and a ruined outbuilding aligned from NNE to SSW. The central building was roofed but derelict on the date of visit.
Information from RCAHMS (ACD) 10 January 2008; NMRS MS 2560/345

HU 531 896 -- Yell, North Westerhouse -- Field System (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189158)
A township comprising two unroofed buildings, five roofed buildings, four enclosure and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvi). There are also some narrow strip fields, some of which are marked by pecked lines, within the head-dyke.
Two unroofed buildings, three roofed buildilngs and two enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 20 February 2001

HU 53120 89642 -- Yell, North Westerhouse -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 279683)

HU 536 896 -- Yell, Vatsetter, Threshing Machine -- Threshing Machine (Post Medieval) (Canmore 217314)

HU 5367 8997 -- Yell, Beli-niklett -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189155)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvi), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 20 February 2001

HU 5394 8950 -- Yell, Ness Of Vatsetter -- Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189203)
Two enclosures, one of which is subdivided, are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvi), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 June 2001

HU 53 91

HU 5316 9171 -- Yell, Kaywick -- Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189154)
One unroofed building lying within an enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvi). The enclosure is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 20 February 2001

HU 53 95

HU 5320 9595 -- Yell, The Dale -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Mill (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 189145)
Four unroofed buildings, one of which lies adjacent to the Burn of the Dale and may be a mill, are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 8 February 2001

HU 538 957 -- Yell, Kirkabister -- Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189147)
A township comprising eight unroofed buildings, one of which is T-shaped, one roofed building, five enclosures and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi). The fragmentary remains of one enclosure and of the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 8 February 2001

HU 5394 9558 -- Yell, Kirkabister -- Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Chapel (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1383)
HU59NW 3 5394 9558.
(HU 5393 9559) Chapel & Burial Ground (LB) (Site of).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
The site of an ancient chapel and burial ground.  Human remains have been found.
Name Book 1878.
No trace.

HU 53981 95539 -- Yell, Kirkabister -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Pony Pund (19-20th Century) (Canmore 174702)
HU59NW 20  53981 95539.
A derelict stone-walled farmhouse with an earlier roofless L-plan farmhouse immediately to the N and a pound to the W has been recorded on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 2003). Rectangular stone-walled yards and enclosures lie to the NW and S.  The earlier farmhouse is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi) and the N extension appears on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1900, sheet xi).
Information from RCAHMS (MMB) 19 February 2004.
This site was visited as part of the RCAHMS Scottish Farm Buildings Survey on 12 October 1994. There is a pond pund and an adjacent cottage at Kirkabister.  The buildings were partially roofed but derelict on the date of visit.
Information from RCAHMS (ACD) 16 January 2008: NMRS MS 2560/340

HU 53 96

HU 5349 9610 -- Yell, Dale -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Field System (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189146)
A farmstead comprising three unroofed buildings and one enclosure, and a field which is partly enclosed are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi). One unroofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 8 February 2001

HU 53 97

HU 5339 9745 -- Yell, Bixsetter -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval) (Canmore 189163)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed L-shaped building and an attached enclosure, and a head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi). One unroofed building and an incomplete enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 8 February 2001

HU 54 85

HU 54136 85529 -- Yell, Ness Of Quheyin -- Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 330188)
A number of cairns were noted during a visit by the NTS Regional Archaeologist, and may well relate to the triangulation pillar depicted in the same area on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 6" mapping.
Information from NTS (SS) April 2013

HU 54170 85959 -- Yell, Salt Wick -- Structure (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 330187)
A possible structure on the headland at Salt Wick was noted during a visit by the NTS Regional Archaeologist.
Information from NTS (SS) April 2013

HU 54 87

HU 5441 8739 -- Yell, Stoal -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189128)
A farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings, one of which is a long building of three compartments, and three enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvi). One roofed building and one enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 20 February 2001

HU 5455 8730 -- Yell, Aywick, Brough Of Stoal -- Broch (Iron Age)(Possible), Fort (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1363)
HU58NW 1 5455 8730.
(HU 5458 8727) Brough (OE) (Site of).
O.S.6"map, Shetland, 2nd ed.,(1900).
The site of a broch, on the edge of perpendicular cliffs at the end of a headland. The position is exceptionally striking, but only fragmentary remains of the structure survive, the rest having been washed away by the sea.
Three unusually strong lines of defence have been drawn across the neck of the promontory at a point where it is only 65' wide. The ramparts, mainly of earth, are separated from one another by deep ditches, and such portions of them as are still standing are widely spread, rising, nevertheless, to an average height of 7', with a maximum of 9'. There are no signs of a passage through them, but it is possible that the entrance may have been at one or other of the ends and that it has disappeared as a result of erosion.
RCAHMS 1946. Visited 1931.
The remains of a broch and three outer ramparts generally as described by RCAHM except that further erosion has taken place.
(HU 5454 8730) Fort (NR) (Remains of)
OS 1:10000, (1972)
This is probably the remains of a promontory fort. R Lamb has classified this as a fort and instructions sent to OS for 1:10000 map scale February 1994 and 1:50000 Landranger map to annotate maps as fort (NR).
Information from RCAHMS (DE) February 1998
HU58 3    STOAL  ('Aywick')                                                         HU/546873
Possible broch on Yell I.,  situated on the edge of sheer cliffs at the end of a headland;   only fragments remain after extensive erosion by the sea.   Three very strong defensive earthen ramparts, separated by deep ditches,   run across the neck of the promontory, at a point where it is only 19.83 m (65 ft.) wide.
Sources:  1. OS card HU 58 north-west 1:    2.  RCAHMS 1946, vol. 3, no. 1717,   161-2. 4.
E W MacKie 2002

HU 54 88

HU 5450 8842 -- Yell, Birrier -- Site (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1364)

HU 5469 8891 -- Yell, White Hill Of Vatsetter, Lighthouse -- Lighthouse (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 187524)
Lighthouse [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1972.

HU 54 89

HU 5400 8908 -- Yell, Vatsetter -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 71028)
HU58NW 3  5400 8908.
See Architecture.

HU 54 96

HU 5430 9677 -- Yell, Burn Of Floga -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189148)
Four unroofed buildings are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 8 February 2001

HU 5460 9679 -- Yell, North Sandwick -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 71033)
HU59NW 11  5460 9679.
Mill (NAT)
OS 6-inch map, Shetland, 1st ed. (1881), sheet xi.
Only a pile of rubble remains at this site.

HU 547 969 -- Yell, Sandwick -- Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189164)
A township comprising six unroofed buildings, fifteen roofed buildings, fourteen enclosures and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi). Two unroofed buildings, eight roofed buildings and five enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 8 February 2001

HU 54 97

HU 5481 9756 -- Yell, Hill Of Troliva -- Mound (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1387)
(HU 548 975) Cairn, East Sandwick.
J Stewart 1954.
At HU 5481 9756 is a roughly circular peat covered mound, c.5.3m diameter, c.0.8m high, with one or two loose stones on it. This is probably natural and certainly not a cairn. No trace of a cairn elsewhere in the vicinity.

HU 54 98

HU 547 989 -- Yell, Gutcher -- Mill Paddle (Wood) (Canmore 116544)
In store at the Royal Museum of Scotland (under accession number NMS PD 13) there is a probable mill-paddle which was found (probably during peat-digging) at a depth of 7' (2.1m). There was no evidence of a watermill nearby and the local topography was reported to be unsuitable for such an installation.
The object is very light in weight and an attached label identifies the timber as spruce. The leaf-shaped blade is deeply scooped and measures 1'9" (0.3m) in length by up to 6' (152mm) transversely; it varies between 0.85" (22mm) and 2.6" (66mm) in thickness. The handle measures 1?" (44mm) in length and is evidently not designed for use in the human hand; the large hole and the prominent collar would serve well as attachment-points in a horizontal mill.
This object is most probably a mill-paddle, although its identification as such calls into question the supposition that such artifacts were straight-sided in the far North, as compared to the more elaborately-shaped examples typical of the South-West.
S Maxwell 1956, 232; R J C Mowat 1996, visited December 1988.

HU 5486 9857 -- Yell, Gutcher -- Standing Stone (Prehistoric) (Canmore 1384)
HU59NW 4 5486 9857.
(HU 5484 9860) Standing Stone (OE).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
A block of much-weathered, light coloured and very hard, crystalline quartz, set up with its major axis N-S.  Rising to a height of 5' above ground, it measures 3'3" across the broad faces, by 1'2" thick at the north and about 18" thick at the south. The girth is 8'6" at base and roughly 7' at the top. According to Irvine it is interesting as presenting traces of having been rudely dressed to shape. (J T Irvine 1887)
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1931.
Standing Stone as described by RCAHM.

HU 5492 9848 -- Yell, Stanesetter -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189223)
Two unroofed buildings are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 5 February 2001

HU 54 99

HU 54 99 -- Yell, South Garth -- Carved Stone (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1380)
South Garth, Butcher, Shetland, possible cross-slab
Measurements: H c 1.0m, W c 0.43m, D c 0.04m
Stone type:
Place of discovery: HU c 54 99
Present location: lost
Evidence for discovery: found during peat-digging sometime before 1836 and recorded by Thomas Irvine in 1863. There is no recorded chapel site in the vicinity.
Present condition:
Description
This stone may have been a Pictish cross-slab: ‘Both sides were completely covered with figures in relief having a border all round carved in zig-zag diamond and spiral lines'.
Date:  uncertain
References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, 10; Ritchie 2011, 25-6.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
HU59NW 1 c. 54 99.
A very curious and remarkable stone was found a few years ago near the south-east side of the South Garth during peat casting. It was a thin slab between three and four feet long, about an inch and a quarter thick, and about 16 or 17 inches broad at one end, and a little broader at the other. Both sides were completely carved with figures in bas relief, having a border all round carved in zig-zag-diamond and spiral lines ... The broader end was the top, the extremity of which had been cut into some form but was broken off. (Information from a press-cutting in Irvine collections in Lib Soc Antiq Scot.)
The disappearance of this stone gave rise to a controversy in which an attempt was made to identify it with the Bressay Stone (HU54SW 12). Dr. Charlton, however, noted in 1853, that the Bressay stone was found some years before this one. (J T Irvine quoting letter from Dr Charlton 7 Eldon Sq., Newcastle 20th May 1855).
RCAHMS 1946.
No further information.

HU 54000 99800 -- North Yell, Garth Wind Farm -- No Class (Event) (Canmore 355149)
HU 54000 99800 A peat probing and auger survey was undertaken, 4–11 April 2016, within the development area for a wind farm. The survey was carried out to assess the potential for survival of below ground archaeological deposits and structures. The peat probing method was chosen as it was not possible to undertake geophysical survey or trial trenching due to unsuitable ground conditions. No archaeological features were recorded during the survey.
Archive: NRHE
Funder: Garth Wind Ltd
Magnar Dalland and Edward Bailey – Headland Archaeology Ltd
(Source: DES, Volume 17)

HU 5441 9926 -- Yell, Gutcher -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 71034)
HU59NW 12  5441 9926.
Mill (NAT)
OS 6-inch map, Shetland, 1st ed. (1881), sheet vii.
Reduced to a pile of rubble.

HU 546 990 -- Yell, Gutcher -- Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189222)
See also:
HU59NW 2      HU 5487 9901     Chapel; Burial-ground
HU59NW 9      HU 5487 9928     Pier
HU59NW 10    HU 548   992       Capstan
HU59NW 19    HU 5484 9921     Telephone Call Box
A township comprising thirteen unroofed buildings, one of which is annotated Mill (HU59NW 12 ), three partially roofed buildings, nineteen roofed buildings, four unroofed structures, some enclosures and a length of head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet vii). Four unroofed buildings, one partially roofed building, fifteen roofed buildings and some enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 5 February 2001

HU 548 992 -- Yell, Gutcher, Hand-capstan -- Capstan (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1381)

HU 54841 99221 -- Yell, Gutcher, Telephone Kiosk -- Telephone Box (20th Century) (Canmore 174701)
TCB [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1973.
This site record was created to indicate a building which is, or was, listed but for which Canmore holds no supplementary information.  Further information on listed buildings is available from
http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designations
Information from RCAHMS (SC), 17 April 2018.

HU 5485 9929 -- Yell, Gutcher, Winch -- Winch (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 157429)

HU 5485 9932 -- Yell, Gutcher, Winch -- Winch (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 157430)

HU 5487 9901 -- Yell, Gutcher, South-haa -- Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Chapel (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1382)
HU59NW 2 5487 9901.
(HU 5485 9904) South-hall on Site of (TI)
Chapel and Burial Ground (LB).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1909).
The site of South-hall was once occupied by a chapel of which nothing is known. The garden immediately in front of the building was a graveyard.
Name Book 1878.
Mr T Tulloch, Post Office, Gutcher, states that it was dedicated to St John.
Shetland Museum card index.
No trace. Mr. Tulloch (Information from Mr T Tulloch, Post Office, Gutcher.) obtained his information from a former minister of the parish 'who had access to records in Edinburgh'.

HU 5487 9928 -- Yell, Gutcher, Pier -- Pier (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1389)
HU59NW 9.01  HU 5485 9932   winch
(Location cited as HU 548 993). Pier, Gutcher, 19th century. Parallel to the modern ferry is a large rubble pier.
J R Hume 1977.

HU 55 95

HU 5528 9533 -- Yell, Burra Ness -- Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)(Possible) (Canmore 1372)
HU59NE 2 5528 9533.
HU 555 955: Cairn, Burra Ness.
J Stewart 1954.
At HU 5527 9535 is a stony turf-covered mound, c.1.3m. high. Four large stones on the NW seem to be the kerb of a cairn. Four or five others on edge, slightly protrude through the turf. These suggest that it has been heel-shaped, measuring c.8.5m across the facade and c.7.2m from the facade to the back, but they could be due to tumble.  The footings of a modern rectangular structure occur immediately to the SW.
Survey Diagram.

HU 5540 9553 -- Yell, Burra Ness -- Building (Period Unassigned), Wall (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189181)
One unroofed L-shaped building and a length of wall are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii). The fragmentary remains of the unroofed building are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 555 957 -- Yell, Burra Ness -- Naust (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 105243)
No further details.
Reported by Ms V Turner, Shetland Amenity Trust, 16 December 1991.

HU 5560 9533 -- Yell, Burra Ness -- Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189180)
One unroofed building of two compartments and one enclosure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii). The unroofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 5570 9560 -- Yell, Burra Ness -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189179)
Ten conjoined enclosures, some of which may be unroofed buildings, are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii). Five enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 55727 95720 -- Yell, Burra Ness -- Broch (Iron Age) (Canmore 1373)
(HU 5573 9573) Brough (OE)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
A broch, now ruined and obscured by overgrown debris, except on the east where the wall still stands 14' high. The overall diameter has been about 60' and the wall is at least 15' thick, with a scarcement, and evidently contained a gallery 2' wide, while in the SE arc there are the ruins of a fairly large cell of oval shape. The position of the entrance could not be determined.
There appear to have been outbuildings on the north, south and south-east but these are too dilapidated to plan.  Outside them, at an average distance of 94' from the broch, there are slight indications of an earthern rampart or ramparts, but it is not now possible to identify them with the original lay-out.
RCAHMS 1946.
As described
HU59 1    BURRA NESS  ('Brough of Burraness')                                                     HU/557957
Well preserved broch on the coast of Yell I., situated on flat ground near the tip of a promontory with rocky, though not sheer edges, and which shows signs of recent cultivation.   A ruined farm stands close to the site and a field of corn grew up to the site in the 18th century [2].   The wall still stands 4.27 m (14 ft.) high on the east,  but was 6.10 m (20 ft.) high there two centuries ago when the beginning of a bell-shaped profile was clearly visible [2, 149] (Illus. 4.143).  The inner wall face is exposed and shows a clear ledge-type scarcement about 38 cm (15 ins.) wide as well as a mural gallery on the wallhead;   Hibbert refers to two concentric walls [3].  The gallery here is at least 3.66 m (12 ft.) above the ground and must be an upper one.   There are signs of a mural cell on the south-east but no trace of the entrance can be seen.  There are traces of outbuildings towards the north, south and south-east, and slight indications of surrounding ramparts.
Dimensions:  external diameter c. 18.3 m (60 ft.),  wall c. 4.6 m (15 ft.) thick;  wall proportion thus at least 50%.
Sources:  1. OS card HU 59 NE 3:   2. Low 1774,   148:  3. Hibbert 1822,   419:  4. Dryden 1890,   212:  5.  RCAHMS 1946, vol. 3, no. 1716,   161.
E W MacKie 2002

HU 5573 9573 -- Yell, Burra Ness -- Barbed And Tanged Arrowhead(S) (Flint) (Canmore 1378)
HU59NE 8 c. 5573 9573.
Three barbed and tanged flint arrowheads were found 'several years ago' near the broch on Burra Ness (HU59NE3) by a Dr. Nesbit, who has a summer cottage at Sellfirth.
(Information from Mr T Tulloch, Post Office Gutcher, Yell)

HU 55 97

HU 5529 9738 -- Yell, Stanesetter -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189178)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 55 98

HU 5500 9802 -- Yell, Stanesetter -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval) (Canmore 189165)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building, one roofed long building and one enclosure, two separate unroofed buildings (HU 5500 9793 and HU 5507 9791) and three further enclosures which are attached to a head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi). One unroofed building and an incomplete enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 8 February 2001

HU 56 63

HU 563 632 -- Whalsay, Stanefield -- Standing Stone (Prehistoric) (Canmore 243293)
The Shetland's Past Project was begun in spring 2001 (DES 2001, 83-5). The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. Thanks to the enthusiasm and dedication of those participating groups, funding has now been secured to consolidate and expand this project. Below is a sample of just some of the sites discovered and recorded in the last six months.
HU 563 632 Standing stone located on hilltop, 4.9m NW of erratic boulder. Width of stone is 0.7m with 0.4m visible above ground. Large hollow, c 1.7m diameter, surrounds the stone with smaller ?packing stones.
Report deposited in Shetland SMR.
Sponsor: Shetland Amenity Trust
Whalsay History Group, O Cambridge 2002

HU 56 99

HU 5660 9990 -- Unst, Mula -- Mound (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 105242)
Boat-shaped mound, measuring 15 feet by 7 feet and composed of very large stones. Suggested as a Norse grave.
Information: Ms V Turner, Shetland Amenity Trust, 16 December 1991.

