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Southvoe
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)(Possible), Cist (Period Unknown), Inhumation (Period Unknown)
Site Name Southvoe
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)(Possible), Cist (Period Unknown), Inhumation (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 573
Site Number HU31SE 7
NGR HU 3998 1444
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/573
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Dunrossness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU31SE 7 3998 1444.
A mound of burnt stones lies in a cultivated field on the north bank of the mill-stream, about 200 yards from the sea-shore, near Southvoe (HU 398 146).
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1935.
There are no definite traces of a burnt mound in this area, but at HU 3976 1447 in a pasture field, burnt stones are frequently ploughed up, and can still be seen on the ground surface. However, there are insufficient remains to enable positive indentification. At this spot about 45 years ago, Mr R Mouat ploughed up a slab-lined cist with cap-stone, 2 feet by 1 foot deep in which, he says, was the skeleton of a child and 'blue clay'.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (NKB) 23 May 1968; Information from Mr R Mouat, Southvoe, Dunrossness, Shetland.
Field Visit (30 July 1935)
Near Southvoe. There is a burnt mound in a cultivated field on the N bank of the mill-stream about 200 yds from the seashore.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 30 July 1935.
Not noted on OS 6-inch 2nd ed.
Field Visit (23 May 1968)
There are no definite traces of a burnt mound in this area, but at HU 3976 1447 in a pasture field, burnt stones are frequently ploughed up, and can still be seen on the ground surface. However, there are insufficient remains to enable positive indentification. At this spot about 45 years ago, Mr R Mouat ploughed up a slab-lined cist with cap-stone, 2 feet by 1 foot deep in which, he says, was the skeleton of a child and 'blue clay'.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (NKB) 23 May 1968; Information from Mr R Mouat, Southvoe, Dunrossness, Shetland
