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Papa Stour, The Loch That Ebbs And Flows

Settlement (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Papa Stour, The Loch That Ebbs And Flows

Classification Settlement (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Billy Horries; Gorda Water; Loch Of Sholmawick

Canmore ID 249

Site Number HU16SE 16

NGR HU 1654 6122

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 16 1654 6122.

At HU 1652 6123, a typical Ne/BA house c.11.5m by c.9.0m with the remains of a probable annexe on the NE side. In the area between Gorda Water (HU 168 608) and Loch of Sholmawick (HU 161 616) are many field walls and some stone clearance heaps, most of indeterminate age, some modern.

Visited by OS (RL) 19 June 1968.

Scheduled with burnt mounds HU16SE 15.

Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 14 May 1996.

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