West Burra, Brandsiclett
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name West Burra, Brandsiclett
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Lu Ness I
Canmore ID 612
Site Number HU33NE 4
NGR HU 3692 3535
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Lerwick
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU33NE 4 3692 3535
See also HU33SE 43.
HU 369 355. There is a mound of burnt stones at Brandsiclett.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930
At HU 3692 3537, a crescentic, turf-covered mound of burnt stones, about 1.3m high.
Divorced survey at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (AA), 15 May 1968.
See also HU33SE 43 Sited some 60m north west of the structures of Lu Ness settlement (?HU33NE 7) on flat ground below steep craggy slopes to the immediate north west. The area is of good sheltered land but in the immediate vicinity of the mound the land is marshy. The mound is c12m long, c8m wide, and less than 2m high and is crescent-shaped with the horns extending to the south east. Midway between the horns is a large earthfast stone. The mound is surrounded at a distance of from 3 to 10m on all but the east side by a shallow bank and the level of the area inside this seems to have been reduced.
J W Hedges 1984.
Field Visit (26 July 1930)
There is a mound of burnt stones at Brandsiclett, at the neck of the peninsula of Biargar, near Hamnavoe.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 26 July 1930
Field Visit (15 May 1968)
At HU 3692 3537, a crescentic, turf-covered mound of burnt stones, about 1.3m high.
Divorced survey at 1/2500.
Visited by OS(AA) 15 May 1968
Field Visit (1984)
See also HU33SE 43 Sited some 60m north west of the structures of Lu Ness settlement (?HU33NE 7) on flat ground below steep craggy slopes to the immediate north west. The area is of good sheltered land but in the immediate vicinity of the mound the land is marshy. The mound is c12m long, c8m wide, and less than 2m high and is crescent-shaped with the horns extending to the south east. Midway between the horns is a large earthfast stone. The mound is surrounded at a distance of from 3 to 10m on all but the east side by a shallow bank and the level of the area inside this seems to have been reduced.
J W Hedges 1984
