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Littlure is a burnt mound located in Shetland, Scotland, representing a form of prehistoric settlement evidence dating to the Bronze Age. Burnt mounds, also known as cooking places or fulachtaí fia in Irish terminology, are composed of accumulated heat-fractured stone and charcoal deposits that accumulated through repeated heating and cooling cycles, typically associated with food processing and communal cooking activities. The Littlure example forms part of the wider distribution of such monuments across northern Scotland and the wider Atlantic zone, providing archaeological evidence for Bronze Age subsistence practices and settlement patterns in the Shetland Islands. The site's survival and archaeological record contribute to understanding prehistoric economic organisation and the use of thermal technology in remote island communities during the Bronze Age period.
Littlure, burnt mound is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6222. View the official record →
Littlure is a burnt mound located in Shetland, Scotland, representing a form of prehistoric settlement evidence dating to the Bronze Age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6222.
Littlure, burnt mound 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 SM6222.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Loch of Breck,settlement 360m SSW of Liradale (0.7 km), Stanesland,standing stone and burnt mound (1.4 km), Voe of Footabrough, broch 310m ESE of Footabrough (1.7 km).
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