Upper Thrumster
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Upper Thrumster
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Thrumster Little
Canmore ID 273195
Site Number ND34NW 83
NGR ND 33961 45690
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/273195
- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND34NW 83 33961 45690
Nothing is now visible of what was probably a burnt mound, which stood about 180m SE of the broch at Thrumster Little (ND34NW 2), immediately E of the A99(T) public road. The mound was recorded on a pen-and-wash illustrated by RI Shearer about 1871 (DC 44301), with the mound described as comprising 'burnt stones and black soil'. At that time, the mound measured at least 15m in diameter by 1.5m in height, but Shearer considered that the NW part of the mound had been destroyed when the adjacent road was constructed, suggesting that originally it may have extended a further 10m in that direction.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS) 12 July 2005.
Field Visit (12 July 2005)
Nothing is now visible of what was probably a burnt mound, which stood about 180m SE of the broch at Thrumster Little (ND34NW 2), immediately E of the A99(T) public road. The mound was recorded on a pen-and-wash illustrated by RI Shearer about 1871 (DC 44301), with the mound described as comprising 'burnt stones and black soil'. At that time, the mound measured at least 15m in diameter by 1.5m in height, but Shearer considered that the NW part of the mound had been destroyed when the adjacent road was constructed, suggesting that originally it may have extended a further 10m in that direction.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS) 12 July 2005.