HU 5682 9965 -- Unst, Head Of Mula -- House (Norse) (Canmore 1375)
HU59NE 5 5682 9965.
(HU 5686 9970) Norse-type house
Shetland Museum Annotated 6"map.
An oblong enclosure, 40ft. by 18 1/2ft., by out- side measurement, with walls 3ft. thick and rounded corners - suggestive of a Norse-type house. Shetland Museum card index (P Moar June 1967).
At HU 5682 9968, with its long axis down the slope, are the turf-covered footings of a building measuring internally 10.0m NW-SE by 3.2m transversely, over walls c.0.9m thick and c.0.3m high. There are indications of an entrance at the SE end, and of a cross wall. Although the NW end is rounded, and the walls are slightly bowed, this is more likely to be a very old croft, rather than a Norse house.
Scheduled as 'rectangular house of probable Viking or Norse-Medieval date'.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 2 March 1998.
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HU 5698 9993 -- Unst, Mula -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189231)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building, one partially roofed building and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii). One unroofed building, one roofed building and two enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HU 57 93

HU 5780 9334 -- Fetlar, Sna Broch -- Broch (Iron Age) (Canmore 1390)
HU59SE 1 5780 9334.
(HU 5780 9334) S na Brough (OE) (Site of)
O.S.6"map, Shetland, 2nd ed.,(1900).
Sna Broch: A series of ramparts and ditches, evidently the defences of a broch which has been swept away by the sea.
The ramparts are still on average 6' to 7' high, and are spread at base from 12' to 13'.They have apparently been partly faced with stone, although the masonry is nowhere visible for more than two courses.
A well in the outer ditch, opposite a break in the inner rampart, is no longer visible but is noted by both Hibbert and Low.(From descriptions by G Low 1774 and S Hibbert 1822).
Abraded hammer-stones and fragments of broch- pottery were picked up at the time of visit.
The mound which lies outside the defences to the south is of indefinite character and its relationship to the larger construction is not clear.
RCAHMS 1946. Visited 1930.
Sna Brough, as described and planned by the RCAHM.
HU59 3    SNA BROCH 2  ('Sna Brough', 'Snaburgh')                                     HU/578933
Possible broch on the west coast of Fetlar I.,  consisting of a segment of a series of ramparts and ditches most of which has been swept away by the sea.  The remains suggest that the defences protected a broch but that this has completely vanished.   The rampart fragments -- apparently partly faced with stone -- are still on average 1.83 - 2.14 m (6-7 ft.) high and 3.66 - 3.97 m (12-13 ft.) wide at base.   The innermost defence -- a fragment of which remains at the edge of the cliff -- seems likely to be a piece of an outer defensive wall rather than of the broch itself [4].   A well used to be visible in the outer ditch [2, 3].
Sources:  1. OS card HU 59 SE 1:   2. Low 1774,   166:  3. Hibbert 1822,   387:  4. RCAHMS 1946, vol. 3, no. 1210,   55-6 and fig. 542.
E W MacKie 2002

HU 57 99

HU 5720 9977 -- Unst, Wester Heogland -- Site (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1376)
HU56NE 6 5720 9977.
(HU 572 997) Iron Age Site
Shetland Museum Annotated 6" record map.
A large green mound, 70ft. by 110ft., with stones showing here and there and the top showing indentations.  Rough stone implements and burnt stones found on the mound are suggestive of Iron Age occupation.
Shetland Museum Card index (P Moar June 1967.)
At HU 5720 9982 is a turf-covered disturbed area of ground from which protrude a number of earth-fast stones, forming no intelligent pattern, and a quantity of small stones.  There is obviously some artificial structure concealed here but it is impossible to determine its nature.

HU 5747 9994 -- Unst, Wester Heogland -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189141)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed long building of four compartments, one unroofed structure and five enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii). One unroofed building, one unroofed structure and four enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HU 5748 9971 -- Unst, Wester Heogland -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189139)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001

HU 5749 9908 -- Unst, Holm Of Heogland -- Cairn (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1371)
HU59NE 1 5749 9908.
(HU 5748 9911) Cairn (OE)
O.S.6"map, Shetland, 2nd ed.,(1900).
The ruinous remains of a small cairn. Although the medium-sized stones of which it was built are now scattered over an area approximately 28' by 33' the original diameter was only 18'6".  Distinct traces of a well-built wall-face round the margin point to careful construction.
No internal features are visible, and there is no record of finds.
RCAHMS 1946. Visited 1930.
A cairn 6.2m diameter as described by RCAHM.  It is surmounted by a modern marker cairn.

HU 5753 9913 -- Unst, Holm Of Heogland -- Settlement (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 1379)
HU59NE 9 5753 9913.
An amorphous green mound with several slabs on edge protruding through the turf.  Probably an occupation site associated with old cultivation on the island, denoted by enclosure walls and clearance heaps. Period uncertain.

HU 5753 9997 -- Unst, Wester Heogland -- Farmstead (Norse) (Canmore 283425)
A survey was undertaken of potential Norse farmsteads, in addition to those previously recorded in 1994-95. Structures are rectangular and aligned downslope. HU 5753 9997 Wester Heogland. 18 x 6m N-S, much of middle section destroyed but walls appear to be curved. Small oval room built into NW corner. Parallel outbuilding to W; spring to E.
L H Smith 2005

HU 5785 9948 -- Unst, Loch Of Heogland -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189140)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HU 58 91

HU 5850 9158 -- Fetlar, Foreland -- Building (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval) (Canmore 189138)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed long building and two attached enclosures, a head-dyke and another unroofed building lying approximately 260m to the W (HU 5824 1262) are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvii). One unroofed building, two enclosures and the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 21 February 2001

HU 58 92

HU 58002 92644 -- Fetlar, Brough Lodge & Gatepiers -- Gate Pier(S) (19th Century), Lodge (19th Century) (Canmore 232134)
Distinctive and picturesque lodge-house complex in Castellated-Gothick style with Classical and Moorish detailing to screen walls. Predominantly harl-pointed random rubble walls with polished and droved sandstone ashlar dressings; brick dressings to N screen wall. Comprises symmetrical 2-storey house with single-storey wings flanking to E and W. Classical entrance gateway in screen wall to W; single-storey 2-bay pavilion outbuilding with 2-stage tower terminates wall to N;
Brough Lodge and its ancillary structures are arguably Shetland's most unusual group of 19th century buildings. The idiosyncratic application of styles and details used throughout this group of buildings is highly representative of the romanticised late 18th and early 19th century interest in military and foreign architecture. The group is a prominent landmark in the Fetlar landscape occupying higher ground overlooking Colgrave Sound. Brough Lodge was built for Arthur Nicolson of Lochend who had bought most of Fetlar from the Bruce family. By claiming the inheritance of a distant relation, he became Sir Arthur Nicolson in 1826. (The Nicolson Coat of Arms is set in the courtyard wall). Historic Scotland)

HU 5806 9265 -- Fetlar, Brough Lodge -- Broch (Iron Age)(Possible) (Canmore 1393)
HU59SE 4 5806 9265.
(HU 5806 9266) Tower of Site of (T.I.)  Brough (OE)
O.S.6"map, Shetland, 2nd ed.,(1900).
The probable site of a broch, occupied by a modern tower.
Low records that the broch was 'situate on the top of a small hill; the walls entirely in ruins; without any outworks as its situation did not require them'. He adds 'near this last in a mass were found, wrapt in a raw hide, six pieces of cast brass of a very singular figure, the workmanship fine, seemingly designed for fetters. Three of them were jointed, the other three whole.'(G A Low 1879)
RCAHMS 1946. Visited 1930.
Wilson describes and illustrates a stone basin 12" x 8 1/2, with handles, which was found within the area of a 'PECH'S BURGH' at Brough,in Shetland. This may be a reference to this site.
D Wilson 1863
There are no remains of this broch, A low circular bank around the summit of the hillock, within which the modern tower is built does not appear to be part of the broch structure.
HU59 2    BROUGH LODGE                                                    HU/581927
Site of possible broch on Fetlar I., occupied by a modern tower;   there are no remains to be seen.
Sources:  1. OS card HU 59 SE 4:   2.  Low 1879,   166:   3.  RCAHMS 1946, vol. 3, no. 1238,   62.
E W MacKie 2002

HU 5849 9209 -- Fetlar, Sand -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189187)
"...ruins of a small farm house now used as a sheepfold."
Name Book 1881
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building and two enclosures, one of which is annotated as Sheepfold, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 5882 9278 -- Fetlar, Sugil -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1391)
HU59SE 2 5882 9278.
An enclosure which exhibits nothing to indicate either its age or its purpose, lies half a mile ENE of Brough Lodge (HU 580926) on the slopes of Sheug Hill, above the Mires of Oddsetter.
It is roughly sub-oval with an almost straight west side, and has a maximum measurement of 232' E-W by 181' N-S. It consists of an inconspicuous, low bank of earth and stones, a few of the stones being set on edge. Two, near the middle of the higher west side, stand erect, one to a height of 3' and the other to a height of 1'6".
There is no apparent difference between the surface of the interior and the rough ground outside.
RCAHMS 1946. Visited 1934.
An enclosure of indeterminate date but possibly comparatively recent, now partially obscured by peat, as described by the RCAHM, at HU 5877 9276.

HU 58 93

HU 5803 9338 -- Fetlar, Snabrough -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189186)
A farmstead comprising five unroofed buildings and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii). Three unroofed buildings and two enclosures are shown the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 5838 9381 -- Fetlar, Kirk Knowe -- Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Chapel (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1392)
HU59SE 3 5838 9381.
(HU 5838 9383) Chapel & Burial Ground (LB) (Site of)
O.S.6"map, Shetland, 2nd ed.,(1900).
The site of an ancient Romish chapel situated on the summit of a small rocky hillock .... called Kirk Knowe.
Within the last 50 years the foundation stones of the chapel could be seen, but those that have not been removed are now overgrown.
Within the same period the track of a dyke (which, however, is now obliterated) could also be seen enclosing a small rectangular space contiguous to the site of the chapel, on the north side, and which is said to have been a burial ground.
Both are considered to be coeval and to belong to a very remote period, but no particular date is assigned.
Name Book 1878.
No trace and no further information regarding either chapel or burial ground.

HU 5843 9382 -- Fetlar, Oddsta -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189184)
A farmstead comprising three unroofed buildings and two enclosures, one of which is incomplete, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii). Three unroofed buildings and one enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 5863 9368 -- Fetlar, Cubil -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189195)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 5884 9394 -- Fetlar, Leekvillains -- Armlet, Unidentified Pottery (Canmore 1394)
HU59SE 5 5884 9394.
Fragment of a polished bracelet of black steatite decorated with three head mouldings: and a plain sherd, both from Willivers Knowe, Fetlar, were donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) by Vera, Lady Herschell, Brough Lodge, Fetlar.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1953.
Willivers Knowe, a natural rocky hillock at HU 5884 9394 upon which is disturbed ground and some large stones indicating a probable artificial structure of indeterminate type. Name still known locally.
The bracelet (Accession No. HD 872) is unique but at present unclassifiable.
(David Clarke NMAS).

HU 5897 9372 -- Fetlar, Cubil -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189185)
"...the ruin of a house."
Name Book 1881
One unroofed long building attached to a field wall is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 58 94

HU 5839 9436 -- Fetlar, Hamarsness -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189182)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed T-shaped building and an attached enclosure  is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 9 February 2001.

HU 5849 9407 -- Fetlar, Hamar -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189183)
A farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings, one of which is L-shaped, and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii). Three unroofed buildings and one enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 585 944 -- Fetlar, Hamarsness -- Breakwater (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 332921)
HU 585 944 A programme of survey and trial trenching was undertaken in December 2010 in advance of the development of a breakwater and associated facilities. The work identified a relict wall of possible prehistoric date and a series of crofting remains.
Archive: RCAHMS (intended)
Funder: Shetland Islands Council
EASE Archaeology, 2010

HU 5850 9448 -- Fetlar, Hamarsness -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189188)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 9 February 2001.

HU 5871 9433 -- Fetlar, Hamarsness -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189189)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 9 February 2001.

HU 58 99

HU 58018 99587 -- Unst, Point Of Burkwell -- Field System (Neol/bronze Age), Settlement (Neol/bronze Age)(Possible) (Canmore 309622)
A field system comprising globular conjoined plots is visible on a vertical aerial photograph (INFOTERRA, 25 cm Orthorectified) immediately W of the Point of Burkwell. The most clearly defined field plot measures about 140m NE-SW by about 90m transversely, within which there is a sub-oval mound, possibly a building.
Information from RCAHMS (MM) 18 February 2011

HU 59 92

HU 5940 9219 -- Fetlar, Uskister -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval) (Canmore 189198)
A farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings and three enclosures, and a head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii). Three unroofed buildings, two enclosures and the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 5982 9254 -- Fetlar, Scord -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval) (Canmore 189197)
A farmstead comprising three unroofed buildings and one enclosure, and a head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii). Two unroofed buildings, three enclosures and the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 59 93

HU 5926 9388 -- Fetlar, Burn Of Urie -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313159)
A survey of deserted settlements in Fetlar by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HU 5926 9388 -- Fetlar, Burn Of Urie -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313159)
A survey of deserted settlements in Fetlar by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HU 593 938 -- Fetlar, Urie -- Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189193)
A small township comprising seven unroofed buildings, four enclosures and two lengths of head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii). Four unroofed buildings, one roofed building and four enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 5930 9359 -- Fetlar, Quharry -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval)(Possible) (Canmore 189194)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed L-shaped building and four enclosures and what may be a length of head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii).
One unroofed building and two enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 9 February 2001.

HU 5938 9388 -- Fetlar, Urie -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313140)
A survey of deserted settlements in Fetlar by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HU 5938 9388 -- Fetlar, Urie -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313140)
A survey of deserted settlements in Fetlar by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HU 5974 9336 -- Fetlar, Wallsgarth -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Head Dyke (Post Medieval) (Canmore 189196)
"..the ruin of a house very nearly defaced."
Name Book 1881
What may be a farmstead comprising one unroofed building, and an attached enclosure, and a head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii). One enclosure and the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 59 94

HU 5960 9434 -- Fetlar, Urie -- Storehouse (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313128)
A survey of deserted settlements in Fetlar by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HU 5960 9434 -- Fetlar, Urie -- Storehouse (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313128)
A survey of deserted settlements in Fetlar by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HU 5965 9402 -- Fetlar, Booth Of Buness -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189192)
"...the ruins of a house, it had formerly been a fishing station."
Name Book 1881
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 5965 9417 -- Fetlar, Mires Of Urie -- Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189191)
Two unroofed structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii). One unroofed structure is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 5972 9448 -- Fetlar, Urie Ness -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 189190)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 60 87

HU 6056 8789 -- Fetlar, Mailand -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval) (Canmore 188909)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building and a head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 21 February 2001.

HU 60 88

HU 6021 8807 -- Fetlar, Helliersness -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188908)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building and one attached enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 21 February 2001.

HU 60 90

HU 6036 9066 -- Fetlar, Papil Water -- Cairn (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 1431)
HU69SW 10 6036 9066.
(HU 6028 9067)(RCAHMS annotated 6"map).  Possible remains of a denuded cairn, close to the shore.  A plantie-krub hard by may account for its destruction.
RCAHMS 1946. Visited 1934.
A disturbed area of ground at HU 6037 9069, with loose stones scattered about. There is nothing to indicate that a cairn has stood here.

HU 6044 9014 -- Fetlar, Papil Water -- Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Chapel (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1433)
Tresta 1, Fetlar, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.46m above ground, W 0.42m
Stone type:
Place of discovery: HU 6044 9014
Present location: at Tresta
Evidence for discovery: the site is close to the Papil Water, a placename suggesting an early Christian presence.
Present condition: good.
Description
This cruciform stone has a flaring upper arm, short side-arms and a flaring shaft.
Date: ninth to eleventh centuries.
References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 120.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2017
Tresta 2, Fetlar, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.42m above ground, W 0,36m
References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 121.
HU69SW 12 6044 9014.
(HU 6041 9016) Burial Ground (LB) (Site of Chapel) (LB)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
'A piece of rough pasture generally known to be the site of an ancient Romish Chapel.'
Name Book 1878.
A turf-covered mound, 69' N-S by 43' E-W approx.  and c.5' at highest towards north end where also a few stones protrude from the turf and also appear in a rabbit burrow. It slopes away to the south, and is composed of sand and some loam. Numerous boulders lie in the sand just west of the mound. There are none visible elsewhere in the area.
Information from A MacDonald Ms MOPBW 25 August 1967.
All that can be seen at the site of the chapel are the footings of an arc of walling, 0.9m thick, in a sandy gulley. This cannot be positively identified as a part of the chapel or graveyard.  (Note significant name 'Papil Water')

HU 60755 90530 -- Fetlar, Fetlar Church And War Memorial -- Church (Period Unassigned), War Memorial (20th Century) (Canmore 1462)
HU69SW 39 6075 9053.
Built 1790, recast c1860.
HU 6075 9053 An assessment was undertaken on land adjoining Fetlar Cemetery during February 2008. The work aimed to test for the presence of subsurface archaeological remains prior to the extension of the graveyard. Three trenches were excavated by machine; no features or deposits of an archaeological nature were found.
Archive: RCAHMS, SAT
Funder: Shetland Islands Council
H Moore and G Wilson (EASE Archaeology), 2008

HU 6089 9062 -- Fetlar, Manse -- Coin(S) (Roman) (Canmore 1441)
HU69SW 2 6089 9062.
(HU 609 906) Two late Roman "small brass" coins were found by the Rev W C Carson in Fetlar manse garden between 1924 and 1933, at a depth of two feet. They were of Constantine the Great and Constantius II, both in good condition.
G Macdonald 1934.
No further information. Manse garden is at HU 6089 9065.

HU 60893 90644 -- Fetlar, The Glebe -- Manse (18th Century) (Canmore 232132)

HU 60912 90640 -- Fetlar, The Glebe, Rear Wing -- Manse (19th Century) (Canmore 266520)

HU 60912 90640 -- Fetlar, The Glebe, West Steading Range -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 266521)

HU 60918 90651 -- Fetlar, The Glebe, North Steading Range -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 266522)

HU 60925 90642 -- Fetlar, The Glebe, South Steading Range -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 266523)

HU 60 91

HU 6031 9111 -- Fetlar, Velzie -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188912)
A farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings, one partially roofed building, two roofed buildings and three enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvii). Three roofed buildings and two enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 February 2001

HU 6043 9162 -- Fetlar, Herra -- Subterranean Structure (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 1460)
HU69SW 37 6043 9162.
Local tradition asserts that there is a'subterranean passage'here, but nothing has been seen.

HU 6080 9184 -- Fetlar, Tafts -- Souterrain (Prehistoric)(Possible) (Canmore 1448)
HU69SW 26 6080 9184.
Many years ago a subterranean passage was discovered when a porch was being erected on the W side of the croft-house of Tafts at HU 6081 9187. It was never investigated and details are not known. Prior to this, lintel stones had been found in the enclosure a few metres N of the house.
There is now no trace: almost certainly a souterrain.

HU 6098 9135 -- Fetlar, Clothin -- Mound (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1439)
HU69SW 18 6098 9135.
(Area: HU 610 913) What may have been a cairn lies about 200yds south of the main road, and 250yds SE of the ruined croft of Clothin.
It consists of a low and much-spread mound, in which are four stones of serpentine, set on edge and still earth-fast. A number of smaller stones, which lie round about, may be debris thrown aside when the bulk of the material was carried off.
RCAHMS 1946. Visited 1934.
An amorphous mound generally as described by the RCAHM at HU 6099 9134. It is impossible to classify; it may even be natural.

