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Fair Isle, Sukka Moor
Burnt Mound(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Fair Isle, Sukka Moor
Classification Burnt Mound(S) (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Fair Isle, Site 351
Canmore ID 3762
Site Number HZ27SW 1
NGR HZ 2075 7206
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/3762
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Dunrossness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HZ27SW 1 2075 7206
See also HZ27SW 216.
(HZ 2075 7207) Tumulus (NR)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1903).
Mound of burnt stones.
RCAHMS 1946.
A slightly crescentic burnt mound c.16.0m by c.10.0m and c.1.6m high.
Visited by OS (RL) 1 June 1968.
Burnt mound desciribed by the RCAHMS and the OS has been partly destroyed by quarrying. The oval mound stands c 16m x 7m N/S and reaches a maximum height c 2m.
A second smaller burnt mound (no.351), situated to the S (of no.248), may have originally been part of the same feature. This mound measures 5.5m x 2m x 0.4m.
J R Hunter 1985.
Scheduled with HZ27SW 216 as 'Sukka Moor, burnt mound and enclosures, Fair Isle'.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 23 December 1996.
Field Visit (19 August 1930)
Sukka Moor. Mound of burnt stones at the base of Barrashield.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 19 August 1930
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1903) 'Tumulus'.
Field Visit (1 June 1968)
A slightly crescentic burnt mound c.16.0m by c.10.0m and c.1.6m high.
Visited by OS (RL) 1 June 1968.
Field Visit (1985)
Burnt mound desciribed by the RCAHMS and the OS has been partly destroyed by quarrying. The oval mound stands c 16m x 7m N/S and reaches a maximum height c 2m.
A second smaller burnt mound (no.351), situated to the S (of no.248), may have originally been part of the same feature. This mound measures 5.5m x 2m x 0.4m.
J R Hunter 1985.
