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Submitted by h_fenton on Sunday, 19 April 2015 Page Views: 2668

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Giant's Grave (Hestinsetter Hill)
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.362 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Shetland Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Village: Easter Skeld
Map Ref: HU2919945702
Latitude: 60.194667N Longitude: 1.475234W
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

1 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

no data Access:

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
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no data Accuracy:

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
0	no data

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**Giant's Grave (Hestinsetter Hill)** submitted by h_fenton : Giant's Grave (Hestinsetter Hill) viewed from the north. Only a few stones remain of this badly damaged chambered cairn. 20 September 2014 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Chambered Cairn in Shetland

A badly ruined chambered cairn, barely recognisable as an ancient site, most of the stones have been removed. The cairn was excavated in 1866, the finds included pottery and cremated bone.

Canmore Description:http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/290/details/hestinsetter+hill+giant+s+grave/
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HU2845 : Cattle grid on the side of Hestinsetter Hill by Oliver Dixon — by Oliver Dixon
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HU2845 : Wall and moorland below Hestinsetter Hill by Oliver Dixon — by Oliver Dixon
©2013(licence)

HU2945 : Hestinsetter by Oliver Dixon — by Oliver Dixon
©2013(licence)

HU2945 : Hestinsetter by Robert Sandison — by Robert Sandison
©2008(licence)

HU2946 : Peat workings by Russel Wills — by Russel Wills
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