HU 60 92

HU 6004 9262 -- Fetlar, Hamara Field -- Cairn (Period Unassigned), Cist (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1438)
The remains of a cist, no doubt once covered by a cairn, the material from which has apparently been used to build a neighbouring enclosure, lie on the south part of the summit of Hamara Field (HU 69 93), within a grass-grown and slightly elevated enclosure.
The cist, which is almost filled with soil, lies with its major axis NE-SW. As usual, it is formed of slabs set on edge, but it has been exceptionally large, the minimum width being 3'3" and the probable depth 2'10".  Two sides and the NE end survive. The lateral slabs measure 5' long by 1'2" thick and 4' long by 1' thick while the end slab is 4'7" long by 1'3" thick.
The New Statistical Account (NSA) mentions 'an old burial place at Hammersfield, where the bodies have been burnt'.
NSA 1845; RCAHMS 1946, visited 1934.
A cist at HU 6004 9265 as described by the RCAHM, with several loose stones scattered around, the only vestiges of what was possibly a large cairn.

HU 6012 9281 -- Fetlar, Hamara Field -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1447)
An enclosure or pund, formed of a series of large sepentine stones, lies on the summit of Hamara Field about 200yds NW of HU69SW 17 (a cist at HU 6004 9265)
Generally the stones are set singly edge to edge (the tallest measuring 3'6" high by 4'3" and 13" thick), but at the west corner, the setting seems to have assumed the character of a distinct wall, 3'4" thick, still traceable by the foundation courses. The SW side is particularly well-built. Stone 'B' in front of it does not seem to be displaced from the setting, but the significance of its position is uncertain. The opening 'A' in the NE may have been the entrance.  The surface of the enclosure is level and does not differ in appearance from the ground outside, but near the centre are three large earth-fast stones as well as two which are loose.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1934.
An enclosure of slabs set on edge as described and planned by the RCAHM at HU 6011 9283.
Date indeterminate.

HU 6077 9223 -- Fetlar, Crossbister -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313127)
A survey of deserted settlements in Fetlar by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HU 6077 9223 -- Fetlar, Crossbister -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 313127)
A survey of deserted settlements in Fetlar by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.

HU 60 93

HU 6001 9360 -- Fetlar, Uriesetter -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval) (Canmore 188964)
A farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings, one of which is L-shaped, and one enclosure, a head-dyke and a separate enclosure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii). One unroofed building, two enclosures and the fragmentary remains of the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 6037 9340 -- Fetlar, Uriesetter -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188965)
Two unroofed buildings are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 6046 9342 -- Fetlar, Burn Of Linksetter -- Mill (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 188940)
One unroofed building lying across the Burn of Linksetter, which may be a mill is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 6086 9345 -- Fetlar, Russetter -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188974)
See also:
HU69SW 77      HU 6134 9289          Farmstead
A farmstead comprising three unroofed buildings and one incomplete enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii). This farmstead lies within the head-dykes of a neighbouring farmstead (HU69SW 77).
Four unroofed buildings and one enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 2 July 2001

HU 6093 9316 -- Fetlar, Russetter -- Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188966)
Twelve unroofed structures attached to two lengths of wall, which may be planticrues, are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii). Sixteen unroofed structures attached to two lengths of wall are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 60 99

HU 6004 9934 -- Uyea, The Ward -- Cairn (Period Unassigned), Cinerary Urn(S) (Canmore 1418)
HU69NW 7 6004 9934.
(HU 6003 9937) Cairn (OE) (Site of)
O.S.6"map, Shetland, 2nd ed.,(1900).
The site of a large cairn, removed about 1821 for building purposes, in which numerous, small cinerary urns of steatite were found.  Subsequent excavation of the site by Hunt in 1865 revealed that the urns had been deposited in natural hollows surrounding the top of the hill and covered with a few stones. (J Hunt 1866).  Three of the urns, Bronze Age in type, are in the NMAS  and two others are in the Museum of the Soc of Ants, London.  Neither the shape nor the dimensions of this cairn can now be determined.
J Anderson 1875; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1885 (Purchases); G F Black 1893; Name Book 1878; RCAHMS 1946. Visited 1930.
A scatter of loose stones only marks the site of this cairn.
The three urns in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS). (Accession nos EK 27-9) are probably Iron Age.(Information from David Clarke NMAS)

HU 61 87

HU 613 874 -- Fetlar, Lamb Hoga, Selli Geos -- Burnt Mound (Prehistoric) (Canmore 1407)
HU68NW 3 613 874.
(Area: HU 613 874) A mound of burnt stones lies 1/4 mile west of Ruir Taing (HU 615 873) and 100 yds from the south coast of Fetlar at Selli Geos.
RCAHMS 1946. Visited 1930.
No trace of a burnt mound in the area indicated.
visited by OS(NKB) 15 May 1969.
A group of burnt mounds vulnerable to coastal erosion in Shetland was surveyed in Spring 1996. Rescue excavation conducted at one of these sites, Tangwick, uncovered a burnt mound in close association with a specialized, non-domestic structure of Bronze Age date. It is concluded that Tangwick represents a distinct site type, previously little recognized, and it is proposed that such sites may have been used for feasting, possibly on a seasonal basis. More broadly, the results of survey work indicate that burnt mounds in Shetland are not a homogenous class of site and this variety has not been adequately accounted for within the prevailing models.
H Moore and G Wilson 1999

HU 6157 8731 -- Fetlar, Ruir Taing, Lamb Hoga -- Broch (Iron Age)(Possible), Promontory Fort (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1406)
HU68NW 2 6157 8731.
(HU 6156 8734) Site of Brough (OE)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed.,(1900).
In 1840 while building a stone wall across the entrance to this head-land, the stones of the brough were removed for building purposes and some ashes were found some 3 or 4 feet under the surface of the ground.
Burgalstou to the north, is'a small green spot..  said to be Pictish remains'.
Name Book 1878.
No evidence of a broch was found
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930.
Only disturbed ground, eroded by the sea, indicates the site of the broch, and no broch features survive.
On the NW landward side, three low turf-covered banks with medial ditches, 1.3m deep defend the head- land.  These have been reduced by erosion and are now a maximum of 20.0m long. No entrance can be seen. Burgalston is a fairly modern cultivated area, with no signs of antiquity.
HU68 1    RUIR TAING                                                       HU/616873
Possible 'brough' on Fetlar I., marked on the old OS map,  but there are no signs of it now apart from some disturbed ground eroded by the sea;  possible traces of ramparts defending the headland are nearby [1].
Sources:  1. OS card HU 68 NW 2:   2.  RCAHMS 1946, vol. 3, no. 1243,   63.
E W MacKie 2002

HU 61 90

HU 6132 9054 -- Fetlar, Tresta -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188913)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 22 February 2001.

HU 619 903 -- Fetlar, Houbie, Dammins And Clemmil Geos -- Steatite Quarry (Norse) (Canmore 1435)
HU69SW 14 619 903.
(Area: HU 619 903) Circles and hollows left by the removal of blocks of steatite, can be observed at various places on the rocks forming the faces of the steep sea-cliffs near the Dammins (HU 6175 9029) and Clemmel Geos (HU 6199 9048)
RCAHMS 1946. Visited 1930.
As described by the RCAHM

HU 619 907 -- Fetlar, Houbie -- Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188914)
Nine unroofed structures, whioch may be planticrues, are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvii), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 February 2001

HU 6196 9035 -- Fetlar, Houbie -- Broch (Iron Age) (Canmore 1444)
HU69SW 22 6196 9035.
(HU 6195 9038) Brough (OE)
O.S.6"map, Shetland, 2nd ed.,(1900).
The Broch of Houbie is now largely destroyed but its general outline can still be traced as well as that of the defensive works which adjoined it.  The overall diameter of the broch is about 57' and the wall is some 13' 6" thick. Within the west segment are slight indications of the internal passage which Low's plan (G Low 1879) represents as running
the whole way round.  No opening is visible either outside or inside. Three ramparts, still standing up to 5' high, defend the broch on the east.  The outer one, stony but grass- grown, is complete, the middle one is curtailed and the inner now takes the form of a facing wall to a terrace due to debris from the broch accumulating behind it.  Walls apparently ran out from the broch to the east and south. That on the south recalls the arrangement at the broch on Holm of Copister, Yell (HU47NE 1).
RCAHMS 1946.
Broch of Houbie as described and planned by the RCAHM.
Re-surveyed at 1/2500.
HU69 2  HOUBIE
HU/620904
Broch on Fetlar I., now mostly destroyed,  standing on a knoll close to the edge of a cliff and with outworks;   a few features are still traceable.  The diameter is about 17.39 m (57 ft.) and the wall seems about 4.12 (13.5 ft.) thick, so the wall proportion is about 47.5%.  There are traces of a mural gallery on the west side which is shown going all the way round in Low's plan [2].  The outer defences consist of three concentric ramparts on the landward side and the outer one of these is connected to the broch by a straight wall.
Sources:  1. OS card HU 69 SW 22:   2. Low 1774,   170:   3. RCAHMS 1946, vol. 3,  no. 1212,  56-7 and fig. 543.
E W Mac

HU 61 91

HU 617 917 -- Fetlar, Turra Field -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Mound(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1437)
HU69SW 16 617 917 and 6193 9195.
Nine peat-covered mounds, from each of which some loose stones protrude, are scattered over Turra Field (HU 61 91).
Seven are oval and range in height from 2' to 2'6, their average length and breadth being 30' and 24' respectively.
The remaining two are circular, the larger being a prominent object on the high ground about 300yds from the road and fully a quarter of a mile east of Tofts.  It has a diameter of 39' and is 2'10" high.
The smaller, which is 31' in diameter and about 3' high lies further north and about 400yds from Skutes Water. It differs from the rest in being surrounded by a low tussocky bank which seems to contain small stones, two of them protruding.
Without excavation no opinion can be offered as to the date and purpose of these mounds, but it is worth noting that the largest of them, which occupies the angle of a boundary between two adjoining properties, is crossed by a trench of a spade's width which serves as a line of demarcation. The trench is known as the 'Hagmark,' and a small upright march-stone beside it as the 'Hagmet'.  The former means scattald-march' and the latter 'scattald-march stone' (J Jakobsen 1897) and as these divisions of scattald or commonty for the most part date back over several centuries, it is to be presumed, that the mound is of even greater antiquity.
RCAHMS 1946. Visited 1934.
There are not nine but well over twenty of these mounds scattered over Turra Field. The area is centred at HU 617 917. It has the appearance of having been cleared and the mounds may be clearance heaps, but are too heavily covered with peat to be certain.  One at HU 6193 9199 as described by RCAHM, occurs eccentrically within a sub-rectangular enclosure measuring 19.5m by 16.5m, defined by apparently turf built walls. It is circular, heavily covered with peat but with a few small stones visible, and measures c.10.  0m in diameter. It is uncertain if it is contemporary with the enclosure.

HU 6179 9112 -- Fetlar, Stanesgord -- Standing Stone (Prehistoric) (Canmore 1446)
(HU 6179 9112) Standing Stone (OE)
O.S.6"map, Shetland, 2nd ed.,(1900).
This stone, 5' long, nearly 3' wide at base and from 7' to 9' in girth, was thrown down some years previous to 1930, during an extension to the road close to the south side of which it now lies, not far from its original site.
RCAHMS 1946. Visited 1930.
A stone as described by the RCAHM, lying prone close to the original site. It would have been unimpressive when erect.

HU 6193 9166 -- Fetlar, Turra Field, Airfield -- Airfield (20th Century) (Canmore 132573)
HU69SW 47 centred on HU 6193 9166
Noted in list of British Airfields past and present published by Merseyside Aviation Society Ltd, 1976.
Information from RCAHMS (DE) 3 August 1998

HU 61 92

HU 6129 9278 -- Fetlar, Stackaberg -- Cairn (Period Unassigned), Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Settlement (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 1443)
HU69SW 21 6129 9278.
At HU 6127 9282, on the highest point of Stackaberg, is a large cairn c.16.0m in diameter, and 1.2m maximum height. There are traces of a kerb, but no internal features are visible. It has been robbed and exists as a turf covered mound of rubble stones.

HU 613 928 -- Fetlar, Stackaberg -- Unidentified Pottery (Iron Age) (Canmore 1468)
HU69SW 9 613 928.
(HU 613 928) Three Iron Age sherds from Stackaberg were donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) by S. Fraser, Aberdeen.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1960.
No local information, but a slight excavation in a ruined homestead at HU 6184 9285 (See HU69SW 5) may possibly be the source.

HU 6138 9236 -- Fetlar -- General View (Canmore 345356)
.

HU 6158 9289 -- Fetlar, Stackaberg -- Settlement (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1467)
See also HU69SW 5.
(Area: HU 615 929) The remains of a ring of stones set on edge round a level area 28' in diameter lies on the west slopes of Stackaberg and about 140yds due west of the middle of Whilsa Pund. (HU69SW 5).  The arrangement of the stones suggests a wall foundation of from 3'6" to 4' in thickness. Other stones are scattered loose over the enclosure.  The New Statistical Account (NSA) notes some urns at Stockaberg with ashes, and bones among the ashes. (NSA 1845)
RCAHMS 1946. Visited 1934.
This 'enclosure' is at HU 6160 9290, on the E slopes of Stackaberg, appears to be the remains of a dwelling measuring externally c.10.5m N to S by c.8.5m transversely, across walls 1.3m to 0.9m wide, whose inner and outer faces are defined at intervals by slabs set on edge. The entrance is not apparent but has probably been in the S arc. Two upright blocks within suggest that this may be a Neolithic/Bronze Age house, but no typical arrangement of cells can be seen to confirm this.  The scant remains of field walls in the immediate vicinity may be associated.

HU 618 929 -- Fetlar, Whilsa Pund -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Mound(S) (Period Unassigned), Settlement (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1464)
See also HU69SW 8.
Whilsa Pund, an enclosure, lying about 700yds SW of the summit of Vord Hill, and judging by the method of construction and the size of the material used, probably contemporary and associated with the Funzie Girt Dyke (HU69SW 6).  It is roughly oblong, with rounded ends, and measures about 320yds N-S by 140yds transversely. No entrance is visible. Near the middle of the west side the boundary wall bends outwards to form a small, shallow bay, the back of which again, with a semi-circular setting of smaller stones that stands outside it, forms a tiny enclosure only about 18' long by 9' broad.  Within are three mounds which have the appearance of cairns, two at the south end and one at the north. The last of these, which is much dilapidated, shows the remains of a concave wall-face, still two or three courses high, extending for 18' along its south side.  The ground behind is much disturbed and here, at a distance of 3' 9" from the wall-face, there is a course of laid stones surrounding a circular depression 13' in diameter, which may have been a chamber. The more easterly of the other two mounds covers an  area 40' in diameter, but is now a scattered heap of stones, many being earth- fast. Its companion, a low heap of earth, has a diameter of 44', while on the top, but not in the centre, are two placed stones.  In the north half of the Pund are the foundations of a small construction of a sub-oval form, and in its south half are five large stones set on edge at intervals in a transverse direction.
RCAHMS 1946.
Whilsa Pund, an enclosure as described at HU 618 929 of indeterminate date.  Within it at HU 6184 9285, but not necessarily associated, is a ruined complex dwelling, greatly robbed and spread, but which has probably measured c.12.0m by c.10.  5m. It appears to have consisted of a sub-circular central court approx. 4.0m diameter, around which have clustered several cells or recesses. These have been set against a surrounding double wall, c.1.7m thick defined by upright blocks. An entrance passage 1.0m wide and c.5.0m long, is in the S sector. A tentative excavation to the E of the entrance may be the source of IA sherds found (See HU69SW 9). (Possibly an Iron Age round house of Calf of Eday type).  An amorphous green mound spread to c.12.0m diameter at HU 6179 9291, has several earthfast stones protruding but forming no intelligible pattern. It may represent the remains of a similar structure.  The N mound is as described by RCAHM, at HU 6174 9307, but appears to be the remains of a more recent structure.

HU 6180 9270 -- Fetlar, Gravins, Fiddler's Crus -- Stone Setting(S) (Neol/bronze Age) (Canmore 1466)
HU69SW 7 6180 9270.
(HU 6180 9273) Hyltadance (OE)
O.S.6"map, Shetland, 2nd ed.,(1900).
The 'Fiddler's Crus' - three rings of stones comparable with the cairn 'Haltadans' (HU69SW 4 - prob. EBA) which lies 550 yds to the SE.
The rings are of small stones set edge to edge and measure 42', 49' and 53' in diameter. They can still be easily traced, though now covered with turf.
In circle 'A' which is the largest and best defined, several stones appear to be missing on the north arc, but fifty others remain in position over the rest of the circumference. The largest measures 2'6" by 11" and rises 1' above the ground. Inside and concentric with the stone setting is a low earthen bank, 36' 6" in diameter from crest to crest, and having a spread of 4'.  The central area thus enclosed is flat and on the same level as the ground outside.
In circle 'B' only five stones are visible, but there are others under the grass.
In circle 'C' twenty-four stones are still exposed.
RCAHMS 1946. Visited 1934; R W Feachem 1963.
The three circles are supposed to be where criminals were tried and condemned. A round white boulder in the centre of the SE circle is said to have been the judge's seat.
Name Book 1878.
Fiddler's Crus as described by RCAHM & Feachem.

HU 61 93

Finds: Quern (HU 613 938)
HU 6104 9359 -- Fetlar, Russetter -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188975)
See also:
HU69SW 77    HU 6134 9389             Farmstead; Building; Head-dykes
One unroofed building  is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii). This building lies within the head-dykes of a neighbouring farmstead HU69SW 77.
The unroofed buildng is also on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 2 July 2001

HU 6134 9389 -- Fetlar, Colbinstoft -- Building (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke(S) (Post Medieval) (Canmore 188976)
See also:
HU69SW 78    HU 6104 9359              Building
HU69SW 79    HU 6089 9345              Farmstead
A farmstead comprising three unroofed buildings and two enclosures, an outlying unroofed building (HU 6131 9370), and what may be two phases of head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii).
Also lying within the head-dykes are an unroofed building (HU69SW 78) and a farmstead (HU69SW 79).
One unroofed building, four enclosures, one unroofed circular structure and the fragmentary remains of the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 2 July 2001.

HU 6154 9364 -- Fetlar, Burn Of Colbinstoft -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188967)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 9 February 2001.

HU 61 94

HU 6150 9437 -- Fetlar, Mill Burn -- Mill (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 188968)
One unroofed building lying adjacent to Mill Burn, which may be a mill, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 9 February 2001.

HU 6171 9442 -- Fetlar, Mill Burn -- Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188969)
Two unroofed structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 9 February 2001.

