Stany Fields
Sheep Dip (Period Unassigned), Sheepfold (Period Unassigned), Wall (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Stany Fields
Classification Sheep Dip (Period Unassigned), Sheepfold (Period Unassigned), Wall (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 309072
Site Number HU25SE 108
NGR HU 26143 50507
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/309072
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Walls And Sandness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
Field Visit (14 June 2010)
This sheepfold, which is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Shetland 1882, sheet XLVI), is situated adjacent to the foreshore at the E end of Stany Fields. It comprises a subrectangular enclosure measuring 30m from NNE to SSW by up to 17m transversely within a stone wall, which is broken on the SW where a concrete sheep-dip has been inserted. Adjoining the SSW end of the enclosure, and linked to it by a narrow entrance, is a smaller, roughly oval enclosure which measures a maximum of 7m across within its stone wall. A wall, largely reduced to a rickle of rubble, extends NNE from the NW corner of the larger enclosure and runs for a distance of 60m before turning ENE and running for another 35m, at which point it can no longer be seen in peaty ground.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 14 June 2010.
