Pettigarths Field Cairns
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The Pettigarths Field Cairns is a Neolithic site in the parish of Nesting, northeastern Whalsay, in the Shetland islands of Scotland. It is located approximately 140 metres (460 ft) to the northwest of Benie Hoose.[1] The site contains upright stones as well as masonry.[2] The south cairn is roughly 6 metres (20 ft) square, with an eastern entrance passage and circular chamber about 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) across.[1] 4 metres (13 ft) to the north is a round cairn, 4.5 metres (15 ft) in diameter, with a rectangular cist.[1] The two cairns are located on a rise,[3] about 140 metres (460 ft) northwest of Benie Hoose.
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Location | Shetland, Scotland |
Coordinates | 60.367548°N 0.941227°W / 60.367548; -0.941227 |
Built | Neolithic age |
The first archaeological explorations were carried out in 1936 and 1938. They were then inferred to be tombs belonging to the Late Stone Age and Early Bronze Age.[4][5] It was excavated in 1963 by C. S. T. Calder and visited by OS (NKB) on 30 May 1968.[6]