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Beorgs Of Uyea Ancient Mine / Quarry Image © thelonious Nearest Town: Lerwick (51km SSE) OS Ref (GB):     HU32699006 / Sheet: 1 Latitude: 60° 35' 35.33" N Longitude:     1° 24' 11.32" W Added by thelonious Images (9) Fieldnotes (1) Links (2) 0 discussions Start a topic Show  |  Hide Web searches for Beorgs Of Uyea Flickr Google Google Images MAGIC The Megalithic Portal Bing Stone Pages Streetmap.co.uk Wikipedia

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23/06/2023 - A sunny visit to Beorgs Of Uyea. West of North Roe at the top of mainland Shetland. Neolithic Axe Factory and a Chambered Cairn marked on the OS map proved too hard a pull to ignore. I've been wanting to visit here for years. Straight off the ferry and an early start. Good parking at North Roe and then a track west to the site. It’s a lovely place to spend the day. Neolithic Felsite quarrying is all over a large area. Broken stones of Felsite dykes are scattered everywhere. Grey stones of Felsite surrounded by pink stones of Ronas Hill Granite. There’s a gallery covered by lintel stones that could have been a workshop. Weather was just great. Magic day out. The paper about the role of Felsite in Neolithic Shetland is well worth a look - see links below. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by thelonious 5th July 2023ce Edited 10th July 2023ce

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The Role of Felsite in Neolithic Shetland Link to a nice page about the role of Felsite in Neolithic Shetland Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by thelonious 5th July 2023ce

Canmore Site record for Beorgs Of Uyea. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by thelonious 5th July 2023ce