Papa Stour, Gorda Water
House(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Papa Stour, Gorda Water
Classification House(S) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Loch That Ebbs And Flows
Canmore ID 260
Site Number HU16SE 26
NGR HU 1684 6122
NGR Description From HU 1684 6122 to HU 1681 6122
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Walls And Sandness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU16SE 26 1684 6122 to 1681 6122
(Scheduled as Loch that Ebbs and Flows, settlement, Papa Stour). The monument comprises the remains of a prehistoric settlement consisting of the foundations of two houses together with stretches of field wall and cairns of field-cleared stones. The settlement is located on a low ridge E of the loch, and is crossed by the ruinous old hill dyke. Directly under this dyke is the foundation of an oval house some 12.5m by 13.7m externally, with very thick walls which may conceal subsidiary or linked cells. 20m to the WNW lies another oval house foundation, but less detail can be seen. This measures 12.7m by 9m overall, and there is a slight mound on its SW end. 45m SW of this is an oval mound 6m by 8m and 1m high, which may be a burnt mound although this is not clear. A number of slight traces of former field walls, including a number of upright earthfast slabs and several scattered cairns of field-cleared stones complete the remains.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated May 1996.
