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Setter, Lainwall Knowe
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Setter, Lainwall Knowe
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 435
Site Number HU25SW 17
NGR HU 2054 5050
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/435
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Walls And Sandness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU25SW 17 2054 5050.
( HU 2052 5053 ) Lainwall Knowe (O.E.)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed. (1903)
A mound of burnt stones.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1931
A slightly curved, turf-covered mound of burnt stones about 17.0m long and about 1.7m high. Still known locally as 'Lainwall Knowe'.
Published survey (25") revised.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 18 June 1968
Field Visit (18 June 1968)
A slightly curved, turf-covered mound of burnt stones about 17.0m long and about 1.7m high. Still known locally as 'Lainwall Knowe'.
Published survey (25") revised.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 18 June 1968
