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Papa Stour, The Loch That Ebbs And Flows
Burnt Mound(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Papa Stour, The Loch That Ebbs And Flows
Classification Burnt Mound(S) (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Billy Horries Knowes; Loch Of Seligeo
Canmore ID 248
Site Number HU16SE 15
NGR HU 1640 6141
NGR Description HU 1640 6141 and HU 1656 6128
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/248
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Walls And Sandness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU16SE 15 1640 6141 and 1656 6128.
Two burnt mounds, the larger of which, at HU 1638 6142, measures c.20.0m by c.16.0m and is c.2.0m high. There are several earth fast stones within its hollow interior. The other, at HU 1654 6129, is slightly crescentic and measures c.17.0m by c.13.0m and c.1.5m high.
Visited by OS (RL) 19 June 1968.
Scheduled with homestead HU16SE 16.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 14 May 1996.
Field Visit (19 June 1968)
Two burnt mounds, the larger of which, at HU 1638 6142, measures c.20.0m by c.16.0m and is c.2.0m high. There are several earth fast stones within its hollow interior. The other, at HU 1654 6129, is slightly crescentic and measures c.17.0m by c.13.0m and c.1.5m high.
Visited by OS (RL) 19 June 1968.
Field Visit (1980)
Visited as part of the Survey of the Arch Mons of Papa Stour, Shetland.
J W Allen 1980
