Knowe Of Willol
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Knowe Of Willol
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Braefield
Canmore ID 912
Site Number HU41NW 7
NGR HU 41092 18131
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/912
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Dunrossness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
Field Visit (17 July 1930)
A burnt mound is located a quarter of a mile SE of Braefield House.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 17 July 1930.
Noted noted on OS 6-inch 2nd ed.
Measured Survey (1930)
RCAHMS surveyed the burnt mound at Braefield in 1930. The plan was redrawn in ink and published at a reduced scale (RCAHMS 1946, Fig. 519)
Field Visit (18 May 1968)
At HU 4107 1813, Knowe of Willol, a crescentic burnt mound c.2.0m maximum height.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS(RL) 18th may 1968.
Note
Braefield burnt mound (RCAHMS 1946 No. 1168) is listed by Calder at HU 407 179 (C S T Calder 1965).
