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Noonsbrough

Burnt Mound(S) (Prehistoric)

Site Name Noonsbrough

Classification Burnt Mound(S) (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 352

Site Number HU25NE 18

NGR HU 2957 5727

NGR Description HU 2957 5727 and HU 2957 5725

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 18 2957 5727 and 2957 5725.

(HU 2956 5728) Tumuli (OE)

OS 6"map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900)

Two mounds of burnt stones.

RCAHMS 1946, visited 1931

Two adjacent burnt mounds; the larger to the N is crescentic, 1.6m high, the S mound is oval, 0.9m high.

Published survey (25") correct.

Visited by OS (N K B) 13 June 1968

Scheduled as Noonsbrough, burnt mound.

Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 19 January 1993.

Activities

Field Visit (16 June 1931)

Nounsbrough.

There are two burnt mounds about 250 yds NW of Skittyplutch.

RCAHMS 1946, visited 14 July 1931.

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

Field Visit (13 June 1968)

Two adjacent burnt mounds; the larger to the N is crescentic, 1.6m high, the S mound is oval, 0.9m high.

Published survey (25") correct.

Visited by OS (N K B) 13 June 1968

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