Sandwick Bay
In addition to our site, Sandwick, on the east coast of Unst, is home to a number of other places of interest...
On a fine day, it's easy to see why people chose to live at Sandwick
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Burial cairns, identified as being Pictish (late Iron Age) during previous excavations, can be found on the beach
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Close to these is a Norse house, excavated in the 1980s
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At the north end of the Bay lies Framgord, believed to be a Norse chapel, and home to several grave markers, which date to the Medieval period
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Close to Framgord are the remains of what is thought to be another Norse house
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At the south end of the bay is Voesgrind, the ruins of a large house built in the sixteenth century
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An abandoned township with numerous ruined crofts lies above the bay
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Hannigarth is a survivor of the old township, and is the excavation headquarters
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