HU 6198 9488 -- Fetlar, Tressa Ness -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Structure (Period Unassigned), Wall (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188941)
An enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii).  The enclosure, one unroofed building and an attached length of wall are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 12 February 2001

HU 61 99

HU 6125 9912 -- Uyea, Tur Ness -- Farmstead (Norse) (Canmore 283424)
A survey was undertaken of potential Norse farmsteads, in addition to those previously recorded in 1994-95. Structures are rectangular and aligned downslope. HU 6125 9912 Tur Ness. 20m long overall. Upper room, 6 x 4.5m NE-SW; well defined. Lower end robbed leaving hollow in ground.
L H Smith 2005

HU 62 87

HU 6229 8757 -- Fetlar, Moo Wick -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188910)
Two unroofed buildings are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvii). One unroofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 21 February 2001

HU 62 88

HU 6211 8804 -- Fetlar, Little Lambhoga -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188911)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 21 February 2001

HU 62 90

HU 6200 9050 -- Fetlar, Funziegirt -- Dyke (Prehistoric) (Canmore 1465)
HU69SW 6 6200 9050 to 6262 9450.
(HU 6262 9450) - Funzie Girt (TI)
HU 6200 9050 or 6177 9030)
(Undated) OS map.
For comparanda, see HU15SE 20.
The Funzie Girt, Finnigirt, or, as it was formerly known, Finnigord - the Finns Dyke - divides the island of Fetlar into two approximately equal parts, and can still be traced for the greater part of its length, particularly towards the north end where the foundations are a conspicuous feature in an otherwise barren landscape.
It is a dyke built of heavy local stones, the largest slabs or boulders being erected either on end or on edge to form the base. Originally its general thickness has been 3'.
Its date and precise purpose are unknown, but a considerable degree of antiquity is suggested by its character as well as by its name and by the legends that are attached to it.
Starting from the cliffs above Muckle Funziegord Geo on the north shore of the island the dyke follows an irregular course round the NW and west slopes of Vord Hill for a distance of fully a mile. Close to the middle of the west side of the enclosure, Whilsa Pund (HU69SW 5) with which it seems to be connected, it straggles and disappears.
The continuation from the east side of Whilsa Pund is probably indicated by the foundations of a smaller dyke, which are the only remains of walling in the immediate neighbourhood. On leaving Whilsa Pund this smaller foundation trends first east and then south towards Haltadans (HU69SW 4), which it passes on the north at a distance of about 20'. It is lost on the moorland some 100yds farther to the south-west, but it may have continued to the north shore of Skutes Water.  The true Funzie Girt emerges again at the south end of Skutes Water, and between the Riggin of Setter (HU 624 915) and Rivs Dale (HU 621 915) it is particularly well defined. Within the township boundary at Houbie (HU 621 907) it has entirely disappeared, although one or two boulders set on edge at irregular intervals may possibly indicate its course. Locally it is believed to have crossed the arable land around the township in the direction of the Clemmels Geos (HU 620 905), where it ended at the edge of the cliffs.
On the other hand, from the low ground of the Mires of Houbie (HU 618 908), a similar foundation runs over the Vallahamars (HU 616 904) towards the cliffs at Dammins (HU 617 903) opposite the Stack of Billaclett (HU 615 902), and this may have been the real terminal point on the south shore of the island.
RCAHMS 1946. Visited 1927.
The name 'Funzie Girt' suggests this may have been simply a boundary dyke for the property of Funzie (HU 660 900).
Recorded by ES 1o January 1969
The remains of an old hill dike of indeterminate period. Local tradition asserts that it was built as a result of a disagreement by two landowners, & that it was "built overnight."
Also known as Finnigirt, the old name was Finnigord, the Finns' dyke, and the various folk myths attached to it suggest that it was built in prehistoric times as a land division. It winds across from the Houbie area on the south coast to the cliffs of East Neep on the north coast, passing west of the summit of Yord Hill, and thus divides the island into two roughly equal parts. Its southern end is destroyed, but it is well preserved on the open moorland north of the modern airstrip and especially on the western and northern flanks of Yord Hill. It was built of large slabs and boulders set on end, and it was origina lly about a metre wide.
At HU 618928 south of Yord Hill, there is a circle of large boulders known as Hjaltadans. The circle is about 11m in diameter, with a earthen circle within it and two upright stones at the centre. It is probably a burial place of the third millennium BC, and its design relates it to the Rounds of Tivla on Unst (see under no.68).
Information from ‘Exploring Scotland's Heritage: Shetland', (1997).

HU 6204 9054 -- Fetlar, Smorrastanes -- Burnt Mound (Prehistoric) (Canmore 180024)
A group of burnt mounds vulnerable to coastal erosion in Shetland was surveyed in Spring 1996. Rescue excavation conducted at one of these sites, Tangwick, uncovered a burnt mound in close association with a specialized, non-domestic structure of Bronze Age date. It is concluded that Tangwick represents a distinct site type, previously little recognized, and it is proposed that such sites may have been used for feasting, possibly on a seasonal basis. More broadly, the results of survey work indicate that burnt mounds in Shetland are not a homogenous class of site and this variety has not been adequately accounted for  within the prevailing models.
H Moore and G Wilson 1999
A group of burnt mounds vulnerable to coastal erosion in Shetland was surveyed in Spring 1996.

HU 6224 9070 -- Fetlar, Houbie, Gord -- House (Norse)(Possible) (Canmore 72364)
Structural remains and steatite objects found during the building of a house extension, and during gardening, have been tentatively identified as the remains of a high status Norse house, comparable to that at Biggings, Papa Stour (HU16SE 17). A hearth, stones (some of them removed) and a small steatite lamp (now in Shetland Museum) were discovered, as well as the remains of at least five unfurnished steatite vessels and several loom- or fishing-weights. Several of the steatite objects bore decoration.
Information from V E Turner (Shetland Islands archaeologist) 10 July 1992.

HU 6230 9060 -- Fetlar, Lower House -- Mound (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 105244)
A long thin mound (8m by 3m, aligned NW-SE) situated at the top of the lynchet slope, which slopes towards the NE. It stands up to 0.75m high on the upslope side and has small stones protruding. It is overgrown with long grass and resembles a Viking grave at Aith in its slightly crescentic shape. It could, however, be field clearance.
Information: Ms V Turner, Shetland Amenity Trust, 16 December 1991.

HU 6260 9097 -- Fetlar, Baela -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 71043)
HU69SW 43  6260 9097.

HU 6269 9044 -- Fetlar, Leagarth, Ripple Stone -- Standing Stone (Prehistoric) (Canmore 1445)
HU69SW 23 6269 9044.
(HU 6268 9047) Ripple Stone (OE)
O.S.6"map, Shetland, 2nd ed.,(1900).
A micaceous, sandstone block of irregular form set up with its major axis E-W. It is 7'6" high, tapering to a roughly pointed top, and measures 3'6" broad by 17" thick at base, where there is evidence of loose packing with small stones.
RCAHMS 1946. Visited 1930.
Ripple Stone as described by the RCAHM.

HU 62720 90488 -- Fetlar, Leagarth House -- House (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 217138)
NMRS REFERENCE
Architect: John M Aitken

HU 6286 9000 -- Fetlar, Knowe Of Heog -- Mound (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1440)
HU69SW 19 6286 9000.
(HU 6285 9003) Knowe of Heog (TI) Tumulus (OE)
O.S.6"map, Shetland, 2nd ed.,(1900).
A prominent hillock some 25' in diameter and 2' in height mostly turf-covered but, apparently, at least partly artificial.
There is no evidence of the period to which it belongs.
RCAHMS 1946. Visited 1930.
A few stones protrude through the turf on the summit of the rocky knoll The Heog, and could be either the remains of an artificial structure or natural.

HU 6292 9038 -- Fetlar, Helina Kruga -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1432)
HU69SW 11 6292 9038.
(HU 6292 9040) Helina Kruga (LB)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
'A piece of rough pasture about 70 links in breadth by 150 links in length situated on the shoulder of a hill.......It is generally supposed to be an ancient Burial Ground. There are to be seen a number of stones standing on end and about a foot out of the ground which is supposed to mark the separate graves. In 1868 when building the F C  Manse, several of these stones were taken away. There were also stone cists containing human remains brought to view, but nothing further can be ascertained relating to it'.
Name Book 1878.
A number of boulders about 18" high are set on edge at varying angles and with no apparent arrangement or ground plan. The area in which they occur is so restricted as to suggest that they may possibly represent the remains of a cairn.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930.
Helina Kruga, the indeterminate remains of a mutilated stone-built structure, which appears to have been formed of a double wall defined now in the S only by large slabs on edge. It has measured c.11.2m N-S externally, and has possibly been oval but the E side is now destroyed. An arc of stones reminiscent of a hearth occurs within. Although in an excellent position for a cairn, it seems more likely to have been a domestic structure.
Revised at 1/2500.

HU 6294 9071 -- Fetlar, Feal -- Cairn (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 1461)
HU69SW 38 6294 9071.
A turf covered mound c.10.0 diameter, situated on the crest of a hill There is one large upright stone in its centre and 2 large boulders, not dissimilar to the end stones of the facade of a heel-shaped cairn, on its S and SW margins. That on the SW is upright, 1.2m high. The other, prostrate is 1.3m long.

HU 6295 9011 -- Fetlar, Aith, St Rognvald's -- Broch (Iron Age)(Possible) (Canmore 1442)
HU69SW 20 6295 9011.
(HU 6294 9015) Brough (OE)
(HU 6296 9013) Tumulus (OE)
O.S.6"map, Shetland, 2nd ed.,(1900).
'The remains of a green mound which is generally supposed to be part of a tumulus. In 1868 while removing this mound for other uses burnt stones and ashes were brought to view.'
Name Book 1878.
The much-dilapidated remains of a broch with its out-buildings and defences. Despite considerable robbing of stone, particularly from the outbuildings, it is still possible to see that the broch had an over-all diameter of approximately 65' and a wall thickness of 16'6" on the west, expanding slightly towards the entrance pass- age on the east, indicated by the heavy lintel-stone of the doorway. There are, or were, traces of cells within the walls.
"Close by this burgh are the foundations of a number of small houses, entirely in ruins, seemingly of the same age with the burgh itself. They are of an oblong shape, rounded off at the corners." (G Low 1879)
RCAHMS 1946. Visited 1930.
A broch, generally as described by the RCAHM.  Disturbed ground on the east indicates the existence of outbuildings previously called 'Tumulus' by the O.S.  There are traces of an outer rampart now greatly reduced and mutilated.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
HU69 1   FEAL ('St. Rognvald's', 'Feal broch')
HU/629902
A much dilapidated probable broch on Fetlar I., on flat ground near the church at Feal.  Many stones from the broch mound and the surrounding "outbuildings" were removed to build the church but the external diameter of 19.83 m (65 ft.) is still measurable, as is the 5.03 m (16.5 ft.) thick wall on the west;   the wall proportion would thus be about 50.5%.  The wall thickens slightly towards the entrance on the east, and a lintel stone still rests on its blocked up passage.  There are signs of a mural (guard?) cell on its left and Low refers to "apartments" hollowed out in the wall.
Sources:  1. OS card HU 69 SW 20:   2. Low 1774,   170:  3. RCAHMS 1946, vol. 3, no. 1211,   56.
E W MacKie 2002

HU 62 91

HU 6242 9143 -- Fetlar, Rivs Dale -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188915)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 February 2001

HU 6266 9125 -- Fetlar, Baela -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 71042)
HU69SW 42  6266 9125.
Mill (NAT)
OS 6-inch map, Shetland, 1st ed. (1882), sheet xvii.
Only a pile of stones remains at this site.

HU 6272 9166 -- Fetlar, Riggin Of Setter -- Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188916)
One unroofed building and an incomplete enclosure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 February 2001

HU 6288 9150 -- Fetlar, Burn Of Waters Of Cruss -- Mill (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 188917)
What may be an unroofed mill is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 February 2001

HU 6297 9162 -- Fetlar, Burn Of Waters Of Cruss -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188918)
Two unroofed buildings are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 February 2001

HU 62 92

HU 6221 9241 -- Fetlar, Gravins, 'haltadans' -- Cairn (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1463)
HU69SW 4 6221 9241.
(HU 623 924) "Haltadans", a cairn closely comparable with "The Fiddler's Crus" (HU69SW 7) with which it has been confused by the O.S. and which lies 550yds to the N.W.
It consists of a ring of stones 37' in diameter and now containing 22 earthfast and several loose slabs.  The surviving set slabs are set edge to edge, and it is probable that a gap in the SW is original. At a distance of 5' inside and concentric with the stone ring is a low bank with a gap of 5' in the SW. The centre of the space thus enclosed is occupied by two earthfast boulders of rectangular section.
Nothing is known about this class of cairn, but it has obvious affinities with ring cairns and hengiform barrows, and a general flavour of the Early Bronze Age.
R W Feachem 1963.
Jakobsen describes the site as 'three concentric rings of stones and two higher stones in the middle.  He also points out the name Haayltadans means 'lame or limping dance  and mentions the popular explanation of the stones as 'petrified dancing trolls, the two in the centre being the fiddler and his wife. (Dr J Jakobsen 1897)
RCAHMS 1946.
Haltadans at HU 6220 9340, as described by Feachem, and illustrated by RCAHM.

HU 62 93

HU 6217 9354 -- Fetlar, Vord Hill -- Cairn (Period Unassigned), Chambered Cairn(S) (Neolithic) (Canmore 1452)
HU69SW 3 6217 9354 to 6221 9367
See also HU69SW 36.
('A': HU 6221 9369) Cairns (OE).
('B': HU 6217 9357)
O.S.6"map, Shetland, 2nd ed.,(1900).
Two heel-shaped cairns.
'A' - Vord Hill, North: still stands 4' high though considerably disturbed. The outline is quite clear marked by a kerb, or course of a wall-face of large stones up to 2' high. In the concave, SE facing facade there is no sign of an entrance. An inner kerb is exposed by robbing on the west and at the NE corner of the facade.  No internal structure can be identified though it probably still exists.
A S Henshall 1963 (ZET 47)
'B' - Vord Hill, South: has been much disturbed and robbed to build a shelter and enclosure to the south side of it.  The north side and part of the east side are outlined by a kerb of stones standing up to 2' high. The south side is particularly particularly disturbed and only part of the facade with its central entrance can be seen.
A S Henshall 1963 (ZET 48); RCAHMS 1946.
The hut or shelter adjacent to 'B' was built during the second World War. The wall which encloses the cairn is older, but also probably of comparatively recent date.
RCAHMS 1946.
Two heel-shaped cairns as described and planned by Henshall, except that 'A' contains a cist constructed of large slabs on edge, measuring internally 1.3m NE-SW by 1.0m transversely.

HU 6220 9360 -- Fetlar, Vord Hill -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1459)
See also HU69SW 3.
Near the OS BM.. a large heap of stones showing the curved outer and inner faces of a wall and what look like horns extending for several feet from the main body, may represent, though doutbfully, the remains of a cairn.
C S T Calder 1965.
The heap of stones described by Calder is a ruined modern structure.
This may be the 'watch tower' that is noted by Historic Scotland.
Information from Historic Scotland (scheduling document dated 5 August 1998) and RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 October 1998.

HU 63 89

HU 634 897 -- Fetlar, Aith -- Settlement (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 1410)

HU 6343 8981 -- Fetlar, Aith Ness -- Settlement (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1408)
HU68NW 4 6343 8981.
At HU 6343 8984, on a cultivated W. slope, are the turf-covered footings of an oval Ne/Ba homestead measuring 10.5m E-W by 8.2m N-S crest to crest. The walls, faced with large stones occasionally visible, are about 2.2m thick and reduced to 0.3m in height, and the entrance was probably in the W.
There are traces of field walls extending from the homestead, but these are largely destroyed by later cultivation.

HU 6391 8996 -- Fetlar, Wick Of Aith, Giant's Grave -- Ship Burial (Viking)(Possible) (Canmore 1405)
(HU 6390 8997) Giant's Grave (T.I.)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
A small knoll covered with rough pasture. It resembles a boat turned bottom uppermost, and there is a tradition among the local people that a giant was buried here with his boat inverted over him, and his money under his head.
Name Book 1878.
An oval mound, lying on the edge of the bank above the beach and locally known as "The Viking's Grave".  It is composed of stones from the sea-shore, which are now very much overgrown with turf, lies with its main axis NE-SW, measuring roughly 32' by 19'. The site is traditionally associated with a sea-faring Viking who died in the neighbourhood.
A piece of stout bronze plate of pointed oval shape, with a stud in the centre, (PSAS 1932) and rivets from the site are now in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS). (PSAS 1961).
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1946.
Giant's Grave, a low mound as described by RCAHM.
Some years ago MrJ J Laurenson dug into the centre of the mound, and discovered a line of stones apparently forming part of the shape of a boat, and several dozen iron boat fastenings, one of which was attached to what Laurenson believes to be a piece of oak.(Information from Mr J J Laurenson, Aithbank, Fetlar.)  Some of these fastenings were donated to the NMAS.
The mound is probably a Norse boat burial, but this assumption is based on hearsay evidence resulting from an inexpert exploration.
The bronze plate (PSAS 1932) could not be located but the iron fastenings (NKB) are definitely Viking boat rivets.
(David Clarke NMAS).
A mound aligned SW-NE, measuring 10.7m by 5.5m at the widest point. The SE side (seaward) appears fairly straight, with a lot of stone protruding on the SE side. Four stones suggest a straight face, and there is a drop of 0.75m on this side. On the NW side (upslope and landward) the mound has a height of 0.4m with very little stone visible. It has a curvilinear appearance. The 'bows' of this boat-shaped mound are at the SW end, the 'stern' being to the NE.
Information: Ms V Turner, Shetland Amenity Trust, 16 December 1991 (visited by V Turner, 7 June 1989).

HU 63 90

HU 630 906 -- Fetlar, Helina Kruga -- Mound (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1458)

HU 6302 9080 -- Fetlar, Halliara Kirk -- Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Chapel (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1434)
(HU 6302 9084) Halliara Kirk (LB)
(In Ruins) Burial Ground (LB)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
The ruin of an ancient Romish Chapel dedicated, as some say to St Hillary. It is about 30 links in length by about 20 links in breadth and about 1 1/2' in height, partly overgrown with grass. It is situated on the summit of a hill and inside an enclosure which is believed to be an ancient burial ground which was used in connection with the chapel.
OS Name Book 1878.
The rough foundations of a simple rectangular building can still be partly traced, but a modern 'plantie- crub' has been erected over the remains at the east end.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930.
Halliara Kirk, measuring 7.3m WNW-ESE by 4.0m NNE-SS W, is as described by the RCAHM. There are no traces of burials with the alleged graveyard.
Re-surveyed at 1/2500.

