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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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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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