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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Islesburgh
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 3.819 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Shetland Type: Chambered Cairn
 Nearest Village: Mavis Grind
Map Ref: HU33456845
Latitude: 60.398576N  Longitude: 1.394815W
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.
 4 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.
 3 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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Islesburgh submitted by Andy B : View of the tomb from the West. Image copyright Simon Clarke (Vote or comment on this photo)
Heel-shaped chambered cairn, and circular and D-shaped prehistoric enclosures. Mavis Grind is the narrowest strip of land on Shetland’s Mainland separating the Atlantic from the North Sea so the tomb at Islesburgh would have been on an important route for both land travel between the north and south, but also for portage of boats between the two bodies of water.

The location also probably had symbolic significance for journeys of a different kind between the realms of the living and the dead and it is these that the walk will be exploring.

Parking on the A970 roadside at Mavis Grind

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Note: Guided Walk to Islesburgh Neolithic Tomb and Enclosures, Sat 16 July
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Islesburgh
Islesburgh submitted by howe : An entrance passage leads to a rectangular chamber. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Islesburgh
Islesburgh submitted by howe : The classic semi-circular shape has a concave facade. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Islesburgh
Islesburgh submitted by howe : One of the best heel-shaped cairns in Shetland. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Islesburgh
Islesburgh submitted by Andy B : Further up the hillside another prehistoric enclosure, this one circular, affords a fuller view of the water beyond Mavis Grind. The function of this space is not clear, perhaps it is just an additional area of arable cultivation established after the D-shaped enclosure. On the other hand perhaps an enclosure that was more completely associated with life and even less with death was desirable. A l... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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HU3368 : Holm of Culsetter by Anne Burgess
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HU3368 : The Atlantic Ocean at Mavis Grind by David Dixon
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Guided Walk to Islesburgh Neolithic Tomb and Enclosures, Sat 16 July by Andy B on Sunday, 19 June 2011
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Guided Walk to Islesburgh Neolithic Tomb and Enclosures

Sat 16 July 10.00–12.00

Guided walk from Mavis Grind to the Neolithic landscape at Islesburgh to see the heel-shaped chambered cairn, and circular and D-shaped prehistoric enclosures.

Mavis Grind is the narrowest strip of land on Shetland’s Mainland separating the Atlantic from the North Sea so the tomb at Islesburgh would have been on an important route for both land travel between the north and south, but also for portage of boats between the two bodies of water. The location also probably had symbolic significance for journeys of a different kind between the realms of the living and the dead and it is these that the walk will be exploring.
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Location: Meet at Mavis Grind, at the site of the Geopark. Parking on the A970 roadside at Mavis Grind, at the site of the Geopark. Starting out from there at 10am an easy 15 minute walk half a mile northwest to the tomb and then the enclosures. Tomb grid reference HU 3345 6845.

Org: Sheltand College UHI
Name: Simon Clarke, Esther Renwick
Tel: 01595 771278
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://communities.uhi.ac.uk/sh01sc/weblog/3852.html

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