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West Lunna Voe

Burnt Mound(S) (Prehistoric)

Site Name West Lunna Voe

Classification Burnt Mound(S) (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 1188

Site Number HU46NE 1

NGR HU 48400 69772

NGR Description HU 48400 69772 and HU 68421 69796

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

HU46NE 1 4840 6977 to 6842 6979.

(HU 4839 6980) Tumulus (OE)

OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1903).

A burnt mound lying on a kaim.

RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930.

Two burnt mounds. The first, shown on OS 6" 1903 is c.1.0m high; the other 30.0m to the NE, is small, crescentic and c.1.6m high.

Surveyed at 1.2500.

Visited by OS (RL) 31 May 1968.

Activities

Field Visit (7 July 1930)

West Lunna Voe. A burnt mound lying on a kaim about 300 yds N of the manse.

RCAHMS 1946, visited 7 July 1930

OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1903)

Field Visit (31 May 1968)

Two burnt mounds. The first, shown on OS 6" 1903 is c.1.0m high; the other 30.0m to the NE, is small, crescentic and c.1.6m high.

Surveyed at 1.2500.

Visited by OS (RL) 31 May 1968.

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