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<< Our Photo Pages >> Beorgs of Housetter - Standing Stones in Scotland in Shetland

Submitted by howe on Thursday, 05 April 2012  Page Views: 9091

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Beorgs of Housetter Alternative Name: Giant's Grave
Country: Scotland County: Shetland Type: Standing Stones

Map Ref: HU36178546  Landranger Map Number: 1
Latitude: 60.551054N  Longitude: 1.342378W
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
 4 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
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SandyG visited on 7th Jun 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 These stones are seen as the remains of a cairn facade. It is possible that this is a stone row with an adjacent cairn. The stone lying in the centre of the cairn may have once stood in the socket to the east.

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Beorgs of Housetter
Beorgs of Housetter submitted by howe : The much reduced remains of the more southerly cairn also known as the Giant's Stones. Only two uprights of the facade are recognisable. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Pair of Standing Stones in Shetland. The much reduced remains of the more southerly cairn also known as the Giant's Stones. Only two uprights of the facade are recognisable.

Canmore site no. 843.
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Beorgs of Housetter
Beorgs of Housetter 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)

Beorgs of Housetter
Beorgs of Housetter submitted by SandyG : A line of large stones forming part of the field system. View from the standing stones. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Beorgs of Housetter
Beorgs of Housetter submitted by SandyG : The field walls are of megalithic character and could easily as has happened elsewhere be confused with stone rows. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Beorgs of Housetter
Beorgs of Housetter submitted by SandyG : The standing stones are on the edge of a field system formed by rubble walls. View from the south east. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Beorgs of Housetter
Beorgs of Housetter submitted by SandyG : View from above and south west. The relationship between the cairn and standing stones can be appreciated from this angle.

Beorgs of Housetter
Beorgs of Housetter submitted by SandyG : View from above and south (Scale 1m).

Beorgs of Housetter
Beorgs of Housetter submitted by SandyG : View from north (Scale 1m).

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Beorgs of Housetter submitted by SandyG : View from south west with cairn in the foreground (Scale 1m).

Beorgs of Housetter
Beorgs of Housetter submitted by SandyG : View from the south (Scale 1m).

Beorgs of Housetter
Beorgs of Housetter submitted by SandyG : Plan from a survey at 1:100 by Sandy Gerrard.

Beorgs of Housetter
Beorgs of Housetter submitted by SandyG : View from the south. The cairn material is visible on the left.

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