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Latitude: 60.2115 / 60°12'41"N
Longitude: -1.2982 / 1°17'53"W
OS Eastings: 438996
OS Northings: 1147669
OS Grid: HU389476
Mapcode National: GBR R14R.9TS
Mapcode Global: XHD2Y.HLPK
Entry Name: Stromness Voe,burnt mound 50m NW of head of voe
Scheduled Date: 19 July 1993
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5699
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: burnt mound
Location: Tingwall
County: Shetland Islands
Electoral Ward: Shetland West
Traditional County: Shetland
The monument consists of a burnt mound, a prehistoric cooking place.
The mound is located on gently sloping ground near to a small stream. It is crescentic on plan, about 8m long and stands 1.4m high. There are no signs of recent disturbance.
The area to be scheduled is sub-circular, 35m NW-SE by 30m NE-SW, bounded on the NE by a small stream, to include the mound and an area around it in which traces of activities relating to its accumuulation and use may survive, as shown in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a well-formed and undisturbed burnt mound which has the potential, through excavation and analysis, to shed light upon the date and function of these widespread but little-understood monuments.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as HU 34 NE 3.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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