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Breibister
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Breibister
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) The Green Knowe
Canmore ID 329
Site Number HU24NW 9
NGR HU 2183 4950
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/329
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Walls And Sandness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU24NW 9 2183 4950
See also HU24NW 8.
(Name HU 2180 4951) Green Knowe (NR) (No detail shown)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1903)
A mound of burnt stones. The name 'Green Knowe' applied by the OS to this site, is locally applied to No. 1643 (HU24NW 8).
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1931
HU 2181 4952. A crescentic-shaped burnt mound c.1.3m maximum height.
Visited by OS (R L) 15 June 1968
Field Visit (15 June 1968)
HU 2181 4952. A crescentic-shaped burnt mound c.1.3m maximum height.
Visited by OS (R L) 15 June 1968
