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Upper Sound

Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Upper Sound

Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 191429

Site Number HU35SE 19

NGR HU 384 504

NGR Description Centred on HU 384 504

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Shetland Islands
  • Parish Tingwall
  • Former Region Shetland Islands Area
  • Former District Shetland
  • Former County Shetland

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Note

A crofting township comprising eleven unroofed buildings, one partially roofed building, thirteen roofed buildings, two unroofed structures, ten enclosures, a Sheepfold and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xlviii). The head-dyke is contiguous with that of the farmstead Houll (HU35SE 39) to the N.

Five unroofed buildings, one partially roofed building, five roofed buildings, ten enclosures, a Sheep Wash and the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).

Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 1 June 2001

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