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Links of Quendale is a Bronze Age burnt mound located 660 metres west-north-west of Ward Hill in Shetland, Scotland. The site comprises a mound formed from fire-cracked stones and charcoal debris, typical of prehistoric cooking or processing sites where heated rocks were used to boil water in wooden or hide containers. Burnt mounds of this type are characteristic of the Bronze Age period in northern Britain and the Northern Isles, and often indicate domestic or subsistence activities conducted at the site. The Links of Quendale mound survives as an archaeological monument testifying to Bronze Age settlement and economic practices in Shetland.
Links of Quendale, burnt mound 660m WNW of summit of Ward Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3701. View the official record →
Links of Quendale is a Bronze Age burnt mound located 660 metres west-north-west of Ward Hill in Shetland, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3701.
Links of Quendale, burnt mound 660m WNW of summit of Ward Hill 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 SM3701.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Erne's Ward, house 270m WNW of (0.3 km), Erne's Ward, house 150m WSW of (0.5 km), Cross Kirk, site of church (1.1 km).
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