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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/191429
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Tingwall
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
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