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Quildrin Knowe, Upper Dale

Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)

Site Name Quildrin Knowe, Upper Dale

Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 236

Site Number HU15SE 4

NGR HU 1936 5279

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Quildrin Knowe, Upper Dale, HU15SE 4, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
Quildrin Knowe, Upper Dale, HU15SE 4, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoGeneral view.
Quildrin Knowe, Upper Dale, HU15SE 4, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoQuildrin Knowe, Upper Dale, HU15SE 4, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoGeneral view.
Inv. fig 28 RCAHMS

Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

HU15SE 4 1936 5279.

(HU 1933 5282) Quildrin Knowe (NR)

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

A mound of burnt stones.

RCAHMS 1946, visited 1931

A large crescentic mound of burnt stones, maximum height 1.4m. Still known locally as 'Quildrin Knowe'.

Surveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (WDJ) 13 June 1968

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Field Visit (13 June 1968)

A large crescentic mound of burnt stones, maximum height 1.4m. Still known locally as 'Quildrin Knowe'.

Surveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (WDJ) 13 June 1968

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