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Bressay, Brough

Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)

Site Name Bressay, Brough

Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 1285

Site Number HU54SW 3

NGR HU 51913 41214

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Shetland Islands
  • Parish Bressay
  • Former Region Shetland Islands Area
  • Former District Shetland
  • Former County Shetland

Archaeology Notes

HU54SW 3 5191 4121.

(HU 5193 4127) Tumulus (OE)

OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1902).

'A small oblong mound similar to what is known as a "Tumulus"'.

Name Book 1878.

A mound of burnt stones.

RCAHMS 1946.

Traces of burnt stones can be seen in the top of this turf-covered mound 2.0m high, but no finds have been reported from the area in or around the mound.

Re-surveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (NKB) 7 September 1964.

Activities

Field Visit (9 July 1930)

Mound of burnt stones 100 yds NE of the township.

RCAHMS 1946, visited 9 July 1930.

OS map ref: liii & liiiA ('Tumulus')

Field Visit (7 September 1964)

Traces of burnt stones can be seen in the top of this turf-covered mound 2.0m high, but no finds have been reported from the area in or around the mound.

Re-surveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (NKB) 7 September 1964.

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