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South-hill

Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)(Possible)

Site Name South-hill

Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)(Possible)

Alternative Name(s) Tresta Voe

Canmore ID 749

Site Number HU35SE 5

NGR HU 35820 50329

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

HU35SE 5 3582 5034.

( HU 3579 5033 ) Cuml (O.E.)

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

A cairn, now appearing as a grass-covered mound, which has been partially spread by local people, exposing part of the structure.

Name Book 1878.

A mound of burnt stones lies close to the beach at the head of Tresta Voe.

RCAHMS 1946. Visited 1931.

A somewhat indefinite turf-covered mound, 1.3m maximum height, situated on the edge of a salt marsh. Several large stones protrude through the turf, one of which is 1.0m high, but these form no recognisable pattern. No burnt stone could be positively identified due to the turf-covering but the mound is in a good position for a burnt mound with a stream nearby. A later field wall skirts the E side of the road. Unable to classify.

Re-surveyed at 6" Scale.

Visited by OS(NKB) 4th June 1968.

Activities

Field Visit (22 June 1931)

Tresta Voe.

A mound of burnt stones, close to the beach at the head of the Voe.

RCAHMS 1946, visited 22 June 1931.

Field Visit (4 June 1968)

A somewhat indefinite turf-covered mound, 1.3m maximum height, situated on the edge of a salt marsh. Several large stones protrude through the turf, one of which is 1.0m high, but these form no recognisable pattern. No burnt stone could be positively identified due to the turf-covering but the mound is in a good position for a burnt mound with a stream nearby. A later field wall skirts the E side of the road. Unable to classify.

Re-surveyed at 6" Scale.

Visited by OS(NKB) 4th June 1968.

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