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Weisdale
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Weisdale
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 745
Site Number HU35SE 1
NGR HU 3956 5345
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/745
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Tingwall
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU35SE 1 3956 5345.
(HU 3955 5347) Tumulus (O.E.)
O.S.6"map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1903).
A circular mound of burnt stones about 30ft or more in diameter, with a considerable hollow in the centre.
RCAHMS 1946. Visited 1930.
Fragments of a well-fired urn, a perforated whetstone and a large blue glass bead striped with white were found in the mound with what was thought to be a calcined bone about 1862 or 1863. The finds are now in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS).
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1932.
A crescentic burnt mound which has been heavily mutilated.
Re-surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS(NKB) 4th June 1968.
Field Visit (4 June 1968)
A crescentic burnt mound which has been heavily mutilated.
Re-surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS(NKB) 4th June 1968.
