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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Crooksetter Hill - two Chambered Cairns Alternative Name: Hill of Crooksetter, Crooksetter Hill SW, Crooksetter Hill NECountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 2.356 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Shetland Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Brae Nearest Village: Sullom Voe Oil Terminal
Map Ref: HU420756
Latitude: 60.461971N Longitude: 1.238175W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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A pile of stones, white quartz which protrudes through the bedrock on the ridge has been used on the cairn. The second cairn is a few hundred yards along the ridge, with a higher pile of stones, overgrown with lichen. Fantastic views over the hills, moors and islands, with typical Shetland weather of constant wind blowing clouds trailing curtains of rain, interspersed with periods of strong sunshine causing rainbows after the rain. Try to ignore Sullom Voe Oil Terminal, just a mile or so away.
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