Blackwater, Esha Ness
Field System (Period Unassigned), Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Blackwater, Esha Ness
Classification Field System (Period Unassigned), Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Black Water
Canmore ID 502
Site Number HU27NW 9
NGR HU 2295 7862
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/502
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Northmavine
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU27NW 9 2295 7862
(HU 229 788) A probable Neolithic house has been revealed by the removal of peat on the moor about 500 yards west of the bifurcation of the Vinsgarth-Stenness road, on the slightly sloping ground between the road and the Black Water.
It consists of an oval setting of large boulders c. 40 m by 30 ft. overall, with the outer and inner faces of a wall, 7 1/2' thick traceable on the north and south arcs. The hollowed interior, generally associated with house-sites, is not seen but in the space there is a growth of peat. There is no sign of an entrance.
Some 30 yds west there is a small oval enclosure which may be connected with the house. It is formed by only a single line of large stones set intermittently.
C S T Calder 1965.
A Neolithic/Bronze Age homestead at HU 2296 7864 as described by Calder. There are traces of surrounding ruined field or enclosure walls, including the small enclosure mentioned by Calder. Probably an associated field system.
Homestead and enclosure surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (NKB), 23 May 1969
Scheduled as Black Water, settlement and field system, Esha Ness.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 26 July 1994.
