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Wadbister

Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)(Possible)

Site Name Wadbister

Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)(Possible)

Alternative Name(s) Whiteness Junction; Stebbligrind

Canmore ID 683

Site Number HU34NE 13

NGR HU 3924 4659

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Wadbister, HU34NE 13, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
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Administrative Areas

  • Council Shetland Islands
  • Parish Tingwall
  • Former Region Shetland Islands Area
  • Former District Shetland
  • Former County Shetland

Archaeology Notes

HU34NE 13 3924 4659.

At HU 3924 4660, in a marshy area at the foot of a slope, a small, crescentic turf-covered mound c.1.0m high. Probably a burnt mound although little evidence of material.

Surveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (RL) 8 June 1968

Scheduled as Whiteness Junction, burnt mound.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 August 1993.

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Field Visit (8 June 1968)

At HU 3924 4660, in a marshy area at the foot of a slope, a small, crescentic turf-covered mound c.1.0m high. Probably a burnt mound although little evidence of material.

Surveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (RL) 8 June 1968

Note (6 August 1993)

Scheduled as Whiteness Junction, burnt mound.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 August 1993.

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