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Engamoor

Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)

Site Name Engamoor

Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 351

Site Number HU25NE 17

NGR HU 2595 5720

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Shetland Islands
  • Parish Sandsting
  • Former Region Shetland Islands Area
  • Former District Shetland
  • Former County Shetland

Archaeology Notes

HU25NE 17 2594 5721.

(HU 2594 5721) Tumulus (OE)

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

A mound of burnt stones.

RCAHMS 1946, visited 1931

This mound has been entirely removed.

Visited by OS (N K B) 13 June 1968

Activities

Field Visit (16 June 1931)

Engamoor, West Burra Firth.

A burnt mound, on the burn which runs into the Firth near the broch.

RCAHMS 1946, visited 16 June 1931.

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

Field Visit (13 June 1968)

This mound has been entirely removed.

Visited by OS (N K B) 13 June 1968

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