HU 6333 9000 -- Fetlar, Swainkatofts -- Burnt Mound (Prehistoric) (Canmore 1450)
HU69SW 28 6333 9000.
A mound of burnt stones lies at Swainkatofts. (HU 6328 9016)
RCAHMS 1946. Visited 1930.
At HU 6335 9003 is a mutilated slightly crescentic-shaped burnt mound measuring c.6.0m by c.4.0m and c.0.8m in height.

HU 638 902 -- Fetlar, Aith -- Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188924)
A township comprising two unroofed buildings, seventeen roofed buildings, twenty-two enclosures and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvii). Five unroofed buildings, five roofed buildings, twelve enclosures and the head-dyke, marked by pecked lines, are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 February 2001

HU 6391 9018 -- Fetlar, Gibb House -- Mound (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1454)
HU69SW 31 6391 9018.
At HU 639 902. A large trapezoidal mound named "Gobul's Knowe" (Information from Mr J J Laurenson, Aithbank) is situated in the field next to the road SE of Aith farm buildings. According to Mr Laurenson, this is the "burial place of a Pictish king named 'Gobul'".  He further states that the large stone trough which is built into a dyke near the farm was found in the small modern quarry for road-metal, which is at the SE end of the mound.
Information from R G Lamb, Birmingham University 17 August 1970.

HU 63 91

HU 6318 9158 -- Fetlar, Burn Of Waters Of Cruss -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188919)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 February 2001

HU 6364 9175 -- Fetlar, Rooin -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188973)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 6371 9117 -- Fetlar, Waters Of Cruss -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188920)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973, where it is shown with an attached enclosure).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 February 2001

HU 63 92

HU 6310 9251 -- Fetlar, Rooin -- Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Wall (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188970)
One unroofed building, one circular enclosure and a length of boundary dykeare depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii). One unroofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 6365 9206 -- Fetlar, Rooin -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188972)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 63 93

HU 6379 9300 -- Fetlar, Grutinpunds -- Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188971)
Four enclosures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 63 94

HU 6386 9430 -- Fetlar, Butsa Pund -- Promontory Fort (Period Unassigned), Wall (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1457)
There is a broad bank drawn across the neck of the promontory, which is overlain by a stone wall.
Information from RCAHMS (DCC) 7 November 2014

HU 64 89

HU 641 899 -- Fetlar, Wick Of Aith, Capstan -- Capstan (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1411)

HU 6417 8972 -- Fetlar, Aithbank, Winna Tonga -- Promontory Fort (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1409)
HU68NW 5 6417 8972.
HU 642 897. The promontory of Winna Tonga is cut off by three low, much spread, banks which give it the appearance of a very small and weak promontory fort.
Information from R G Lamb, Birmingham University 17 August 1970.

HU 6484 8950 -- Fetlar, Virda Water -- Boundary Dyke (Period Unassigned), Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188938)
A boundary dyke approximately 1040m in length and four attached structures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvii). The dyke, partly marked by pecked lines and six unroofed structures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 23 February 2001

HU 64 90

Finds: Armlet(S) (Steatite), Unidentified Pottery (HU 644 909)
HU 642 901 -- Fetlar, Skarpigarth -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 71041)
HU69SW 41  642 901.
Only a pile of rubble, identifiable as a mill, remains at this site.  It is not shown on OS 6-inch map, Shetland, 1st ed. (1882), sheet xvii.

HU 6421 9007 -- Fetlar, Burn Of Aith -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188923)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 February 2001

HU 6428 9058 -- Fetlar, Skarpigarth -- Field System (Period Unassigned), Settlement(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1449)
HU69SW 27 6428 9058.
At HU 6428 9060, is a Ne/Ba house measuring c.11.0m by c.8.0m externally, and defined by heather-covered walls c. 2.2m thick, faced with large slabs on edge.  It has been robbed from the NE, and although the entrance is not apparent it has probably been in the E.
Traces of what may have been another are defined at HU 6427 9057 by a short arc of walling with one upright stone at its S end.
The remains of several field walls in the area are probably contemporary, defining a small field system.

HU 6437 9037 -- Fetlar, Skarpigarth -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 71040)
HU69SW 40  6437 9037.
Mill (NAT)
OS 6-inch map, Shetland, 1st ed. (1882), sheet xvii.
Traces of the mill remain, but at the site is a plant shelter which is much larger than the mill originally was.

HU 6474 9005 -- Fetlar, Muiesand -- Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188937)
Eighteen unroofed structures, which may be planticrues, are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvii). Fifteen unroofed structures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 23 February 2001

HU 64 91

HU 6420 9158 -- Fetlar, Swart Houll -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188921)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 February 2001

HU 6450 9131 -- Fetlar, Muckligarth -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Field System (Period Unassigned), Sheepfold (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188922)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building and two enclosures, one of which is annotated Sheepfold, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xvii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 February 2001

HU 6475 9120 -- Fetlar, Gruting -- Settlement (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 1451)
HU69SW 29 6475 9120.
The earliest Norse settlement in Shetland is traditionally said to have been at Gruting in Fetlar. (HU 6475 9120).
J Stewart 1961.
There is no sign or local knowledge of a Norse settlement in this area. There may have been some confusion with Ne/BA homesteads nearby (HU69SW 27 and HU69SW 30 ).

HU 64768 91175 -- Fetlar, Gruting, Round House -- Summerhouse (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 232137)

HU 648 910 -- Fetlar, Muirskirk -- Settlement (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1453)
HU69SW 30 648 910.
(HU 6480 9108) A Jarlshof type I.A. rim-sherd, and a possibly Ne-BA stone ploughshire, found on removing a stone from a structure, in summer 1968, were donated to the National Musuem of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) by James Coutts, Neverland.(Information from J Coutts to A S Henshall)
NMAS (A S Henshall 28 January 1969).
Mr Coutts, Everland, indicated the find spot at HU 6472 9102, within a large much mutilated 'Neolithic-Bronze Age' homestead. It consists of an oval house, c.11.0m by c.9.0m internally over walls c.2.2m thick with another large house or annexe immediately to the SE which measures c.16.4m by c.12.0m internally. Although the walls are greatly obscured by tumble and later debris they appear to measure between c.2.2m. and c.3.0m. in width, and average c.0.8m. in height. The entrance appears to have been in the S.E. side.
Some 90.0m to the SE, situated close by a burn, is another heavily robbed structure, probably a 'Neolithic-Bronze Age' house. It measures c.6.0m diameter internally, with walls c.0.5m high and approximately 2.2m thick. One or two large stones in the interior probably indicate the remains of cells. These structures lie in a fertile valley in which can be seen low field walls, terraces and lynchets.  Some of these are contemporary with the houses, others with much later occupation and it is impossible to define the margins of the associated field system.

HU 6499 9113 -- Fetlar, Grunting -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188932)
One unroofed building depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xviii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 23 February 2001

HU 64 92

HU 6414 9217 -- Fetlar, Mongirsdale -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Mill (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Structure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188939)
A farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings and two enclosures, a separate unroofed building (HU 6411 9226), two unroofed structures, an enclosure (HU6421 9203), a head-dyke and what may be a mill lying adjacent to a burn are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xii). Four unroofed buildings, two unroofed structures, three enclosures and the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 February 2001

HU 64 94

HU 6412 9445 -- Fetlar, The Clett -- Monastery (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1436)
HU69SW 15 6412 9445.
(HU 641944) A number of small rectangular foundations are to be seen on The Clett, a small isolated stack off the N. coast of Fetlar.
Lack of a boat prevented RCAHM visiting the site but, judging from the description of those who have visited the site, it may be compared with Kame of Isbister (cf. HU 39SE4).
RCAHMS 1946; G Gordon and G Cockburn 1877.
Inaccessible.

HU 65 88

HU 65 88 -- Fetlar, Funzie Ness -- Site (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1404)

HU 656 889 -- Fetlar, The Crooans -- Dyke(S) (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 109531)
HU 656 889  Line of enclosure dyke, in curving form, under more recent dyke. Large stone tumble overlying mound underneath recent dyke nearby. Many sites notified in this area.
T Watt and I Tait 1996

HU 6594 8840 -- Fetlar, Croo Water -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188933)
Three unroofed buildings are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xviii), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 23 February 2001

HU 65 89

HU 652 891 -- Fetlar, Litlaland -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Dyke(S) (Period Unassigned), Field System (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 109535)
HU 652 891  Extensive system of largely buried dykes. Some massive stones protruding. Several circular and part-round mounds in structure of the dyke.
T Watt and I Tait 1996
A pilot project, entitled the Shetland's Past Project, was begun in the spring of 2001. The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. During this pilot year, three history groups (Bressay, Fetlar and Whalsay) have formally been participating in the project, with two further history groups (Foula and Unst) joining the project, albeit on a more informal basis. The project has been met with so much enthusiasm that it hopes to be able to raise sufficient funds to encourage and train other heritage groups and interested individuals to take an active part in recording the cultural heritage of Shetland. Below is a list of the archaeological sites, which have so far been recorded as part of the project.
Fetlar Museum Trust.
HU 6530 8900  Large standing stone with Roman numerals (XII) inscribed into E face. Known locally as the 'twelve o'clock stone'
HU 6528 8910  Croft house remains with adjoining byre, within an enclosure and surrounded by the remains of old field systems (NMRS HU68NE 8).
Sponsors: Council for British Archaeology, Community Fund, Shetland Amenity Trust
B Simpson 2001

HU 6528 8988 -- Fetlar, Loch Of Funzie -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188935)
Two unroofed buildings are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xviii), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 23 February 2001

HU 6538 8994 -- Fetlar, Loch Of Funzie -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188934)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xviii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 23 February 2001

HU 6540 8945 -- Fetlar, Woodenbreck -- Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 215712)
A pilot project, entitled the Shetland's Past Project, was begun in the spring of 2001. The project seeks to encourage and train heritage group members to undertake archaeological surveys of their local landscapes. During this pilot year, three history groups (Bressay, Fetlar and Whalsay) have formally been participating in the project, with two further history groups (Foula and Unst) joining the project, albeit on a more informal basis. The project has been met with so much enthusiasm that it hopes to be able to raise sufficient funds to encourage and train other heritage groups and interested individuals to take an active part in recording the cultural heritage of Shetland. Below is a list of the archaeological sites, which have so far been recorded as part of the project.
Fetlar Museum Trust
HU 6540 8945  Eleven enclosures (square and rectangular), all of which abut one another, recorded together with numerous clearance cairns.
Sponsors: Council for British Archaeology, Community Fund, Shetland Amenity Trust
B Simpson 2001

HU 6544 8980 -- Fetlar, Loch Of Funzie -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188936)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xviii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 23 February 2001

HU 6582 8918 -- Fetlar, The Crooans -- Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1402)
HU68NE 1 6582 8918 to 6579 8930.
Two cairns on the top of the Cruens (OS 6" - Crooans) have been reported as being heel-shaped (J Stewart). 'A' The SE cairn, at HU 6580 8917 (Visible on OS air photographs, 65/146/071-074, flown 1965) is extremely ruined: it has a diameter of 33 ft with indications of a surrounding kerb but no sign at present of a facade .  In the centre are three slabs which appear to be the sides of a short cist measuring 3 ft 6 ins N-S and 3 ft E-W. The cairn is surrounded by a stone wall, presumably of later date.
'B' The second cairn, at HU 6576 8930 was destroyed about 1941 by building a coast-guard hut over it.  There does not appear to have been a regularly built chamber or passage, and the vessel found in it was a steatite bowl, since accidentally destroyed.
A S Henshall 1963; J Stewart 1954.
Cairn 'A' is generally as described except that there is no evidence of it being heel-shaped.
A post-war coast guard hut has been built on the site of cairn 'B' of which no trace survives.
Survey Diagram.

HU 65 90

HU 6515 9065 -- Fetlar, The Heog -- Building (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval) (Canmore 188931)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xviii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 23 February 2001

HU 6569 9051 -- Fetlar, Willa Water -- Chambered Cairn (Neolithic) (Canmore 1427)
At HU 6568 9053, on level ground near Willa Water, there is the remains of a heel-shaped chambered cairn.  It measures c.13.8m across the facade and c.10.0m from the facade to the back of the cairn. Three large blocks of the facade survive together with two stones of the chamber.
The body of the cairn has disappeared but its outline remains clearly traceable.

HU 6575 9049 -- Fetlar, Willa Water -- Enclosure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1426)
HU69SE 6 6575 9049.
(Area: HU 657 908) A rude bank of earth and stones forming a roughly circular enclosure of unknown purpose, lies on the hillside known as The Heog and about 100 yds west of the north end of Willa Water, at a height of 200' above sea level.
It has a diameter of about 45 yds and at its centre is a rough, irregularly shaped block of stone. The marginal setting, although much over-grown, can still be more or less definitely traced for about two-thirds of its extent.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930.
No trace of an enclosure in the area indicated by RCAHM but at HU 6574 9052, 100 yards south-west of the south end of Willa Water, is an oval enclosure c.69m by c 55m of indeterminate date and purpose. It consists in the main of a stony bank, c.1.0m wide, c.0.2m high, although on the north side some five large boulders are evident.
No trace could be seen of the central stone described by RCAHM.

HU 65 91

HU 6529 9191 -- Lambigarth, Fetlar -- Promontory Fort (Prehistoric)(Possible) (Canmore 345450)
There is a broad bank, flanked on its S side by a ditch, drawn across the neck of the promontory of Lambigarth at the N end of the Ness of Gruting on Fetlar.
Information from RCAHMS (DCC) 7 November 2014

HU 657 911 -- Fetlar, Everland -- Horizontal Mill(S) (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 71044)
HU69SE 10  657 911.
See Architecture.

HU 6591 9111 -- Fetlar, Kirkhouse -- Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Chapel (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1425)
HU69SE 5 6591 9111.
(HU 6590 9113) Chapel & Burial Ground (LB) (Site of)
(Undated) information on OS map.
The site of what is 'generally known' to have been a pre-Reformation chapel with its burial enclosures.
Name Book 1878/
The position of the chapel is indicated by slight, grass-grown ridges indicating dimensions of 42' by 21'.
RCAHMS 1946
Note neighbouring name 'Kirkhouse'.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
The slight, turf-covered footings of a chapel remain visible within a small rectangular graveyard in which no evidence of burials can now be seen.  The chapel appears to be of the two-celled type with a square-ended chancel measuring approximately 3.4m by 2.6m, and the nave measuring approximately 6.7m by 5.0m.

HU 65932 91507 -- Fetlar, Smithfield, Booth -- Booth (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 266505)

HU 66 88

HU 661 882 -- Fetlar, Butsa -- Dyke (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 109530)
HU 661 882  Semi-circle of deeply buried dyke cutting across the promontory of Butsa.
T Watt and I Tait 1996

HU 66 89

HU 6607 8977 -- Fetlar, Burn Of Funzie -- Burnt Mound (Prehistoric) (Canmore 1403)
HU68NE 2 6607 8977.
At HU 6606 8978 is a mutilated burnt mound, c.10.0m N-S, by c.11.0m transversely and c.1.0m high, with a large trench through the middle.

HU 6612 8976 -- Fetlar, Funzie -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 71038)
HU68NE 4  6612 8976.
Mill (NAT)
OS 6-inch map, Shetland, 1st ed. (1882), sheet xviii.
Now reduced to rubble.

HU 6618 8975 -- Fetlar, Funzie -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 71039)
HU68NE 5  6618 8975.
Mill (NAT)
OS 6-inch map, Shetland, 1st ed. (1882), sheet xviii.
Now reduced to rubble.  The lade can still be seen.

HU 66581 89699 -- Fetlar, Funzie, Haa Of Funzie -- House (18th Century) (Canmore 311297)

HU 66 90

HU 661 901 -- Fetlar, Funzie -- Field System (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Mill (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Township (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188930)
See also:
HU69SE 4   HU 6613 9024            Chapel
A township comprising four unroofed buildings, one of which lies beside the Burn of Funzie and may be a mill, three partially roofed buildings, thirty-two roofed buildings, two of which are annotated Mill (HU68NE 4 and HU68NE 5), three unroofed structures, sixteen enclosures and a head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xviii). Scattered within the head-dyke are several areas of narrow strip fields marked by pecked lines.
Six unroofed buildings, three partially roofed buildings, eight roofed buildings, eleven enclosures and the fragmentary remains of the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 23 February 2001

HU 6613 9024 -- Fetlar, Funzie, Toft -- Chapel (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1424)
HU69SE 4 6613 9024.
(HU 6611 9025) Chapel (LB) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
A small knoll, said to be the site of a pre- Reformation chapel. No history is known but it is supposed to have been either a domestic or votive chapel since no burial ground is known to have been attached. (The neighbouring name 'Kirkul' may have some relevance).
Name Book 1878.
At the published site is a natural knoll, the turf of which has been removed, revealing bedrock on which no evidence of building can be seen.

HU 6675 9021 -- Fetlar, Funzie -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188929)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xviii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 23 February 2001

HU 66 91

HU 6606 9168 -- Fetlar, Longhouse -- Farmstead (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188925)
A farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings, one of which is L-shaped and has an outshot, and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xviii). One unroofed building and one enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 23 February 2001

HU 66105 91436 -- Fetlar, Smithfield, South Pavilion -- Pavilion (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 266482)
This site record was created to indicate a building which is, or was, listed but for which Canmore holds no supplementary information.  Further information on listed buildings is available from
http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designations
Information from RCAHMS (SC), 17 April 2018.

HU 66105 91451 -- Fetlar, Smithfield Haa -- Lairds House (19th Century) (Canmore 232140)
HU69SE 20.01   HU 66116 91465  North Pavilion
HU69SE 20.02   HU 66105 91436  South Pavilion
HU69SE 20.03   HU 66127 91457  Byre
HU69SE 20.04   HU 66153 91481  Store
HU69SE 20.05   HU 65932 91507  Booth
HU69SE 20.00   HU 66105 91451
Palladian merchant laird's house comprising 2-storey 3-bay principal block with entrance elevation to W, flanked to N and S by single storey 2-bay pavilions; formal arrangement of walled enclosures linking to byre and store to NE; single storey booth situated at shorefront to W. Random rubble walls with polished, stugged and droved sandstone dressings.
The lands of Smithfield were acquired by James Smith in 1774 from Gilbert Tait against a debt of £70. The house of Smithfield was built by James Smith's son, Gilbert, in 1815. He acted as factor to the Nicolsons for the eastern part of the Brough Estate and was heavily involved in the establishment of the Free Kirk in Fetlar after the Disruption in 1843. The Free Kirk minister stayed at Smithfield until the East Manse was built. Around this period, there was a shop attached to the house and the family traded from there. Gilbert Smith is reputed to have taken oak logs from the cargo of the ship Neptune which was wrecked off Fetlar in 1847. He sank the logs in the Loch of Urie until Customs had dealt with the wreck, and then later used the timbers in the building of Smithfield. Gilbert Smith died in 1866 by which time most of his family had emigrated to Australia. The estate was sold to the Nicolsons in 1874. The roof was removed and used in the refurbishment of Still in 1887, and the stairs were incorporated in the chapel at Brough Lodge. Although currently a roofless ruin (1997), this is a particularly fine example of a merchant laird's house. Its Palladian form is unusually grand for this type of building in Shetland, and its formal relationship with the booth serves as a reminder of the importance of the sea in trade and communication during the 19th century.  (Historic Scotland)

HU 6611 9146 -- Fetlar, Smithfield -- Corn Drying Kiln (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1429)

HU 66116 91465 -- Fetlar, Smithfield, North Pavilion -- Pavilion (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 266481)
This site record was created to indicate a building which is, or was, listed but for which Canmore holds no supplementary information.  Further information on listed buildings is available from
http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designations
Information from RCAHMS (SC), 17 April 2018.

