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Ordnance Survey - Shetland county, OS Name Books - Shetland county - Volume 20 - Parishes of Sandness, Sandsting, Walls, Aithsting, OS1/31/20

Continued entries/extra info

that many of the stones have been removed for housebuilding." Extract from Low's Tours
Signed Alex Fraser

Transcriber's notes

United Parishes if Sandsting and Aithsting Shetland [the words United and Aithsting are crossed out]
Brough of Culswick (continued) Sheet 50 Trace 3
gallery, 2 ft; thickness of the outer wall, 4 ft; thickness of whole wall at foundations 18 ft; height of the gallery, 8 ft; height of the highest part as it now stands 23 ft; breadth of the ditch, 13 ft; breadth of the rampart as it now remains, 19 ft. 6 in.
The ditch is now (1774) much filled up with rubbish. The rampart has been formed with earth and stones. The door is strongly installed with a large triangular stone, which stands as firm as when put in; as would the whole fabric, had it not been that many of the stones have been removed for housebuilding." Extract from Low's Tours. (signed) Alex Fraser

Ordnance Survey - Shetland county, OS Name Books - Shetland county - Volume 20 - Parishes of Sandness, Sandsting, Walls, Aithsting, OS1/31/20

This volume contains information on place names found in the parishes of Sandness, Sandsting, Walls, Aithsting.

Ordnance Survey - Shetland county

Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Shetland, which is in the north of Scotland.

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