Braefield
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Braefield
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Clumlie; Knowe Of Willol
Canmore ID 913
Site Number HU41NW 8
NGR HU 40079 18231
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/913
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Dunrossness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
Field Visit (17 July 1930)
Knowe of Willol, Braefield. A burnt mound is located a quarter of a mile W of Braefield House.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 17 July 1930.
Noted noted on OS 6-inch 2nd ed.
Note (1965)
The Knowe of Willol burnt mound (RCAHMS 1946 No. 1167) is listed at HU 401 181 (Calder 1965).
Field Visit (18 May 1968)
At HU 4006 1825 a greatly reduced burnt mound c.0.6m high.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (RL) 18th May 1968.
