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Bottom Of Clodisdale
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Bottom Of Clodisdale
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 431
Site Number HU25SW 13
NGR HU 22939 50890
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/431
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Walls And Sandness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU25SW 13 2294 5089.
( HU 2292 5088 ) Tumulus (O.E.)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1903)
A mound of burnt stones.
RCAHMS 1946. Visited 1931
A crescentic burnt mound 1.7m high.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS(NKB) 20 June 1968
Field Visit (20 June 1968)
A crescentic burnt mound 1.7m high.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS(NKB) 20 June 1968
Field Visit (16 June 2010)
This U-shaped burnt mound, which is situated in rough moorland, measures about 12m from NNW to SSE by 10m transversely and up to 1.5m in height. There is a hollow in the WSW side, facing onto a broad stream gully.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, DM) 16 June 2010.
