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Clivocast
Clivocast
	The Uyea Breck Standing Stone at Clivocast, with Clivocast Farm and Uyea Sound in the background
	Clivocast Location within Shetland
Population	100
OS grid reference	HP599009
Civil parish	Unst;
Council area	Shetland;
Lieutenancy area	Shetland;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SHETLAND
Postcode district	ZE2
Dialling code	01957
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Orkney and Shetland;
Scottish Parliament	Shetland;
	List of places UK Scotland 60°41′17″N 0°54′11″W / 60.688°N 0.903°W

Clivocast is a settlement on the island of Unst in the Shetland Islands, Scotland at 60°40′N 0°54′W / 60.67°N 00.90°W / 60.67; -00.90 or grid reference HP6000 and is situated just east of Uyeasound.

The 9 ft 10 in (3 m) Uyea Breck Standing Stone nearby is said to mark the spot where the son of the Viking Harald Harfager was killed some time around 900AD. He is said to have been buried in the tumulus to the southwest.^[1]

References

^ "Uyea Breck Standing Stone (Clivocast), Shetland (Unst), Scotland". Saints and Stones. Retrieved 16 December 2014.

External links

BBC - Domesday Reloaded - Clivocast Farm, Uyeasound Archived 25 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] "Uyea Breck Standing Stone (Clivocast), Shetland (Unst), Scotland". Saints and Stones. Retrieved 16 December 2014.

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