Unst, Puddle
Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Unst, Puddle
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 188664
Site Number HP60SW 48
NGR HP 61688 02888
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/188664
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Unst
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HP60SW 48 6168 0289
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building of two compartments and an attached enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet viii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 2001
Field Visit (January 1970 - December 1991)
A survey of deserted settlements in Unst by June Owers. The survey includes photographs, sketches and historical information.
Field Visit (25 April 2010)
This farmstead, which stands in semi-improved pasture about 50m NW of Lee (HP60SW 3), comprises a single building attached to the ESE side of a rectangular enclosure. The building measures about 8.5m from NNE to SSW by 4.5m transversely over roughly coursed, clay-bonded rubble walls standing to wall-head height. There is a central doorway flanked by windows in the ESE side and what may be the remains of a fireplace in the NNE gable. In addition, there is an outshot at the SSW end and a midden (HP60SW 276) 9m to the E is probably connected with this building.
The building is depicted unroofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, Sheet VIII).
Srp Note (27 September 2011)
A plan of Puddle was sketched by June Owers in her survey of abandoned settlements on Unst (1984).
Information from RCAHMS (BRW) 27 September 2011
