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Papa Stour, Biggings

Burnt Mound(S) (Prehistoric)

Site Name Papa Stour, Biggings

Classification Burnt Mound(S) (Prehistoric)

Alternative Name(s) New Setter

Canmore ID 272

Site Number HU16SE 8

NGR HU 1757 6021

NGR Description HU 1757 6021 and HU 1759 6023

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

HU16SE 8 1757 6021 and 1759 6023.

(HU 1757 6022) Tumuli (NR)

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

Two mounds of burnt stones.

RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930.

A crescentic-shaped burnt mound which has been cut through leaving two separate mounds. The northerly part is c.1.0m high, the other is c.1.5m high.

Visited by OS (RL) 19 June 1968.

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Field Visit (1930)

Two mounds of burnt stones.

RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930.

Field Visit (19 June 1968)

A crescentic-shaped burnt mound which has been cut through leaving two separate mounds. The northerly part is c.1.0m high, the other is 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

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