Brunatwatt
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Brunatwatt
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Skeoverick
Canmore ID 309521
Site Number HU25SW 251
NGR HU 24866 51071
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/309521
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Walls And Sandness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
Field Visit (15 June 2010)
This burnt mound was previously noted under HU25SW 10. It stands on the S side of a long boggy hollow which drains into the Loch of Brunatwatt some 160m to the E. C-shaped on plan and open to the NE, it measures 15m from NW to SE by 9m transversely and up to 2m in height. It is annotated as tumuli on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1882, sheet xlvi).
Visited by RCAHMS (ARG) 15 June 2010.
