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Yell, Brocken Burn

Burnt Mound(S) (Prehistoric)

Site Name Yell, Brocken Burn

Classification Burnt Mound(S) (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 1257

Site Number HU49SE 5

NGR HU 48 93

NGR Description HU c. 48 93

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

HU49SE 5 c. 48 93.

An unspecified number of mounds of burnt stones are recorded as having been obliterated when the land on Brocken Burn was brought into cultivation (c.48 93)

J T Irvine 1887; RCAHMS 1946; C S T Calder 1965.

(HU 4849 9288) ? Burnt Mound.

Shetland Museum Annotated 6"map.

There is no trace of burnt mounds at Brocken Burn

Visited by OS (NKB) 19th May 1969.

Activities

Field Visit (19 May 1969)

There is no trace of burnt mounds at Brocken Burn

Visited by OS (NKB) 19th May 1969.

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