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Foula, Wilse

Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)

Site Name Foula, Wilse

Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 201

Site Number HT94SE 4

NGR HT 9601 4026

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)

HT 9601 4026. A turf-covered mound of burnt stones, 8.0m in diameter with a maximum height of 1.0m on its east side, lies on the west bank of the Blobers Burn.

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

Desk Based Assessment (1968)

(Area:HT 959 402) A mound of burnt stones lies 150 to 200 yards NW of the house at Wilse.

RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930

Information from OS Index Card.

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