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Fair Isle, Homis Dale
Beacon (Period Unassigned), Planticrub(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Fair Isle, Homis Dale
Classification Beacon (Period Unassigned), Planticrub(S) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Site 309
Canmore ID 188627
Site Number HZ27SW 224
NGR HZ 21426 72372
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/188627
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Dunrossness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HZ27SW 224 2142 7236
Six unroofed structures or planticrubs are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney and Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet lxix) and are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973). One is now painted white and used as a visual marker for aircraft using the Fair Isle airfield.
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 21 March 2001.
Scheduled with HZ27SW 3, HZ27SW 188, HZ27SW 189, HZ27SW 190 as 'Burn of Furse to Homis Dale, settlement and burnt mounds, Fair Isle'.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 23 December 1996.
Field Visit (1985)
Crub c 5 x 4.75m and standing to maximum height of c1.3m. Long axis orientated approximately NW/SE. Uncoursed, unfaced rubble walls with substantial foundation stones, particularly in S wall and at corners. Some thick organic soil in interior. Some collapse of N wall. Low grassy bank around perimeter. Maximum surviving height of bank 0.3m and width c 2m. Composition predominantly of earth.
Hunter, J R (ed) 1985
Field Visit ( - 1985)
Crub c 5 x 4.75 m and standing to maximum height of c 1.3 m. Long axis orientated approximately NW/SE. Uncoursed, unfaced rubble walls with substantial foundation stones, particularly in S wall and at corners. Some thick organic soil in interior. Some collapse of N wall. Low grassy bank around perimeter. Maximum surviving height of bank 0.3 m and width c 2 m. Composition predominantly of earth. Information from NTS (CJM) January 2014.
