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Latitude: 60.2144 / 60°12'51"N
Longitude: -1.6328 / 1°37'57"W
OS Eastings: 420450
OS Northings: 1147843
OS Grid: HU204478
Mapcode National: GBR Q1BR.0LY
Mapcode Global: XHD2T.4J0B
Entry Name: Littlure, burnt mound
Scheduled Date: 26 September 1995
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6222
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: burnt mound
Location: Walls and Sandness
County: Shetland Islands
Electoral Ward: Shetland West
Traditional County: Shetland
The monument comprises a burnt mound, a prehistoric cooking place of probable Bronze Age date.
The mound is situated in a marshy area within old croftland at Littlure, just N of a small roofed building. It is of classic crescentic form, measuring some 12m by 6m and rising to 1.1m high, and has been very little disturbed.
The area to be scheduled is irregular on plan, measuring 25m WNW-ESE by 15m. On the N it is bounded by a small drainage ditch, and its S boundary lies immediately N of the N wall of a small roofed building attached to an old crofthouse and enclosure. The area is marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a fine example of a burnt mound which displays the classic crescentic form of such monuments. It appears to be undisturbed, which implies considerable potential, through excavation and analysis, for the recovery of important information about Bronze Age domestic economy and diet.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as HU 24 NW 13.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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