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Papa Stour, The Dale

Field System (Period Unassigned), Settlement (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Papa Stour, The Dale

Classification Field System (Period Unassigned), Settlement (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Holti Ward

Canmore ID 247

Site Number HU16SE 14

NGR HU 1794 6119

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Shetland Islands
  • Parish Walls And Sandness
  • Former Region Shetland Islands Area
  • Former District Shetland
  • Former County Shetland

Archaeology Notes

HU16SE 14 1794 6119

See also HU16 5 and 22.

At HU 1794 6119, a Neolithic/Bronze Age house c. 8.5m. diameter, with an oval annexe, c.7.5m by c.6.0m on its NE side. Both are considerably mutilated. A small associated field system, denoted by clearance heaps and small fields, lies to the S of the house.

Visited by OS (RL) 19 June 1968.

Scheduled with HU16SE 5 and HU16SE 22 as The Dale, settlement, field system and cairn, Papa Stour.

Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 6 November 1995.

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