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Foula, South Harrier

Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)

Site Name Foula, South Harrier

Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 200

Site Number HT94SE 3

NGR HT 9584 4038

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Shetland Islands
  • Parish Walls And Sandness
  • Former Region Shetland Islands Area
  • Former District Shetland
  • Former County Shetland

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Field Visit (5 June 1968)

A long narrow slightly curved mound of burnt stones on the west bank of the Blobers Burn. It measures c.14.0m long by c.3.0m wide and is c.1.0m high on its east side.

Visited by OS (W D J) 5 June 1968.

Desk Based Assessment (1968)

(HT 9586 4037) Cairn (NR)

OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed.,(1900)

A mound of burnt stones.

RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930

Information from OS Index Card.

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