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Tully Knowe, Skarpigarth

Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)

Site Name Tully Knowe, Skarpigarth

Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 204

Site Number HU14NE 2

NGR HU 1983 4970

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 (12 June 1968)

A crescentic, turf-covered mound of burnt stones c.12.0m long and 1.2m high. Still known locally as 'Tully Knowe.'

Revised at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (WDJ) 12 June 1968.

Desk Based Assessment (1968)

(HU 1983 4970) Tully Knowe (NR)

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

A mound of burnt stones.

RCAHMS 1946, visited 1931

Information from OS Index Card.

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