Kebister
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Kebister
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 1021
Site Number HU44NE 8
NGR HU 4575 4542
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/1021
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Tingwall
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU44NE 8 4575 4542
There is a large burnt mound with a central depression which may represent a cooking site about 75m SE of Kebister settlement (HU44NE 5).
O Owen and C Lowe 1987.
The mound (Burnt Mound 7 in Owen and Lowe 1999) is located at about 20m OD, above and to the S of a dried up water-course, on the margin between the coastal belt of improved arable land and the higher pasture. It is kidney-shaped and appears to comprise three or four distinct elements. To the W is a sub-triangular mound with concave faces to the N and E. To the E is a mound with a concave face to the W. Between the two is an open area, possibly the site of the water-tank and hearth. To the S is a low, amorphous mound. Small test-pits excavated into the top of each mound revealed a dense concetnration of small to medium, angular and subangular, burnt and fire-shattered stones in a matrix of dark grey silty clay. A large base sherd of coarse pottery of likely Bronze Age date was recovered.
O Owen and C Lowe 1999.
The excavation archive from Kebister has been catalogued. The archive consists of manuscripts, photographic material and drawings. Digital and audio archive is available and consists of drafts of the Kebister 1999 monograph, the stone catalogues, the key for the soil maps, mini data cartridges containing 'Kebister modified files' and a recorded conversation with Mr and Mrs Anderson.
Historic Scotland Archive Project (SW) 2001
Field Visit (1985 - 1987)
There is a large burnt mound with a central depression which may represent a cooking site about 75m SE of Kebister settlement (HU44NE 5).
O Owen and C Lowe 1987.
The mound (Burnt Mound 7 in Owen and Lowe 1999) is located at about 20m OD, above and to the S of a dried up water-course, on the margin between the coastal belt of improved arable land and the higher pasture. It is kidney-shaped and appears to comprise three or four distinct elements. To the W is a sub-triangular mound with concave faces to the N and E. To the E is a mound with a concave face to the W. Between the two is an open area, possibly the site of the water-tank and hearth. To the S is a low, amorphous mound. Small test-pits excavated into the top of each mound revealed a dense concetnration of small to medium, angular and subangular, burnt and fire-shattered stones in a matrix of dark grey silty clay. A large base sherd of coarse pottery of likely Bronze Age date was recovered.
O Owen and C Lowe 1999.
Note (2001)
The excavation archive from Kebister has been catalogued. The archive consists of manuscripts, photographic material and drawings. Digital and audio archive is available and consists of drafts of the Kebister 1999 monograph, the stone catalogues, the key for the soil maps, mini data cartridges containing 'Kebister modified files' and a recorded conversation with Mr and Mrs Anderson.
Historic Scotland Archive Project (SW) 2001
