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Fedeland is a prehistoric house and fishing station located on the Isle of Fethaland in Shetland, Scotland. The site comprises the remains of a substantial dwelling structure together with evidence of sustained fishing activity, indicating occupation during the prehistoric period when marine resource exploitation formed a significant component of settlement economy. The physical remains reflect the adaptation of Shetland's early inhabitants to a maritime environment, with the house structure and associated fish processing or storage features representing typical settlement patterns of the archipelago's prehistoric communities. The site's designation as both a domestic and economic site illustrates the integrated nature of prehistoric life in northern Scotland, where residential and subsistence activities were closely linked within the settlement landscape.
Fedeland,fishing station and prehistoric house at Isle of Fethaland is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6072. View the official record →
Fedeland is a prehistoric house and fishing station located on the Isle of Fethaland in Shetland, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6072.
Fedeland,fishing station and prehistoric house at Isle of Fethaland is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM6072.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Kame of Isbister,settlement,Burravoe (2.8 km), Beorgs of Uyea,stone implement working site and chambered cairn (6.2 km), Haa, Skelberry, burnt mound 310m NNE of (7.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Fedeland,fishing station and prehistoric house at Isle of Fethaland's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Fedeland,fishing station and prehistoric house at Isle of Fethaland stands on Moine Supergroup, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is semipelite.