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Latitude: 60.3169 / 60°19'0"N
Longitude: -1.6937 / 1°41'37"W
OS Eastings: 417023
OS Northings: 1159239
OS Grid: HU170592
Mapcode National: GBR Q15G.NQG
Mapcode Global: XHBVG.BY89
Entry Name: Round Hill,chambered cairn,Papa Stour
Scheduled Date: 29 April 1996
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6388
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn
Location: Walls and Sandness
County: Shetland Islands
Electoral Ward: Shetland West
Traditional County: Shetland
The monument consists of the remains of a prehistoric chambered burial cairn on the summit of Round Hill.
The cairn, which commands extensive views except to the WNW, is reduced to a slight rise, with large boulders set within this indicating details of the plan. The cairn is of "heel-shaped" plan, with a concave facade facing SE.
The entrance passage opens from the centre of the facade and gives access to a rectangular chamber. The cairn appears to have been about 8m across from facade to back by perhaps 12m.
The area to be scheduled is circular on plan, 30m in diameter, to include the cairn and an area around it in which associated remains may survive. The scheduled area reaches, but does not cross, a new fenceline to its NE, and is marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance for its potential to contribute to our understanding of prehistoric ritual and funerary practices.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as HU 15 NE 3.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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