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<< Our Photo Pages >> Giant's Stones (Shetland) - Standing Stones in Scotland in Shetland

Submitted by enkidu41 on Sunday, 28 November 2004  Page Views: 11713

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Giant's Stones (Shetland) Alternative Name: Hamnavoe
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.2 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Shetland Type: Standing Stones

Map Ref: HU2431280555
Latitude: 60.507906N  Longitude: 1.559163W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 4

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SandyG visited on 7th Jun 2019 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Parking is available at HU 24245 80576. The Giants’ Stones stand nearby.

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Giant's Stones (Shetland)
Giant's Stones (Shetland) submitted by Tom_Bullock : Photo used by kind permission of Tom Bullock. More details of this location are to be found on his Stone Circles and Rows CD-ROM (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stones in Shetland

Canmore site no. 508
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Giant's Stones (Shetland)
Giant's Stones (Shetland) submitted by SandyG : View from east. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Giant's Stones (Shetland)
Giant's Stones (Shetland) submitted by Tom_Bullock : Photo used by kind permission of Tom Bullock. More details of this location are to be found on his Stone Circles and Rows CD-ROM (Vote or comment on this photo)

Giant's Stones (Shetland)
Giant's Stones (Shetland) submitted by SandyG : The two standing stones. View from west. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Giant's Stones (Shetland)
Giant's Stones (Shetland) submitted by SandyG : The two large standing stones. View from east. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Giant's Stones (Shetland)
Giant's Stones (Shetland) submitted by SandyG : View from west showing the standing stones. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Giant's Stones (Shetland)
Giant's Stones (Shetland) submitted by SandyG : View from north west showing the standing stones.

Giant's Stones (Shetland)
Giant's Stones (Shetland) submitted by SandyG : View from south west showing the prehistoric standing stones.

Giant's Stones (Shetland)
Giant's Stones (Shetland) submitted by scottish-prints : The two stones with the hamlet of Hamnavoe, Eshaness Shetland. Photo taken June 2014.

Giant's Stones (Shetland)
Giant's Stones (Shetland) submitted by howe : Two of the original three stones, one 1.8 metres tall and the other 2.4 metres. The alignment points toward an access beach and valley from the Voe.

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Re: Giant's Stones Circle by josvg on Tuesday, 12 August 2014
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The two main standing stones that give the site its name are 1.7m (5'7") and 2.3m (7'7") high. Of the other stones the highest is about 0.45m (1'5"). Taking all stones in account seems to point to a D-shaped site; see the plan by Thom & Merritt.

Canmore site no. 508.
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