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Latitude: 60.3413 / 60°20'28"N
Longitude: -1.7255 / 1°43'31"W
OS Eastings: 415251
OS Northings: 1161950
OS Grid: HU152619
Mapcode National: GBR Q13D.L3V
Mapcode Global: XHBVF.XB7J
Entry Name: Virda Field,cairn on summit,Papa Stour
Scheduled Date: 6 November 1995
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6241
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Walls and Sandness
County: Shetland Islands
Electoral Ward: Shetland West
Traditional County: Shetland
The monument consists of a small round cairn of prehistoric date.
The cairn is on the summit of Virda Field, and has been disturbed by the insertion of a modern survey cairn. It appears to have been about 8m in diameter, bounded by a kerb with a possible flat facade facing SE. No trace of a chamber can be seen.
The area to be scheduled is circular, 20m across, centred on the centre of the cairn, as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a small prehistoric burial cairn which, although disturbed, still has the potential to provide information about prehistoric burial practices and contemporary environmental conditions.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as HU16SE 46.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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