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West Burra, Bruna Ness
Burnt Mound(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name West Burra, Bruna Ness
Classification Burnt Mound(S) (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Stoura Field
Canmore ID 611
Site Number HU33NE 3
NGR HU 38164 36613
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/611
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Lerwick
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU33NE 3 3812 3658
See also HU33SE 43.
HU 383 367 (C S T Calder 1965) There are five mounds of burnt stones to the NE of the hill known as Stoura Field.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930
In the area centred HU 381 366, five small burnt mounds beside a streamlet.
Visited by OS(AA) 15 May 1968
See also HU33SE 43. Five small burnt mounds are scattered along the course of a stream which runs eastwards from a small loch. The location is sheltered and gently sloping, the current vegetation being semi-heath; though drained by the stream the immediate area is fairly marshy. The plans of the mounds have been lost but they varied in shape from circular to crescentic and were all small having overall dimensions from 4m diameter to 11 by 6m and heights from 0.3 to 1.5m.
J W Hedges 1984.
Field Visit (29 July 1930)
There are five mounds of burnt stones to the NE of the hill known as Stoura Field.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 29 July 1930.
Field Visit (15 May 1968)
In the area centred HU 381 366, five small burnt mounds beside a streamlet.
Visited by OS(AA) 15 May 1968
Field Visit (1984)
See also HU33SE 43. Five small burnt mounds are scattered along the course of a stream which runs eastwards from a small loch. The location is sheltered and gently sloping, the current vegetation being semi-heath; though drained by the stream the immediate area is fairly marshy. The plans of the mounds have been lost but they varied in shape from circular to crescentic and were all small having overall dimensions from 4m diameter to 11 by 6m and heights from 0.3 to 1.5m.
J W Hedges 1984
