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Latitude: 60.1571 / 60°9'25"N
Longitude: -1.2857 / 1°17'8"W
OS Eastings: 439753
OS Northings: 1141621
OS Grid: HU397416
Mapcode National: GBR R15W.PKB
Mapcode Global: XHD34.NYPR
Entry Name: Loch of Houlland,homestead 190m W of
Scheduled Date: 6 August 1993
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5721
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: homestead
Location: Tingwall
County: Shetland Islands
Electoral Ward: Shetland Central
Traditional County: Shetland
The monument consists of the remains of an unusually large
prehistoric house, set below a more recent sheep enclosure.
The house measures 11m by 8m within walls up to 3.5m thick. The inner course of the walls is marked by large upright blocks, six of which appear to subdivide the interior while two flank the entrance, which
is to the SE and appears to have had a straight facade. A series of later walls associated with a sheep enclosure obscure the earlier remains. This is one of the largest of the prehistoric house sites
known in Shetland.
The area to be scheduled is circular, 35m in diameter, to include the house and an area around in which evidence relating to its
construction and use may survive, as shown in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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