Punds Water
Punds Water is a heel-shaped cairn near Mangaster, about six kilometers northwest of Brae on the Shetland island of Mainland . Punds Water is considered to be the best preserved heel-shaped cairn on Mainland. The pile of stones lies on a plateau above the southern shore of Lake Punds Water near the heel-shaped cairn of Mangaster.
Today the area looks inhospitable with its heaths , moors and lakes . However, potential for agriculture may have existed at least partially before the formation of the raised bogs . A little to the northwest of the megalithic complex are the remains of a house and a field system.
The quartzite facility was built on a small knoll above Punds Water. It is a good example of a heel-shaped cairn, though the hillside curbs are missing. The corridor, which is over four meters long, and the roughly clover-shaped chamber with the well-built walls have been preserved up to a height of about one meter. The wide chamber, which lies somewhat at an angle in the cairn , shows the small side niches customary for this type. The almost straight exedra of the plant is about 15 m wide.
The Islesburgh Cairn is located to the south .
literature
- Shore Audrey Henshall: The chambered tombs of Scotland. Volume 1. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh 1963.
- Anna Ritchie: Shetland (= Exploring Scotland's Heritage. ). 2nd edition. HMSO, Edinburgh 1997, ISBN 0-11-495289-2 .
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Coordinates: 60 ° 25 '26 " N , 1 ° 24' 44" W.