HU 66127 91457 -- Fetlar, Smithfield, Byre -- Byre (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 266503)

HU 66153 91481 -- Fetlar, Smithfield, Store -- Storehouse (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 266504)

HU 6638 9155 -- Fetlar, Strand -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188927)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xviii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 23 February 2001

HU 6645 9137 -- Fetlar, Strand -- Building (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188928)
One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xviii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 23 February 2001

HU 6681 9171 -- Fetlar, Stackaberg -- Structure (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 188926)
One unroofed structure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xviii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 23 February 2001

HU 66 92

HU 662 922 -- Fetlar, Kegga -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 71046)
HU69SE 12  662 922.
See Architecture.

HU 662 924 -- Fetlar, Hestaness -- Field System (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1428)
Area: HU 662 924 A substantial field system of indeterminate date. No signs of early habitation.

HU 6644 9209 -- Fetlar, Kegga -- Horizontal Mill (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 71045)
HU69SE 11  6644 9209.
See Architecture.

HU 66 93

HU 6693 9300 -- Fetlar, Strandburgh Ness -- Steatite Workings (Period Unknown) (Canmore 1423)
HU69SE 3 6693 9300 and 6701 9293.
Circles and hollows left by the removal of blocks of steatite are observable at Strandburgh (HU 66 93).
RCAHMS 1946. Visited 1930.
In the areas centred HU 6693 9300 and HU 6701 9293 are a number of small quarries, but the steatite workings could not be located.
A soft metamorphic rock
During the Norse period in Scotland, outcrops of steatite were quarried at several locations on Shetland, the most extensive being those on the banks of the Catpund Burn in Cunningsburgh on South Mainland. Here steatite was removed in regular-sized blocks then shaped into vessels of a variety of forms. Such vessels have been recovered during excavations at Jarlshof some 18km to the south as the crow flies.
Steatite is a soft metamorphic rock composed mainly of mineral talc. The name is derived via Latin from the Greek for steatites, meaning precious stone. Its more common name, soapstone, gives the clue to its soft and slightly greasy texture that makes it easy to carve and readily fashion into bowls and containers. In an area where clay for pottery was relatively uncommon, steatite was highly prized, and indeed all the more so as it has excellent heat-retaining properties. In Shetland steatite is known as ‘kleber', from the Old Norse term for ‘stone'.
Steatite workings can be seen on the rock outcrops to either side of the Catpund Burn extending eastwards from its source in the hills to the shoreline below covering a distance of almost 1km. In places, the workings are visible as round and rectangular depressions cut into the rock face from which blocks have been removed, while elsewhere they remain as projecting blocks that have been partially cut but were never fully extracted. From this, it appears that the quarrying technique was to carve out roughly the basic shape of the vessel – creating its sides and bottom as if it were upside down on the rock – before then removing the block, hollowing out the interior and smoothing off the sides. The chisel marks left by this process can still be seen on the rock faces and there are mounds of discarded waste chippings flanking the gully of the burn.
Travel and trade
Elsewhere on Shetland, other steatite outcrops have been exploited and there are traces of workings on both Fetlar and Unst. Vessels made of steatite have been recovered not only from across Shetland but also much further afield on Orkney, St Kilda and Iceland. While the local variation in the composition of the rock makes it difficult to match any one vessel with a particular quarry, the distribution of the vessels themselves suggests exportation on an organised, if not commercial, scale.
So next time you travel on the A970 between Lerwick and Sumburgh look inland up the gully of the Catpund Burn and imagine the noise of quarrymen carving out blocks of stone a thousand years ago.
References:
Foster, A K and Turner V E (eds) 2009 Kleber: Shetland's Oldest Industry, Shetland Soapstone since Prehistory, Shetland Heritage Publica¬tions
RCAHMS 1946 Twelfth report with an inventory of the ancient monuments of Orkney and Shetland, Edinburgh, No. 1178
Ritchie, A 1997 Shetland, Exploring Scotland's Heritage series, Edinburgh, p107-9
Angela R Gannon - Archaeological Field Investigator

HU 67 93

HU 670 930 -- Fetlar, Inner Brough -- Monastery (Period Unassigned)(Possible) (Canmore 1422)
HU69SE 2 670 930.
(HU 670 930) There is no structural evidence of a broch at Inner Brough but the ruined foundations of a dozen or more small houses or shelters are said to have been visible there. The area is now so overgrown with long grass that nothing of the kind can be detected.
RCAHMS 1946. Visited 1930.
There is no evidence of settlement on Inner Brough.  A number of sub-circular hollows are clearly quarries.
A possible promontory fort and/or religious settlement on Inner Brough.  The headland is cut off at its narrowest point, between the Easter and Wester Burgi Geos, by a massive earth rampart up to 8' high and 30' broad. The rocky crag which extends across the promontory about 70 yds NE of this earthwork, seems to have been utilised as an inner line of defence. Within the defended area, on the clifftop on the W side, is a well-preserved group of small rectangular foundations, and on the summit of the headland there are the less definite traces of possible hut platforms. The Outer Brough was probably joined to the mainland in antiquity, forming an extension of the Inner Brough. The whole area would appear to have been an important settlement site of considerable area and complexity.
R G Lamb 1970.

HU 6715 9315 -- Fetlar, Outer Brough -- Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Monastery (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 1421)
(HU 671931). On Outer Brough, an exposed rock stack separated from Strandburgh Ness by a deep geo some 15m wide, there are two groups of buildings, rectangular on plan with slightly bowed sides and rounded corners, recorded in the Ordnance Survey Name Book (ONB) as 'Pictish houses'.(ONB 1878) (RCAHMS 1946. Not visited)
The eastern group of 6 buildings average 5-6m in length and 3m in width internally, with double-faced walling almost obliterated by wind and wave erosion, despite being some 32m above sea level. The western group, situated on the highest part of the stack and somewhat better preserved, are of the same dimensions as the other group with the exception of one building.  This appears to be of a more substantial nature, measuring about 19m in length and 4m in width, and sub-divided into two compartments with another abutting at a right angle on the N side. No entrances could be identified in either group. Along the S edge of the stack, immediately opposite the mainland, the remains of a drystone wall can be traced for a distance of about 40m.  Access to the stack is obtained by means of a grassy incline at the E end of the geo.
The site has clearly been selected for the purpose of refuge and isolation, and may be compared with Kame of Isbister (cf. HU 39SE 4) and Birrier (cf. HU 49SW 1), both of which have been tentatively classified as early Celtic monastic settlements analagous to Brough of Deerness, Orkney (cf. HY50NE 14).
Six unroofed buildings are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xiii). Five unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 14 February 2001

HU 69 91

Finds: Bead (Glass) (HU 69 91)
HU 69 91 -- Fetlar -- Unidentified Pottery (Canmore 1456)

NM 83 00

NM 83908 00848 -- Carnassarie Castle -- Tower House (Medieval) (Canmore 22835)
NM80SW 2 83908 00848.
(NM 8390 0086) Carnasserie Castle (NR) (In Ruins)
OS 6" map, Argyllshire, 2nd ed., (1900)
Carnasserie Castle, though apparently an early square keep with a hall-house attached to the W was in fact built all at the one time, in the 1560s by John Carswell, first protestant Bishop of the Isles, on the site of an older castle. The 5' - 6' thick walls of the roofless keep, provided with small gun-ports, rise 5 storeys high, with the wing one storey lower. A courtyard extended to the W and S, the walls and outbuildings of which have almost entirely disappeared, only a small portion of the wall next the SW angle of the house, and a gateway, dated 1681, remaining.
N Tranter 1962-70; D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887-92; DoE TS, undated
The remains of Carnasserie Castle are generally as described. Name confirmed.
NM 8390 0084  Excavations were undertaken in January 1998. The castle is a late 16th-century tower house with contemporary wing, situated above the main road from Oban to Lochgilphead, and was built by John Carsewell, first Protestant Bishop of the Isles.
The excavations were designed to allow drainage work to be carried out in the first-floor chamber at the E end of the castle. Two small trenches were excavated by hand at the N end of this room, in order to characterise the deposits therein, which appeared to be contemporary with the building of the castle. A small trench was excavated outside the castle, against the wall, at the base of a latrine shaft leading from an alcove off the first-floor chamber. The trench contained the construction trench for the castle wall or the cut for a drain.
Sponsor: 	Historic Scotland
D Murray 1998
NM 839 008 Site included in a field survey carried out by GUARD in 2003.
H F James, 2003 (RCAHMS MS 2371, no. 22)
This site has only been partially upgraded for SCRAN. For full details, please consult the Architecture Catalogues for Argyll and Bute District.
March 1998
This impressive tower-house rises from a ridge that dominates the upper part of the Kilmartin Valley. The tower was built on the site of an earlier castle, and there may even be the remains of a small dun on the now grass-covered knoll immediately to the north-east. One of the latest of the tower-houses, it was built by a famous churchman John Carswelli he was superintendent of Argyll and the Isles in the Reformed Church from 1562 and was granted the bishopric of the Isles in 1567. Carswell was an influential figure in spreading the ideals of the Reformed religion in Argyll in the middle of the 16th century, and he published a Gaelic translation of the Book of Common Order or Knox's Liturgy in 1567i the first book to be printed in Gaelic, it contained the doctrines of the Presbyterian faith. The castle was built in the later 1560s under the patronage of the Earl of Argyll. The main hall was in the western wing of the castle, above the kitchen and storerooms, and the withdrawing room was on the same level on the first floor of the tower. This en suite arrangement is of some importance as it is thought to be transitional between castles and later mansionhouses, with the various rooms laid out in a horizontal rather than a vertical manner as in a traditional towerhouse. The main part of the tower is on five storeys with basal cellaragei the first-floor withdrawing room has a magnificent fireplace with finely carved surround and similar crisp detail round the doorways. The upper floors do not survive, but it is worth climbing to the upper parapet because there is a superb view down the valley. Only the shell of the western portion of the castle survives, but attractive outer string-mouldings still remain, as well as a rich provision of gun-loops and shot-holes.
The inscribed panel above the doorway reads in Gaelic Dia le ua nduibhne translated as 'God be with o Duibhne'; O Duibhne is one of the styles of the chief of the Campbells, though one that was not current in the 1560s, and its use here suggests a conscious antiquarianism on Carswell's part. The heraldic panel is a combination of those of Campbell of Argyll and the royal arms of Scotland, probably indicating the marriage of Archibald 5th Earl of Argyll and Jean, a daughter of James V; the panel thus underlines Carswell's allegiance to the earl.
Information from ‘Exploring Scotland's Heritage: Argyll and the Western Isles', (1985).

NS 59 60

NS 59303 60092 -- Glasgow, 14 Fetlar Drive, King's Park Secondary School -- School (Period Unassigned) (Canmore 44257)
Includes information and archive from cancelled site NS56SE 1583
NS56SE 122 59303 60092

