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Muckle Brownie's Knowe

Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)

Site Name Muckle Brownie's Knowe

Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 226

Site Number HU15NE 6

NGR HU 1716 5639

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

Archaeology Notes

HU15NE 6 1716 5639

(HU 1716 5640) Muckle Brownie's Knowe (NR)

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

A mound of burnt stones.

RCAHMS 1946, visited 1931.

A large crescentic, turf-covered mound of burnt stones, c.20.0m long and c.2.0m high.

Surveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (WDJ), 15 June 1968.

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Field Visit (15 June 1968)

A large crescentic, turf-covered mound of burnt stones, c.20.0m long and c.2.0m high.

Surveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (WDJ) 15 June 1968.

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