Papa Stour, Whirlie
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Papa Stour, Whirlie
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Mark Mound
Canmore ID 207
Site Number HU15NE 10
NGR HU 1711 5941
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Walls And Sandness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
Field Visit (19 June 1968)
A much mutilated mound of grass-covered stones; now measuring 14.0m N-S by 8.0m E-W and 1.5m maximum height. Probably a burnt mound but little burnt stone is visible.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 19 June 1968.
Desk Based Assessment (1968)
HU15NE 10 1711 5941.
(HU 1711 5943) Tumulus (NR)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1903)
A mound which has been so much destroyed by the encroachment of cultivation that its original shape is doubtful. It measures 58' N-S by 57' E-W but is only about 3' high.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930
Information from OS Index Card.
