Burnt Mound from Cruester
The Burnt Mound of Cruester (also Cruister), threatened by coastal erosion, is located on the Shetland island of Bressay in Scotland . An archaeological project dismantled the Burnt Mound , a third of which had already been eroded, and rebuilt it fully functional.
The Burnt Mound on Bressay has a hearth and pool of water connected by a slide and surrounded by a series of cells and structures made of drywall . Around this is a large pile of stones broken by fire, which was probably created while the system was in use. Archaeologists believe that the stones heated in the fire were rolled from the hearth over the slide into the water basin to heat the water. The slide is a unique element among the explored Burnt Mounds.
Shetland has hundreds of burnt mounds like Cruester which are attracting great interest because the structures associated with them are the most complex among those discovered in Great Britain and Ireland.
Dating
Some burnt mounds date to the late Neolithic, such as Watermead in Leicestershire . Most of them date from the Bronze Age (2300–850 BC), most of them from the middle to late Bronze Age (around 1750–800 BC). Some did not emerge until the Iron Age (800 BC - 43 AD)
Nearby is the Menhir of Cruester, about three feet high .
literature
- John Ó Néill: Burnt Mounds in Northern and Western Europe. A study of prehistoric technology and society. VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, Saarbrücken 2009, ISBN 978-3-639-20609-8 .
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Coordinates: 60 ° 9 '44.7 " N , 1 ° 8' 2.8" W.