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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/180025
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Dunrossness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
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
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