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Clett

Shetland Islands, Scotland ยท Atlas SC4175

Location

Atlas number
SC4175 (4175)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Shetland Islands
Historic county
Shetland
Parish, community, or townland
Walls And Sandness
National Grid reference
HU 1691 5216
Latitude
60.25349
Longitude
-1.69617
Altitude
30 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 0, SW 0, NW 1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.07 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
level
Land use
heather moorland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
rectangular stone structures
Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1971); Other (2012)

Identifiers

HER
Shetland Amenity Trust 2475
National record
record HU 15 SE 9; monument 241
Wikidata
Q31118551

Sources

References

  1. Lamb, R G (1971) 'Walls Parish, Burrier Head, Dale'. Disc Exc Scot (1971), 41