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Sand Lodge

Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)

Site Name Sand Lodge

Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 180025

Site Number HU42SW 30

NGR HU 4360 2490

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

HU42SW 30 4360 2490 (site of)

A group of burnt mounds vulnerable to coastal erosion in Shetland was surveyed in Spring 1996. Rescue excavation conducted at one of these sites, Tangwick, uncovered a burnt mound in close association with a specialized, non-domestic structure of Bronze Age date. It is concluded that Tangwick represents a distinct site type, previously little recognized, and it is proposed that such sites may have been used for feasting, possibly on a seasonal basis. More broadly, the results of survey work indicate that burnt mounds in Shetland are not a homogenous class of site and this variety has not been adequately accounted for within the prevailing models.

H Moore and G Wilson 1999

Activities

Field Visit (1996)

A group of burnt mounds vulnerable to coastal erosion in Shetland was surveyed in Spring 1996.

H Moore and G Wilson 1999

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