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Latitude: 60.3257 / 60°19'32"N
Longitude: -1.6835 / 1°41'0"W
OS Eastings: 417581
OS Northings: 1160227
OS Grid: HU175602
Mapcode National: GBR Q16F.TM1
Mapcode Global: XHBVG.GQCH
Entry Name: New Setter, burnt mound, Papa Stour
Scheduled Date: 17 September 1996
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6443
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 consists of a burnt mound, a prehistoric cooking place.
The mound is located in grassland. It is a large example, and takes the form of two high lobes joined by a lower col, with a low central area reached by a gap in the mound. Although from a distance it looks more like two separate mounds, this is a single monument, and the form is typical.
The area to be scheduled is a circle of diameter 45m, centred on the low point within the mound, to include the mound and a small area around in which associated deposits may survive. The area is marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a fine example of a burnt mound, displaying the typical form to advantage. It appears to be substantially undisturbed, and has the potential to provide important evidence about prehistoric domestic economy.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as HU 16 SE 8.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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