14 Fetlar Drive: NS 59 60
Aastack: HP 47 04
Airfield: HU 61 91
Aith: HU 62 90, HU 63 89, HU 63 90
Aith, Burn Of : HU 64 90
Aith, Loch Of : HU 50 43
Aith Ness: HU 63 89
Aith, Wick Of : HU 63 89, HU 64 89
Aithbank: HU 64 89
Alma: HP 60 08 (2)
Annslea: HU 50 92
Arch: HU 51 79
Arisdale: HU 48 82 (2)
Ark: HP 64 12
Ayre Of Collaster: HP 57 06, HP 57 07 (3)
Ayre Of Ness: HU 49 44
Ayre Of Uyeasound: HP 59 01
Aywick: HU 53 86 (3), HU 53 87, HU 54 87
Aywick, Haa Of : HU 53 86 (3)
Bacca, Lee Of : HU 44 88
Backhouse: HP 54 03
Baela: HU 62 90, HU 62 91
Baila: HP 57 04 (3)
Bakka: HU 45 87
Baliasta: HP 59 10, HP 60 09 (10), HP 61 09
Balista: HP 60 10 (3)
Balta: HP 65 07 (2), HP 65 08 (3), HP 65 09
Balta Island Farm: HP 65 08
Balta Isle Lighthouse: HP 65 06
Balta Sound: HP 61 08, HP 64 08
Baltasound: HP 61 08 (4), HP 61 09, HP 62 07, HP 62 08 (2), HP 62 09 (3), HP 63 09 (7), HP 64 09, HP 65 06
Banks: HP 65 14 (3)
Bartles Kirk: HP 64 14
Basta: HU 52 94 (2)
Bay Of Whinnifirt: HU 53 82
Bayanne House: HU 51 97, HU 52 97
Beach Road: HP 63 12
Beli-niklett: HU 53 89
Belmont: HP 5 0, HP 56 00 (5)
Belmont Farmsteading: HP 56 01
Belmont House: HP 56 00
Belmont, Loch Of : HP 55 00, HP 55 01, HP 56 00 (4)
Belmont, Setters Of : HP 56 00
Beosetter: HU 49 44
Beosetter, Ness Of : HU 49 44
Big Roag: HP 66 13
Biggings: HU 17 60
Bighton: HP 57 05 (2)
Bighton, Burn Of : HP 57 05
Birrier: HU 54 88
Birrier Head: HP 52 05
Birrier Of West Sandwick: HU 43 91
Birriesgirt, Loch Of : HU 44 90, HU 44 91 (3)
Bixsetter: HU 53 97
Black Loch: HP 59 06
Blue Geos: HP 62 04 (2)
Blue Mull: HP 55 04 (3)
Blyth-houll: HP 57 03 (3)
Blyth Houll: HP 57 03
Blyth-houll: HP 57 03
Boat-noost: HP 57 04, HU 45 81
Boat-noosts: HU 52 85
Boat-roofed Shed: HP 65 16
Boo Stacks: HP 61 14
Bool: HP 58 07
Booth: HU 65 91
Booth Of Buness: HU 59 94
Booth Of Sound: HU 45 82
Booth Of Udhouse: HU 45 75
Booth Of Voesgarth: HP 62 08
Bordastubble, Loch Of : HP 57 03
Bothen: HP 63 12
Braefield: HP 65 13 (4)
Braehead: HP 65 15
Braeside: HP 53 03, HP 56 01, HP 61 08
Braeside Cottage: HU 52 97
Braeside Farm: HP 53 03
Breck: HP 56 02
Breck Of Still: HP 61 01 (3)
Brecken: HP 65 16
Brecknagarth: HP 58 00, HP 61 01 (4)
Breckon: HP 52 04 (3), HP 53 05
Breckon, Sands Of : HP 52 05 (2), HP 53 05 (2)
Brei Wick: HP 63 01
Breimires, Burn Of : HP 59 02 (2)
Breiwick: HP 53 05
Brekon: HP 52 04
Brekon, Hill Of : HP 51 04
Brekon, Sands Of : HP 52 05 (5)
Bressay: HU 48 44, HU 49 40, HU 49 44 (4), HU 50 43 (3)
Brocken Burn: HU 48 92, HU 48 93
Brook Point: HP 63 11
Brookpoint: HP 63 11
Broomhill: HP 58 01 (2)
Brough: HP 55 00, HP 60 09, HP 63 05
Brough, Burn Of : HU 44 84
Brough, Head Of : HU 44 84 (3)
Brough Holm: HP 56 05 (2)
Brough Lodge: HU 58 92
Brough Lodge & Gatepiers: HU 58 92
Brough Of Stoal: HU 54 87
Brough, Old Hall Of : HU 52 79
Brough Taing: HP 63 04 (2)
Budabrake: HP 61 14
Buddigarth: HP 62 12
Buildings: HP 63 09
Bulgar Geo: HP 65 13
Buneberg: HP 57 06
Buness: HP 62 08
Buness, Booth Of : HU 59 94
Buness House: HP 62 09
Bungla Burn: HU 52 93
Burga Sand: HP 57 04 (3)
Burga Wick: HP 62 03 (2)
Burgar: HP 66 14
Burgar Stack: HP 61 14
Burgi Geo: HP 53 05 (2)
Burgi Geos: HP 47 03
Burial Ground: HP 62 09
Burkwell, Point Of : HU 58 99
Burn: HU 29 43
Burn Of Aith: HU 64 90
Burn Of Bighton: HP 57 05
Burn Of Breimires: HP 59 02 (2)
Burn Of Brough: HU 44 84
Burn Of Caldback: HP 59 06 (2)
Burn Of Colbinstoft: HU 61 93
Burn Of Dalamut: HU 45 87
Burn Of Floga: HU 54 96
Burn Of Forsc: HP 53 04
Burn Of Funzie: HU 66 89
Burn Of Furlings: HP 62 05
Burn Of Gardins: HU 45 84
Burn Of Gullivoe: HP 53 02
Burn Of Hamnavoe: HU 49 80, HU 50 83
Burn Of Houllnastoura: HP 59 08
Burn Of Houllnastroura: HP 58 08
Burn Of Hummelton: HU 53 82
Burn Of Linksetter: HU 60 93
Burn Of Maeawater: HU 52 98
Burn Of Mailand: HP 59 07
Burn Of Midge Glen: HP 47 03
Burn Of Ordale: HP 63 07
Burn Of Roo: HU 45 85
Burn Of Rulesgill: HP 49 02
Burn Of Sandwater: HP 52 04 (2)
Burn Of Scord: HP 57 01, HP 58 01
Burn Of Scournasdale: HP 61 16
Burn Of Scrovnagill: HP 59 09
Burn Of Skaw: HP 65 16
Burn Of Skrepla: HU 47 92
Burn Of Southerhouse: HP 57 07 (2), HP 58 06
Burn Of The Gardins: HU 50 80 (2)
Burn Of Ulsta: HU 46 79
Burn Of Uralee: HU 52 89
Burn Of Urie: HU 59 93 (2)
Burn Of Vatsdeild: HP 61 04
Burn Of Waters Of Cruss: HU 62 91 (2), HU 63 91
Burn Of Watlee: HP 59 04 (2)
Burn Of Welbigarth: HP 62 05 (3)
Burra Firth: HP 61 14
Burra Ness: HU 55 95 (7)
Burra Voe: HU 51 79
Burrafirth: HP 60 14, HP 61 13, HP 61 14 (4)
Burrafirth Farm: HP 61 13
Burragarth: HP 57 03 (7)
Burral: HP 61 03
Burravoe: HU 51 79 (5), HU 51 80 (2), HU 52 79 (6)
Burravoe, Manor House Of : HU 52 79
Buster: HU 46 91 (4)
Buster, Wester Burn Of : HU 46 91
Butsa: HU 66 88
Butsa Pund: HU 63 94
Byre: HU 66 91
Byres Of Djubidale: HU 50 88
Caldback: HP 60 07
Caldback, Burn Of : HP 59 06 (2)
Caldback, Hill Of : HP 60 06 (2)
Camb: HU 51 92 (5)
Capel: HU 48 78
Capstan: HU 64 89
Carnassarie Castle: NM 83 00
Castle Cottage: HP 62 01
Castleton Croft: HP 62 01
Catalina Crash Site And Memorial: HU 48 82
Cathoull: HP 59 07, HP 59 09
Chain Home Radar Station: HP 66 15
Chapel And Burial-ground: HP 63 12, HU 46 80
Chapel And Graveyard: HU 48 91
Chromate Quarry: HP 63 10, HP 64 10
Church: HU 45 81
Church Hall: HU 51 90
Clave: HP 57 08
Clibberswick: HP 64 12 (2), HP 65 12 (2)
Clibberswick, Hill Of : HP 65 12, HP 66 12
Clickhimin: HU 45 83
Clickimin: HU 46 40
Cliff: HP 60 11 (2)
Cliff Farm: HP 60 11
Cliff, Loch Of : HP 59 11 (2), HP 60 10, HP 60 13
Clivocast: HP 60 00 (3)
Clivocast, Lee Of : HP 60 00
Clody: HP 52 04
Clothan: HU 45 81
Clothan, Hill Of : HU 45 81
Clothin: HU 60 91
Clugan: HP 64 06 (2)
Clugan, Ward Of : HP 63 07, HP 64 07
Colbinstoft: HU 61 93
Colbinstoft, Burn Of : HU 61 93
Collaster: HP 57 07 (4)
Collaster, Ayre Of : HP 57 06, HP 57 07 (3)
Collaster, Loch Of : HP 58 07
Colvadale: HP 62 04 (7), HP 62 05
Colvadale, Hill Of : HP 61 04, HP 61 05 (4), HP 61 06, HP 62 05 (3), HP 62 06
Colvister: HU 51 97 (2)
Conisgarth: HP 62 04 (2)
Copister: HU 47 78, HU 47 79, HU 48 78, HU 48 79
Copister, Holm Of : HU 46 78 (2), HU 47 77
Copister, Lee Of : HU 48 79
Copister, Loch Of : HU 48 78 (2)
Copister, Ward Of : HU 47 79 (3)
Coppister, Tafts Of : HP 57 05 (2)
Cottage: HP 61 14, HP 65 14
Cro Waters: HU 44 93
Croft At Sound: HU 45 83
Crogan Ness: HP 60 12 (2)
Croo Water: HU 65 88
Crookadale: HP 63 12
Crosbister: HP 58 03
Cross Geos: HP 65 12
Cross Kirk: HP 65 12
Cross Ness: HP 65 12
Crossbister: HU 60 92 (2)
Crossquoy: HP 56 02
Cruness: HP 52 05
Cruss, Kame Of : HP 57 04
Cruss, Waters Of : HU 63 91
Crussa Field: HP 61 10 (5), HP 61 11
Crussa Ness: HP 54 02
Cubil: HU 58 93 (2)
Cullivoe: HP 54 02 (6)
Cumlins: HU 52 78
Cunnister: HU 52 96 (2), HU 52 97
Da Dick: HP 59 01
Daalaskeo: HU 46 94
Dalamut, Burn Of : HU 45 87
Dale: HU 53 96
Dale Of Woodwick: HP 58 10
Dalling: HP 60 11
Dalsetter: HU 50 99
Dalsetter, Haa Of : HU 50 99
Dam Loch: HP 59 02
Dam Of Gerdie: HP 62 08
Dam Of Helliers Water: HP 60 05
Dammins And Clemmil Geos: HU 61 90
Dandies: HP 59 01, HP 60 01 (5)
Diesel Roller: HP 5 0
Djubidale, Byres Of : HU 50 88
Dols Hellier: HP 61 16
East: HP 64 15
East Outbuilding: HP 60 09
East Yell: HU 52 84, HU 52 85
Easterhouse: HP 57 02, HU 51 98
Easting: HP 61 02 (2)
Easting Sands: HP 62 12
Eegittle: HP 47 03 (2)
Efstigarth: HU 45 93, HU 46 92
Electric Crane: HP 63 09
Erns Dale: HP 61 09
Erns Hamar: HP 57 04
Ernsdale: HP 62 09
Everhoull: HU 45 83
Everland: HU 65 91
Fauld: HP 60 08, HP 61 01
Feal: HU 62 90
Feall: HP 57 05, HP 63 13
Fetlar Church And War Memorial: HU 60 90
Fiddler's Crus: HU 61 92
Fillacomb Point: HP 53 05
Fiska Geo: HP 61 15
Flaga Water: HU 44 89
Floga, Burn Of : HU 54 96
Flubersgerdie: HP 57 12 (2)
Flukes Hole: HU 46 79
Foreland: HU 58 91
Forsc, Burn Of : HP 53 04
Framgord: HP 61 02 (2), HP 62 02
Framgord Chapel And Cemetery: HP 61 02 (2)
Freckles Geo: HP 55 04
Funzie: HU 66 89 (3), HU 66 90 (3)
Funzie, Burn Of : HU 66 89
Funzie, Haa Of : HU 66 89
Funzie, Loch Of : HU 65 89 (3)
Funzie Ness: HU 65 88
Funziegirt: HU 62 90
Furlings, Burn Of : HP 62 05
Fustrie's Knowe: HP 64 14
Gallow Hill: HP 56 00, HP 57 00 (5)
Gallowmill, Pund Of : HP 57 00
Galtagarth: HU 49 79
Galtagarth, Ness Of : HU 48 79, HU 49 79 (3)
Gamligrind: HP 60 07
Gardie: HP 59 10, HP 62 12 (2), HP 63 11 (2), HP 63 12
Gardie, Garths Of : HU 50 91
Gardie, Loch Of : HP 58 01
Gardiebotten: HP 61 02
Gardiesting House: HU 51 91
Gardin: HP 57 02, HP 62 04
Gardins, Burn Of : HU 45 84
Garth: HP 53 00
Garth Wind Farm: HU 54 99
Garths: HP 51 04
Garths Of Gardie: HU 50 91
Garths Of Smirgarth: HP 61 03
General: HP 50 04, HP 54 02, HP 63 12, HU 44 87, HU 51 91, HU 52 79
Geos: HP 62 01
Gerdie: HP 62 07, HP 62 08 (2)
Gerdie, Dam Of : HP 62 08
Gerragarth: HP 60 09
Giant's Grave: HU 63 89
Gibb House: HU 63 90
Gilsa Burn: HU 44 90 (2)
Glasgow: NS 59 60
Gletna Kirk: HP 59 02
Globa: HU 50 43
Gloup: HP 50 04 (6), HP 51 04
Gloup Haa: HP 50 04
Gloup Holm: HP 48 06
Gloup Voe: HP 50 04
Gopund: HP 65 16
Gord: HU 62 90
Gossa Water: HP 49 00, HP 57 05
Gossabrough: HU 52 83 (2), HU 53 83
Gossabrough Dale: HU 51 83, HU 52 83 (2)
Gossabrough Haa: HU 53 83
Gossabrough, Ness Of : HU 53 83
Gossabrough, White Hill Of : HU 53 82
Gossabrough, Wick Of : HU 52 83
Graveland: HU 46 94 (2), HU 46 96
Graveland, Haa Of : HU 46 94
Graveland, Stuis Of : HU 46 97
Graven: HP 49 04 (2)
Gravens: HP 63 14
Gravins: HU 61 92, HU 62 92
Green Hill: HU 45 95
Green Pund: HP 62 07
Greenbank: HP 53 03, HP 53 04, HP 54 03
Greenbank House: HP 53 04
Greenbank Terrace: HP 53 03
Greenbreck: HP 60 01 (3), HP 61 01 (3)
Greenside: HP 61 08
Greenwell's Booth: HP 59 01
Grimister: HU 46 92, HU 46 93 (2)
Grimsetter: HP 54 01
Grindiscol: HU 49 40
Grunting: HU 64 91
Gruting: HU 64 91 (2)
Grutinpunds: HU 63 93
Gudon: HP 60 06
Gue: HP 60 09, HP 60 10
Gullivoe, Burn Of : HP 53 02
Gunnigarth: HU 44 88
Gunnista: HU 50 43
Gunnister: HP 58 04
Gutcher: HU 54 98 (2), HU 54 99 (8)
Haa Of Aywick: HU 53 86 (3)
Haa Of Dalsetter: HU 50 99
Haa Of Funzie: HU 66 89
Haa Of Graveland: HU 46 94
Haa Of Udhouse: HU 52 94 (2)
Hagdale: HP 63 10, HP 64 10 (4)
Halliara Kirk: HU 63 90
Halligarth: HP 62 09 (3)
Halligarth House: HP 62 09
Halligarth House Gardens: HP 62 09
Halsagarth: HU 48 91
'haltadans': HU 62 92
Ham Booth: HP 63 01 (3)
Ham Ness: HP 63 01 (9)
Hamar: HP 64 09, HU 58 94
Hamar Geo: HP 64 09
Hamara Field: HU 60 92 (2)
Hamarberg: HP 58 03
Hamaron: HP 57 05 (2)
Hamars Of Houlland: HU 50 80
Hamarsness: HU 58 94 (4)
Hamnavoe: HU 49 80 (8)
Hamnavoe, Burn Of : HU 49 80, HU 50 83
Hand-capstan: HU 46 79, HU 54 99
Hand Winch: HP 63 11, HP 64 12
Harbour: HP 59 01
Hargal Burn: HP 59 10
Harkland: HU 44 89 (2)
Harold's Grave: HP 63 11
Harold's Wick: HP 64 11
Haroldswick: HP 6 1, HP 63 11, HP 63 12 (13), HP 64 12 (3)
Harpadale: HP 52 04
Head Of Brough: HU 44 84 (3)
Head Of Mula: HU 56 99
Heatherdale: HP 51 01
Heimar Water: HP 58 12 (2)
Helina Kruga: HU 62 90, HU 63 90
Hellier Geo: HP 56 03
Helliers Water: HP 60 05 (2), HP 61 05
Helliers Water, Dam Of : HP 60 05
Helliersness: HU 60 88
Heog, Knowe Of : HU 62 90
Heoga Ness: HP 54 04, HU 52 78, HU 52 79
Heogland, Holm Of : HU 57 99 (2)
Heogland, Loch Of : HU 57 99
Heracle: HU 44 89
Herra: HU 60 91
Hestaness: HU 66 92
Hill Ness: HP 65 17
Hill Of Brekon: HP 51 04
Hill Of Caldback: HP 60 06 (2)
Hill Of Clibberswick: HP 65 12, HP 66 12
Hill Of Clothan: HU 45 81
Hill Of Colvadale: HP 61 04, HP 61 05 (4), HP 61 06, HP 62 05 (3), HP 62 06
Hill Of Holligarth: HU 51 84
Hill Of Lussetter: HU 51 90
Hill Of Raga: HU 47 92
Hill Of Sellafirth: HU 51 98 (2)
'hill Of The Standing Stone': HU 45 96
Hill Of Troliva: HU 54 97
Hillsgarth: HP 60 09 (3), HP 61 09
Hillside: HU 52 97
Hillside Free Church: HP 60 09 (2)
Hillside Free Church Manse: HP 60 09 (2)
His Geo: HP 65 11
Hivdigarth: HU 52 91
Hoga Ness: HP 55 00 (2)
Hoganess: HP 57 00
Hoide: HP 60 14 (2)
Holligarth: HU 51 83 (2)
Holligarth, Hill Of : HU 51 84
Holm Of Copister: HU 46 78 (2), HU 47 77
Holm Of Heogland: HU 57 99 (2)
Holm Of Skaw: HP 66 16, HP 66 17
Holsens: HP 64 14
Horizntal Mill: HU 46 91
Horse Mill: HP 64 10
Hostnigarth: HP 61 02
Hostnigarth, Knowes Of : HP 61 02 (2)
Houbie: HU 61 90 (3), HU 62 90
Houbs Of Setter: HU 49 91
Houll: HP 53 04
Houll Tafts: HP 62 04
Houlland: HP 59 10 (2), HU 50 79, HU 50 80
Houlland, Hamars Of : HU 50 80
Houlland Hill: HP 52 03, HP 53 03
Houlligarth, Knowe Of : HP 61 02 (21)
Houllnan: HP 57 05
Houllnastoura, Burn Of : HP 59 08
Houllnastroura, Burn Of : HP 58 08
Houlls Pund: HP 58 05
Houllside: HP 60 06
Housigarth: HP 61 01, HP 61 02 (16)
Housten: HP 62 11
Hoversta: HP 59 01, HP 60 01 (19), HP 60 02
Hoversta, Knowe Of : HP 60 02
Hummelton, Burn Of : HU 53 82
Huney: HP 65 06
Including Walls: HU 52 79
Inner Brough: HU 67 93
Inner Skaw: HP 66 15 (3)
Inner Skaw, Sand Of : HP 66 15
Kame Of Cruss: HP 57 04
Kaywick: HU 52 91, HU 53 91
Kegga: HU 66 92 (2)
Kellister: HP 54 03 (2)
Kerry Of Lussetter: HU 51 90
Kettlester, Loch Of : HU 51 80
King's Park Secondary School: NS 59 60
Kirk-knowe: HP 57 05
Kirk Knowe: HU 58 93
Kirk Of Ness: HP 53 04
Kirkabister: HU 53 95 (3)
Kirkaby Church: HP 56 06 (2)
Kirkamires: HP 57 04
Kirkhoull: HP 61 08
Kirkhouse: HU 45 83, HU 65 91
Kirkhouss: HP 61 08
Kirks: HP 50 04 (2)
Knowe Of Heog: HU 62 90
Knowe Of Houlligarth: HP 61 02 (21)
Knowe Of Hoversta: HP 60 02
Knowe Of Scolla: HP 58 04
Knowe Of Setter: HP 59 06 (3)
Knowe Of Vestral: HP 60 02, HP 61 02
Knowes Of Hostnigarth: HP 61 02 (2)
Lamb Hoga: HU 61 87 (2)
Lambigarth: HU 65 91
Landing Stage: HP 63 12
Langista: HP 60 09
Lap Pund: HP 61 07, HP 62 07
Laxa Burn: HU 50 91
Lea: HU 50 91, HU 50 92
Leagarth: HU 62 90
Leagarth House: HU 62 90
Lee: HP 61 02
Lee Of Bacca: HU 44 88
Lee Of Clivocast: HP 60 00
Lee Of Copister: HU 48 79
Lee Of Otterswick: HU 51 86
Lee Of Petester: HP 59 11
Leekvillains: HU 58 93
Leogie: HU 52 98
Lerquoy: HP 59 01
Lerwick: HU 46 40
Libbers Hill: HP 58 13 (2)
Lighthouse: HU 39 79, HU 45 74, HU 54 88
Lighthouse Shore Station: HP 61 14 (4)
Lingarth: HP 60 09
Linksetter, Burn Of : HU 60 93
Linkshouse: HU 51 90
Linkshouse Pier: HU 51 90
Litla Water: HU 45 85
