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Latitude: 60.7025 / 60°42'8"N
Longitude: -0.9478 / 0°56'52"W
OS Eastings: 457541
OS Northings: 1202607
OS Grid: HP575026
Mapcode National: GBR S00G.2BQ
Mapcode Global: XHF7J.28W4
Entry Name: Loomi Shun, homestead S of Sevdale, Unst
Scheduled Date: 10 May 2000
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7681
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: homestead
Location: Unst
County: Shetland Islands
Electoral Ward: North Isles
Traditional County: Shetland
The monument comprises the remains of a prehistoric homestead. The homestead is located on a SE-facing slope above Loch of Stourhoull. It takes the form of a hollow oval measuring some 6.2m NW-SE by 4.7m, within walls up to 0.4m high and up to 2.2m wide.
The foundation appears to be terraced into the slope. One large stone within the interior may be a remnant of former subdivisions, which are common in this type of house. The entrance has been from the SE, downslope, side.
The area to be scheduled is a circle of diameter 35m, to include the homestead and an area around it in which evidence relating to its construction and use may survive, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract. The area reaches, but does not cross, the modern fence to the NNE.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance for its potential contribution of an understanding of prehistoric domestic architecture and agricultural economies.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as HP 50 SE 33.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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