Unst, Little Ham
Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Unst, Little Ham
Classification Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 313375
Site Number HP60SW 171
NGR HP 63520 01165
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/313375
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Unst
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
Field Visit (28 April 2010)
This rectangular enclosure, which measures about 8m from WNW to ESE by 4m transversely over a ruinous wall, is situated 200m SSE of the farmstead at Little Ham. Both the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, sheet viii) and the 2nd edition of the 25-inch map (Shetland 1902, sheet viii.12) depict this enclosure, and another (HP60SW 243) a short distance to the W, attached to the N side of a curvilinear field wall. Since 1900, when the revision survey for the later map was undertaken, that wall has become redundant and superseded by a new stone dyke, now ruinous, which overlies the SE corner of the enclosure and dog-legs to the W before crossing its SW corner. Some rebuilding of the enclosure has evidently taken place in more recent times as its E end appears now to overlie the ruined wall. At least four heaps of cleared stones lie in the field to the S of the enclosure.Visited by RCAHMS (ARG) 28 April 2010.