Burnside
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Burnside
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Hillswick
Canmore ID 462
Site Number HU27NE 10
NGR HU 28049 78427
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Northmavine
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU27NE 10 2805 7842.
A mound of burnt stones lies a short distance SE of the crofter's house at Burnside, and on the right bank of the Bogers Burn.
'It has been ruined and spread by cultivation, which has disclosed the burnt materials and a cavity that resembles a short cist (?fire-box). This has been carefully constructed of massive slabs of graniticstone and micaceous sandstone, while two stones which had apparently been intended for use as a covering when required, lie one on each side. The cavity measures 4'3" in length by 1' 11" in width, and contained only earth and ashes'.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1931
At HU 2804 7842 a crescentic burnt mound c.11.0m NE-SW by c.8.0m NW -SE and 1.0m high. The cist-like structure as described by RCAHM is a cooking trough, and is situated within the "arms" of the mound, resting on the original ground level.
Visited by OS(NKB) 23 April 1969
Field Visit (6 August 1931)
Burnside, Hillswick.
This mound lies a short distance to the S.E. of the crofter's house at Burnside, near Hillswick, and on the right bank of the Bogers Burn. It has been ruined and spread by cultivation, which has disclosed the burnt materials and a cavity that resembles a short cist (Fig. 523). This has been carefully constructed of massive slabs of granitic stone and micaceous sandstone, while two stones, which had apparently been intended for use as a covering when required, lie one on each side. The cavity measures 4 ft. 3 in. in length by 1 ft. 11 in. in width, and contained only earth and ashes.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 6 August 1931.
Field Visit (23 April 1969)
At HU 2804 7842 a crescentic burnt mound c.11.0m NE-SW by c.8.0m NW -SE and 1.0m high. The cist-like structure as described by RCAHM is a cooking trough, and is situated within the "arms" of the mound, resting on the original ground level.
Visited by OS(NKB) 23 April 1969
