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Whirwill Knowe
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Whirwill Knowe
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 436
Site Number HU25SW 18
NGR HU 2101 5069
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Walls And Sandness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU25SW 18 2101 5069
(HU 2098 5072 ) Whirwill Knowe (O.E.)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed. (1903)
Whirwill or Willwill Knowe: a mound of burnt stones.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1931.
A turf-covered mound of burnt stones measuring 20.0m NW - SE by 18.0m transversely with a maximum height,on its SE side, of 2.0m. Known locally as 'Whirwill Knowe'.
Published survey (25") revised.
Visited by OS (WDJ), 18 June 1968.
Field Visit (18 June 1968)
A turf-covered mound of burnt stones measuring 20.0m NW - SE by 18.0m transversely with a maximum height,on its SE side, of 2.0m. Known locally as 'Whirwill Knowe'.
Published survey (25") revised.
Visited by OS(WDJ) 18 June 1968
