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Swinister
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Swinister
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Swinster
Canmore ID 956
Site Number HU42SW 2
NGR HU 42186 24425
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/956
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Dunrossness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU42SW 2 4218 2442.
HU 422 246 (C S T Calder 1965). A mound of burnt stones lies about 200 yards NE of Swinister.
RCAHMS 1946. Visited 1931.
At HU 4218 2442, beside a stream, a crescentic, turf-covered mound, c.2.0m high, of burnt stones.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS(RL) 8th may 1968.
Field Visit (14 July 1930)
A mound of burnt stones lies about 200 yds NE of Swinister.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 29 July 1930.
Unnoted on OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1903).
Field Visit (8 May 1968)
At HU 4218 2442, beside a stream, a crescentic, turf-covered mound, c.2.0m high, of burnt stones.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS(RL) 8th may 1968.
