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Isleshaven burnt mounds is a Bronze Age archaeological site located approximately 500 metres north-northeast of Isleshaven in Shetland, Scotland. Burnt mounds, also known as fulachtaí fia in Irish archaeology, are characteristically composed of fire-cracked stone and charcoal-rich deposits that accumulated through repeated use of hot stones for heating water, likely for cooking, bathing, or textile processing. The site represents evidence of domestic or subsistence activity during the Bronze Age period, when such thermal technology was widespread across northern Britain and Ireland. The physical remains consist of the distinctive mounded deposits that form when discarded burnt stone accumulates over time at locations of repeated thermal activity.
Isleshaven, burnt mounds 500m NNE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13017. View the official record →
Isleshaven burnt mounds is a Bronze Age archaeological site located approximately 500 metres north-northeast of Isleshaven in Shetland, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13017.
Isleshaven, burnt mounds 500m NNE of is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM13017.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Burland, broch 245m W of (0.9 km), Gurwill, burnt mounds 145m ESE of (1.2 km), Branchiclett, prehistoric settlement 265m SSW of (1.7 km).
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