Burland
Field System (Period Unassigned), Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Burland
Classification Field System (Period Unassigned), Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 600
Site Number HU33NE 2
NGR HU 3901 3751
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Lerwick
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU33NE 2 3901 3751.
HU 390 374: Excavations on a probable Bronze Age house-site have revealed a poorly preserved, double stone wall 19'-21' in diameter and 3'-4' thick, infilled with rubble, earth, and small stones, within which was a clay floor with a central hearth about 5' in diameter. A recess in the SW arc, about 3' deep by 5', yielded several decorated pottery fragments suggesting the Bronze Age. Numerous rough stone implements and plough tips have been found. About half the apparent area of the structure has been uncovered. Its original appearance was of a circular embankment 2' high with no obvious entrance.
C A Goodlad 1964, 1965, 1966
HU 3901 3751. The remains of an Neolithic/Bronze Age homestead as described by Goodlad. Attached to the homestead wall are the remains, outlined by embedded stones, of three large enclosures within which are traces of old field banks and stone clearance heaps.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS(WDJ) 14 May 1968
