Foula, Hametoun, Biggines
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Foula, Hametoun, Biggines
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 193
Site Number HT93NE 2
NGR HT 9649 3705
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/193
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Walls And Sandness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
Field Visit (5 June 1968)
No trace and no local knowledge of a burnt mound 100 yards SW of Biggings, but at HT 9649 3705 are the badly mutilated remains of a burnt mound, possibly that referred to by RCAHMS.
Visited by OS (R L) 5 June 1968.
Desk Based Assessment (1968)
(Area HT 962 370) A mound of burnt stones lies about 100 yards SW of the crofter's house at Biggings. A cist-like cavity is said to have been discovered here.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930
Information from OS Index Card.
