Skeo Hill
Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Skeo Hill
Classification Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Newing
Canmore ID 1144
Site Number HU45NE 5
NGR HU 4695 5594
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/1144
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Nesting
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU45NE 5 4695 5594.
HU 469 560. A Neolithic house lies on the east side of the road about 70 yards NE of the old croft of South Newing between the road and the skeo on Skeohill.
C S T Calder 1958.
HU 4694 5595. The fragmentary remains of an oval hut foundation, c.11.5m by c.8.0m, formed by a stone wall 1.2m wide and 0.5m maximum height.
Traces of three cells or recesses are visible within its N end. From this end a stretch of walling extends NW for c.8.0m. The entrance has probably been in the S where a short stretch of walling, c.2.0m long, has been perhaps a windbreak. For some distance to the S are traces of probably associated field walls and clearance heaps, now overlaid by modern cultivation.
Surveyed at 1/2500
Visited by OS(AA) 20th May 1968.
