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Loch of Houlland,homestead 190m west of

A Scheduled Monument in Shetland Central, Shetland Islands

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Coordinates

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

Description

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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