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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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/705
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Sandsting
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
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.
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.
