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Sand House

Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)

Site Name Sand House

Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 705

Site Number HU34NW 5

NGR HU 34509 47274

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

HU34NW 5 3450 4727.

(HU 3451 4728) Tumulus (OE)

OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed. (1903)

A mound of burnt stones.

RCAHMS 1946, visited 1931

A burnt mound 10.0m by 8.5m and c.0.9m high.

Resurveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS(RL) 6 June 1968.

Activities

Field Visit (22 June 1931)

Sand.

A mound of burnt stones, on the N side of the road between Sand and the Chapel of Sand.

RCAHMS 1946, visited 22 June 1931.

Field Visit (6 June 1968)

A burnt mound 10.0m by 8.5m and c.0.9m high.

Resurveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS(RL) 6 June 1968.

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