Hestaford
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Hestaford
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 389
Site Number HU25SE 11
NGR HU 27615 50818
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/389
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Sandsting
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU25SE 11 2761 5081
(HU 2760 5083) Tumulus (OE)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1903).
A mound of burnt stones.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1931.
A burnt mound, 1.5m high, situated close to a stream.
Published survey (25") correct.
Visited by OS (NKB), 16 June 1968.
Field Visit (8 July 1931)
Hestaford.
There is a burnt mound a quarter of a mile N of the broch at West Houlland.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 8 July 1931.
OS 6" inch map
Field Visit (16 June 1968)
A burnt mound, 1.5m high, situated close to a stream.
Published survey (25") correct.
Visited by OS(NKB) 16th June 1968.
Field Visit (12 June 2010)
This grass-grown burnt mound, which stands on the N side of a stream immediately S of Hestaford farmsteading, measures up to 13m from N to S by 12.2m transversely and 1m in height. The flat-topped mound comprises a mass of small angular fragments of stone.
Visited by RCAHMS (GB) 12 June 2010.
