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Fetlar, Stackaberg
Field System (Prehistoric), Settlement (Prehistoric)
Site Name Fetlar, Stackaberg
Classification Field System (Prehistoric), Settlement (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Whilsa Pund
Canmore ID 1467
Site Number HU69SW 8
NGR HU 61595 92904
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/1467
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Fetlar
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
Field Visit (12 July 1934)
Indeterminate Site, Stackaberg. On the W. slopes of Stackaberg and about 140 yds. due W. of the middle of Whilsa Pund (HU69SW 5) are the remains of a ring of stones which have been set on edge round a level area 28 ft. in diameter. Their arrangement suggests a wall foundation of from 3 ft. 6 in. to 4 ft. in thickness. Other stones are scattered loose over the enclosure. The New Statistical Account (xv, 25) refers to ‘some urns at Stackaberg with ashes, and bones among the ashes’.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 12 July 1934
Field Visit (16 May 1969)
HU69SW 8 6158 9289
See also HU69SW 5.
This 'enclosure' is at HU 6160 9290, on the E slopes of Stackaberg, appears to be the remains of a dwelling measuring externally c.10.5m N to S by c.8.5m transversely, across walls 1.3m to 0.9m wide, whose inner and outer faces are defined at intervals by slabs set on edge. The entrance is not apparent but has probably been in the S arc. Two upright blocks within suggest that this may be a Neolithic/Bronze Age house, but no typical arrangement of cells can be seen to confirm this. The scant remains of field walls in the immediate vicinity may be associated.
Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (AA) 16 May 1969.
