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Punds

Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)

Site Name Punds

Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 920

Site Number HU41SW 6

NGR HU 40202 11613

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Shetland Islands
  • Parish Dunrossness
  • Former Region Shetland Islands Area
  • Former District Shetland
  • Former County Shetland

Archaeology Notes

HU41SW 6 4021 1161.

HU 406 116.(C S T Calder 1965).

Activities

Field Visit (30 July 1935)

There is a burnt mound on the moorland about 120 to 150 yds NW of Punds and about 25ft from the NE face of the dyke.

RCAHMS 1946, visited 30 July 1935.

Field Visit (26 May 1968)

At HU 4019 1161 are the mutilated remains of a small turf-covered burnt mound.

Surveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (NKB) 26th May 1968.

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