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Latitude: 60.2197 / 60°13'11"N
Longitude: -1.2898 / 1°17'23"W
OS Eastings: 439450
OS Northings: 1148591
OS Grid: HU394485
Mapcode National: GBR R15Q.MP1
Mapcode Global: XHD2Y.MD17
Entry Name: Quoyness, settlement 375m W of
Scheduled Date: 16 June 1997
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6816
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hall
Location: Tingwall
County: Shetland Islands
Electoral Ward: Shetland West
Traditional County: Shetland
The monument consists of the remains of a prehistoric settlement, represented by a house and traces of field walls.
The house is an irregular oval, 10m by 8.5m with walls 0.6m high spread to a width of up to 2.5m. It has been partly obscured by a later construction. The entrance was from the S, where traces of outer walls suggest a forecourt. Several short lengths of filed walling are visible nearby.
The area to be scheduled is a circle 30m in diameter centred on the centre of the house, to include the house, forecourt walls and the nearer fragments of field walling, together with an area around these in which evidence relating to their construction and use may survive. The area is shown in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as an example of a small prehistoric farming settlement which has the potential, through excavation and analysis, to provide information about the economy and social organisation of pre Iron Age society.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as HU 34 NE 14.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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