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Latitude: 60.2985 / 60°17'54"N
Longitude: -1.4668 / 1°28'0"W
OS Eastings: 429571
OS Northings: 1157269
OS Grid: HU295572
Mapcode National: GBR Q1QJ.4MN
Mapcode Global: XHD2H.9D9V
Entry Name: Noonsbrough,burnt mound
Scheduled Date: 19 January 1993
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5526
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: burnt mound
Location: Sandsting
County: Shetland Islands
Electoral Ward: Shetland West
Traditional County: Shetland
The monument is a burnt mound, a prehistoric cooking place. The mound consists of a turf-covered heap of fire-reddened and shattered stones, crescentic on plan, set in a damp hollow. Overall the mound measures about 9m in diameter, and stands up to 1.5m high. The open side of the crescentic plan faces a small stream, which would have provided water for boiling food: this is a classic burnt mound location and orientation. The area to be scheduled is circular in plan, 30m in diameter, to include the mound and an area around in which evidence relating to its construction and use may survive, as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a fine field monument, a classic example of a small simple burnt mound of putative Bronze Age date. Excavation may reveal important information about the formation of such sites and their place in contemporary society.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as HU25NE 18.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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