Litlaland: HU 65 89
Little Ham: HP 63 01 (2)
Little Heog: HP 63 10
Little Lambhoga: HU 62 88
Little Roe: HU 39 79
Little Still: HP 61 01 (5)
Littlehamar: HP 64 09
Loch Of Aith: HU 50 43
Loch Of Belmont: HP 55 00, HP 55 01, HP 56 00 (4)
Loch Of Birriesgirt: HU 44 90, HU 44 91 (3)
Loch Of Bordastubble: HP 57 03
Loch Of Cliff: HP 59 11 (2), HP 60 10, HP 60 13
Loch Of Collaster: HP 58 07
Loch Of Copister: HU 48 78 (2)
Loch Of Funzie: HU 65 89 (3)
Loch Of Gardie: HP 58 01
Loch Of Heogland: HU 57 99
Loch Of Kettlester: HU 51 80
Loch Of North Aywick: HU 53 87 (2)
Loch Of Papil: HP 54 04
Loch Of Quoy: HP 57 06 (2)
Loch Of Sandwick: HU 53 61 (2)
Loch Of Snabrough: HP 56 02 (3)
Loch Of Snarravoe: HP 57 01, HP 57 02
Loch Of Stourhoull: HP 57 03, HP 58 03
Loch Of Vatnagarth: HP 60 02, HP 61 02 (2)
Loch Of Vigga: HP 56 03
Loch Of Watlee: HP 59 04, HP 59 05 (4), HP 59 06
Loch Vatnagarth: HP 61 02
Lochs Of Lumbister: HU 48 96 (3)
Lochside: HP 61 02 (2)
Long Geo: HP 62 03
Longhouse: HU 66 91
Loomi Shun: HP 57 02
Loran Type 700: HP 66 16
Lower Camb: HU 50 92 (2)
Lower Clipprigarth: HP 58 00 (2)
Lower House: HU 62 90
Lower Lingarth: HP 60 13
Lowerbulter: HP 60 14
Ludhouse: HP 62 04
Lumbister: HU 48 96 (2)
Lumbister, Lochs Of : HU 48 96 (3)
Lund: HP 56 03, HP 56 04, HP 57 03 (2)
Lunda Wick: HP 55 04
Lussetter: HU 51 90 (3)
Lussetter, Hill Of : HU 51 90
Lussetter, Kerry Of : HU 51 90
Maeawater, Burn Of : HU 52 98
Mailand: HP 60 01 (22), HP 60 07, HP 60 08 (2), HU 60 87
Mailand, Burn Of : HP 59 07
Mailland: HP 60 08
Manor House Of Burravoe: HU 52 79
Manse: HP 54 02, HP 60 09, HU 60 90
Markna Geo: HU 53 81
Mass John's House: HU 45 95
Mel: HP 61 04 (2)
Memorial Stone: HP 62 08
Mid Field: HP 58 11 (2)
Mid Mursetter: HP 53 03
Mid Yell: HU 50 91, HU 51 90 (8), HU 51 91 (3)
Middleton: HP 57 04, HP 59 01 (2), HP 62 01, HP 62 04 (2)
Midge Glen, Burn Of : HP 47 03
Mill: HP 52 04
Mill Burn: HP 61 12 (2), HU 61 94 (2)
Mill Fiel: HP 59 15
Mill Loch: HU 44 90
Millfield: HP 65 14
Mires Of Urie: HU 59 94
Moarfield: HP 53 03
Mongirsdale: HU 64 92
Moo Burn: HU 45 87
Moo Wick: HU 62 87
Moorbrae: HU 45 87
Mossbank: HU 45 74, HU 45 75
Mu Ness: HP 63 01 (10)
Muckle Flugga: HP 60 19
Muckle Heog: HP 63 10
Muckle Heog East: HP 63 10
Muckle Heog West: HP 63 10
Muckle Vandra Water: HU 49 89
Muckligarth: HU 64 91
Mucklure, Wards Of : HU 21 47
Muiesand: HU 64 90
Muirskirk: HU 64 91
Mula: HU 56 99 (2)
Mula, Head Of : HU 56 99
Mullapund: HP 64 13
Muness: HP 63 01
Muness Castle: HP 62 01 (2)
Murrasko: HP 57 04
Murrister: HP 60 01 (16)
Ness, Ayre Of : HU 49 44
Ness, Kirk Of : HP 53 04
Ness Of Beosetter: HU 49 44
Ness Of Galtagarth: HU 48 79, HU 49 79 (3)
Ness Of Gossabrough: HU 53 83
Ness Of Quheyin: HU 54 85
Ness Of Vatsetter: HU 53 89
Ness Of Wadbister: HP 56 01
Nettlehaa: HU 48 78
Newgord: HP 56 06, HP 57 06 (2)
Newgord West: HP 57 05
Newhouse: HU 46 80, HU 48 79, HU 51 98, HU 53 86, HU 53 87
Newhouse Croft: HU 45 83
Norse Mill: HP 57 05, HP 60 14, HP 62 12, HU 44 89, HU 45 89, HU 52 79, HU 52 83
Norse Mills: HP 64 12
North Aywick, Loch Of : HU 53 87 (2)
North Booth: HP 56 05, HP 64 12, HP 65 08 (2)
North Burn Of Otterswick: HU 51 86
North Garth: HP 54 00
North Grommond: HU 46 93
North House: HP 57 04
North-house: HP 61 03
North Kirk Geo: HU 44 83
North Leady: HU 44 89
North Pavilion: HU 66 91
North Sandwick: HU 54 96
North Smithfield: HU 45 82 (2)
North Steading Range: HU 60 90
North Unst Lighthouse: HP 60 19
North Water: HP 58 13 (2)
North West Pavilion: HU 51 90
North Westerhouse: HU 53 89 (2)
North Yell: HU 54 99
Northdale: HP 64 13
Northerhouse: HP 56 02
Northern Outbuilding: HP 60 09
Northsetter: HP 60 12
Norwick: HP 64 13, HP 64 14 (2), HP 65 14 (5)
Norwick Meadow: HP 64 14
Norwick, Ward Of : HP 64 15 (3)
Nousta Geo: HP 66 15
Oddsta: HU 58 93
Old Hall Of Brough: HU 52 79
Old Manse Of Unst: HP 60 09
Old Manse Of Unst Steading: HP 60 09
Old  Manse Of Unst Walled Garden: HP 61 09
Old Ordale: HP 63 07
Old Unst Church And Churchyard With Memorial Enclosures: HP 60 09
Old Verdarett: HP 58 10
Old Virse: HP 61 04
Ordaal: HP 63 08 (2)
Ordale: HP 62 07, HP 63 07, HP 63 08
Ordale, Burn Of : HP 63 07
Otterhad Geo: HP 62 03
Otterswick: HU 51 85, HU 52 85 (3)
Otterswick, Lee Of : HU 51 86
Otterswick, North Burn Of : HU 51 86
Otterswick, South Burn Of : HU 51 85
Outbuilding: HP 65 14
Outer Brough: HU 67 93
Papa Stour: HU 17 60
Papil: HP 53 04, HP 54 04 (2), HP 64 12
Papil, Loch Of : HP 54 04
Papil Water: HU 60 90 (2)
Park: HU 52 92
Petester: HP 59 12 (11)
Petester, Lee Of : HP 59 11
Pier: HP 54 02, HP 56 00, HP 62 09, HP 63 09 (4), HU 44 87, HU 46 79, HU 51 79, HU 52 79, HU 54 99
Pier And Nausts: HU 51 92
Pier House: HU 46 79
Pierfront Buildings: HP 59 01
Point Of Burkwell: HU 58 99
Poita: HU 46 93
Portland: HU 52 97 (3)
Post Box: HU 49 80
Post Office: HP 63 12
Puddle: HP 61 02
Pund Geo: HP 62 03
Pund Of Gallowmill: HP 57 00
Pund Of Scarpo: HP 63 06
Queyon, The White Lady Of : HU 52 85
Quharry: HU 59 93
Quheyin, Ness Of : HU 54 85
Quoy: HP 56 06
Quoy, Loch Of : HP 57 06 (2)
Quoys: HP 61 12 (3), HU 45 81
Radio Station: HP 66 16
Raga: HU 47 92 (2)
Raga, Hill Of : HU 47 92
Ramnageo: HP 62 00
Reafirth Cemetery: HU 51 90
Reafirth, South Ward Of : HU 50 87
Rear Wing: HU 60 90
Remote Reserve: HP 66 16
Riggin Of Setter: HU 62 91
Ripple Stone: HU 62 90
Rivs Dale: HU 62 91
Rockfield: HP 58 00
Roo, Burn Of : HU 45 85
Rooin: HU 63 91, HU 63 92 (2)
Roseville: HU 51 80
Round House: HU 64 91
Rounds Of Tivla: HP 61 10 (3)
Royal Air Force (Raf) Saxa Vord: HP 62 16
Royal Naval Chain Home Low Radar Station: HP 63 16
Rue: HP 60 08
Ruir Taing: HU 61 87
Rulesgill, Burn Of : HP 49 02
Ruska: HP 61 01 (2)
Russetter: HU 60 93 (2), HU 61 93
Saidlas Burn: HU 47 79
Salt Ness: HU 48 80
Salt Wick: HU 53 86 (2), HU 54 85
Sand: HU 58 92
Sand Of Inner Skaw: HP 66 15
Sand Water: HU 52 98
Sandgarth: HU 48 44, HU 49 44
Sands Of Breckon: HP 52 05 (2), HP 53 05 (2)
Sands Of Brekon: HP 52 05 (5)
Sandwater, Burn Of : HP 52 04 (2)
Sandwick: HP 61 02 (12), HU 54 96
Sandwick Links: HP 61 02
Sandwick, Loch Of : HU 53 61 (2)
Sandy Water: HU 49 98
Saxa Vord: HP 62 16, HP 63 15, HP 63 16 (2), HP 64 15 (2)
Scarpa: HP 57 07, HP 58 07
Scarpo: HP 63 07
Scarpo, Pund Of : HP 63 06
Scolla, Knowe Of : HP 58 04
Scord: HU 59 92
Scord, Burn Of : HP 57 01, HP 58 01
Scournasdale, Burn Of : HP 61 16
Scrovnagill, Burn Of : HP 59 09
Sea View: HP 61 13
Seafield: HU 51 92 (3)
Sefster: HU 30 50
Sellafirth: HU 51 97, HU 51 98 (3), HU 52 97, HU 52 98
Sellafirth Church And War Memorial: HU 51 98
Sellafirth, Hill Of : HU 51 98 (2)
Selli Geos: HU 61 87
Setter: HU 45 81 (2), HU 45 82 (2), HU 49 91 (3)
Setter, Houbs Of : HU 49 91
Setter-house: HP 60 16
Setter, Knowe Of : HP 59 06 (3)
Setter, Riggin Of : HU 62 91
Setter, Taing Of : HU 45 81
Setters Of Belmont: HP 56 00
Setters Quarry: HP 64 11
Shadow Cottage: HP 57 06
Shop And Former Booth: HU 51 79
Skarpigarth: HU 64 90 (3)
Skaw: HP 65 15, HP 65 16 (6), HP 66 15 (3), HP 66 16 (3), HP 67 15
Skaw, Burn Of : HP 65 16
Skaw Cottage: HP 65 16
Skaw, Holm Of : HP 66 16, HP 66 17
Skea: HP 60 09
Skeo Taing: HP 64 08 (3)
Skipa Geo: HP 66 15
Skrepla, Burn Of : HU 47 92
Slipway: HP 61 14, HP 63 09
Slipway And Pier Buildings: HP 63 09
Smiddy: HU 51 92
Smirgarth: HP 61 03
Smirgarth, Garths Of : HP 61 03
Smirgirt, Wick Of : HP 61 03
Smithfield: HU 65 91, HU 66 91 (5)
Smithfield Haa: HU 66 91
Smorrastanes: HU 62 90
Sna Broch: HU 57 93
Snabrough: HP 56 02 (4), HP 56 03, HP 57 02, HU 58 93
Snabrough, Loch Of : HP 56 02 (3)
Snabrough Pund: HP 57 02
Snarra Voe: HP 56 01
Snarravoe: HP 56 02 (2), HP 57 01
Snarravoe, Loch Of : HP 57 01, HP 57 02
Snivlis Burn: HU 47 78
Sobul: HP 60 03 (3), HP 60 04
Soerhouse: HP 61 02
Soterberg: HP 63 11, HP 64 11
Sound: HU 45 83
Sound, Booth Of : HU 45 82
South Burn Of Otterswick: HU 51 85
South Burn Of Vigon: HP 48 03
South Cottage And Walled Garden: HP 61 14
South East Pavilion: HU 51 90
South Garth: HU 54 99
South Grommond: HU 46 93
South-haa: HU 54 99
South Ladie: HU 44 88
South Pavilion: HU 66 91
South Road: HU 46 40
South Smithfield: HU 45 82
South Steading Range: HU 60 90
South Ward Of Reafirth: HU 50 87
South Westerhouse: HU 52 89, HU 53 89
Southerhouse: HP 56 02, HP 57 07 (3)
Southerhouse, Burn Of : HP 57 07 (2), HP 58 06
Southsetter: HP 60 10
Spoull: HP 62 11, HP 63 11
Spragatup: HP 64 12
Springfield Hotel: HP 63 09
Springpark: HP 62 12
St Colman's Episcopal Church And War Memorial: HU 52 79
St Colman's Episcopal Parsonage: HU 52 79
St John's Church: HU 51 90
St John's Church And Churchyard: HP 65 14 (2), HU 51 90
St John's Kirk: HP 61 08
St Magnus' Kirk And Kirkyard: HU 49 80
St Magnus' Kirkyard Wall: HU 49 80
St Olaf's Chapel And Churchyard: HP 56 04
St Olaf's Church: HP 53 04, HP 54 02
St Rognvald's: HU 62 90
Stackaberg: HU 61 92 (3), HU 66 91
Stackhoull: HP 60 14 (2)
Stamberry Houll: HU 45 82
Stanebrae: HU 53 86 (2)
Stanefield: HU 56 63
Stanesetter: HU 54 98, HU 55 97, HU 55 98
Stanesgord: HU 61 91
Steading: HP 63 08
Stembelshoull: HP 58 00
Still: HP 61 01 (3)
Still, Breck Of : HP 61 01 (3)
Stoal: HU 54 87
Stoal, Brough Of : HU 54 87
Store: HU 66 91
Stourhoull, Loch Of : HP 57 03, HP 58 03
Stoutsquey: HP 63 11 (3)
Stove: HP 62 12 (4)
Stovepund: HP 62 12
Strand: HU 66 91 (2)
Strandburgh Ness: HU 66 93
Stuis Of Graveland: HU 46 97
Stutoft: HP 63 08
Sugil: HU 58 92
Sutapund: HP 58 00
Swainkatofts: HU 63 90
Swarister: HU 52 84
Swarister Haa: HU 52 84
Swart Houll: HU 64 91
Swinna Ness: HP 64 09, HP 65 08 (2), HP 65 09 (4)
Tafts: HU 60 91
Tafts Of Coppister: HP 57 05 (2)
Taing Of Setter: HU 45 81
Telephone Call Box: HU 51 79
Telephone Kiosk: HU 54 99
Thatched Byre: HU 44 89
The Barn: HP 57 06
The Boathouse: HP 65 16
The Booth: HU 48 78
The Brough: HU 44 88
The Bungalow: HP 65 14
The Clett: HU 64 94
The Crooans: HU 65 88, HU 65 89
The Dale: HP 62 11, HU 53 95
The Farm: HP 62 12 (2)
The Gardins, Burn Of : HU 50 80 (2)
The Garths: HP 65 15, HP 66 15 (4), HP 67 15
The Givv: HP 65 06
The Glebe: HU 60 90 (5)
The Haa: HP 60 06, HP 65 16
The Hamars: HP 63 12
The Helliack: HU 53 86
The Heog: HU 65 90
The Herra: HU 46 93
The Kiln: HP 57 05
The Neap: HP 50 04 (2)
The North Haa: HU 44 87 (2)
The Punds: HP 64 11
The Standing Stone', 'hill Of : HU 45 96
The Ward: HU 60 99
The Wartie: HP 52 04
The White Lady Of Queyon: HU 52 85
Threshing Machine: HP 64 09, HU 53 89
Tivla, Rounds Of : HP 61 10 (3)
Toft: HP 53 05, HP 60 14, HU 66 90
Tongi: HU 52 85
Too Burn: HP 60 01 (5)
Tow: HU 52 88
Tower Hill: HP 60 01 (3)
Towrie: HP 64 12
Trampmires: HP 60 03
Tressa Ness: HU 61 94
Tresta: HU 61 90
Trolie Geo: HU 53 86
Troliva, Hill Of : HU 54 97
Trona Dale: HP 58 04
Tuan: HP 65 12
Tur Ness: HU 61 99
Turra Field: HU 61 91 (2)
Tuvvacuddies: HP 58 00
Udhouse, Booth Of : HU 45 75
Udhouse, Haa Of : HU 52 94 (2)
Ulsta: HU 46 79 (4), HU 46 80 (6)
Ulsta, Burn Of : HU 46 79
Ulsta Pier: HU 46 79
Underhoull: HP 57 04 (7)
Ungirsta: HP 63 12, HP 63 13
Unst Airport: HP 62 07
Unst General: HP 6 1
Unst, Old Manse Of : HP 60 09
Unst Steading, Old Manse Of : HP 60 09
Unst Walled Garden, Old  Manse Of : HP 61 09
Upper Clipprigarth: HP 58 00
Upper Lingarth: HP 60 14
Upper Neapaback: HU 52 80
Upperbulter: HP 60 14
Upswall: HP 64 07
Ura Geo: HP 63 17
Uralee, Burn Of : HU 52 89
Urie: HU 59 93 (3), HU 59 94 (2)
Urie, Burn Of : HU 59 93 (2)
Urie, Mires Of : HU 59 94
Urie Ness: HU 59 94
Uriesetter: HU 60 93 (2)
Uskister: HU 59 92
Uyea: HU 60 99, HU 61 99
Uyea Breck: HP 60 00
Uyea Sound: HP 5 0
Uyeasound: HP 58 00, HP 58 01, HP 59 01 (6)
Uyeasound, Ayre Of : HP 59 01
Uyeasound Church And War Memorial: HP 60 01
Uyeasound Pier: HP 59 00
Valind: HP 56 03
Valla Field: HP 58 06
Valsgarth: HP 64 12, HP 64 13 (2)
Vatnagarth: HP 61 03
Vatnagarth, Loch Of : HP 60 02, HP 61 02 (2)
Vatsdeild, Burn Of : HP 61 04
Vatsetter: HU 53 89, HU 54 89
Vatsetter, Ness Of : HU 53 89
Vatsetter, White Hill Of : HU 54 88
Vatsie: HU 52 88 (2)
Veedie: HP 61 15
Velzie: HU 60 91
Vementry Clack Mill: HP 5 0
Vestral, Knowe Of : HP 60 02, HP 61 02
Vigga: HP 56 04 (3)
Vigga, Loch Of : HP 56 03
Vigon: HP 48 04
Vigon, South Burn Of : HP 48 03
Vinstrick: HP 57 03 (2)
Vinstrict: HP 57 03
Virda Field: HP 62 06, HP 62 07
Virda Water: HU 64 89
Voesgarth: HP 61 08
Voesgarth, Booth Of : HP 62 08
Voesgrind: HP 62 02
Voeside: HP 56 01
Vollister: HU 47 93 (3)
Vord Hill: HP 61 03 (3), HP 61 04, HU 62 93 (2)
Wadbister, Ness Of : HP 56 01
Wallsgarth: HU 59 93
Ward Of Clugan: HP 63 07, HP 64 07
Ward Of Copister: HU 47 79 (3)
Ward Of Norwick: HP 64 15 (3)
Wards Of Mucklure: HU 21 47
Wart: HU 53 86 (2)
Waters Of Cruss: HU 63 91
Waters Of Cruss, Burn Of : HU 62 91 (2), HU 63 91
Watlee: HP 59 05 (6), HP 60 05 (2)
Watlee, Burn Of : HP 59 04 (2)
Watlee, Loch Of : HP 59 04, HP 59 05 (4), HP 59 06
Watquey: HP 62 12
Welbigarth, Burn Of : HP 62 05 (3)
Wellston Crofts: HP 65 16
West: HP 64 15
West-a-firth: HP 49 04 (3), HP 50 04
West Outbuilding: HP 60 09
West Sandwick: HU 44 87 (3), HU 44 89, HU 45 87, HU 45 88 (4), HU 45 89 (4)
West Sandwick, Birrier Of : HU 43 91
West Scrafield: HP 59 09 (2)
West Steading Range: HU 60 90
West Yell: HU 45 84
West Yell Schoolhouse: HU 45 82
Westbrough: HU 44 85
Wester Brakes: HP 52 04
Wester Burn Of Buster: HU 46 91
Wester Heogland: HU 57 99 (4)
Wester House: HU 46 80
Wester Skeld: HU 29 43
Westergarth: HP 62 12
Westerhouse: HP 56 03
Westing: HP 56 05 (2), HP 56 06 (2), HP 57 05 (5), HP 57 06
Weston: HP 62 04
Westpark: HP 63 09
Westpunds: HU 48 79 (2)
Whaal Firth: HU 46 94
Whallerie: HP 51 05
Whalsay: HU 53 61 (2), HU 56 63
Whilsa Pund: HU 61 92
Whinnifirt, Bay Of : HU 53 82
White Hagmark: HP 59 07
White Hill Of Gossabrough: HU 53 82
White Hill Of Vatsetter: HU 54 88
Wick: HP 56 03 (2)
Wick Of Aith: HU 63 89, HU 64 89
Wick Of Gossabrough: HU 52 83
Wick Of Smirgirt: HP 61 03
Will Houll: HU 49 40
Willa Water: HU 65 90 (2)
Wilma Stane: HP 62 02
Winbat: HP 58 00 (3)
Winch: HU 54 99 (2)
Wind Pump: HP 6 1
Windhouse: HU 48 91 (5), HU 48 92, HU 49 91
Winna Tonga: HU 64 89
Woodenbreck: HU 65 89
Woodwick: HP 58 11 (2)
Woodwick, Dale Of : HP 58 10
Wullvers Hool: HP 62 09
Yahaarwell: HU 30 43