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Felshun is an ancient house located 550 metres west-southwest of the southwestern point of the Loch of Stavaness in Shetland, Scotland. The site is recorded in the Historic Environment Scotland database as a prehistoric or early historic structure, typical of settlement evidence found across the Shetland Islands. Like many such domestic sites in Shetland, Felshun represents the archaeological record of habitation patterns in the northern isles during periods when local communities relied upon pastoral and maritime economies. The precise dating and detailed structural characteristics of the house remain subject to archaeological interpretation, though its location and form place it within the broader sequence of Shetland settlement archaeology.
Felshun,house 550m WSW of SW point of Loch of Stavaness is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3621. View the official record →
Felshun is an ancient house located 550 metres west-southwest of the southwestern point of the Loch of Stavaness in Shetland, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3621.
Felshun,house 550m WSW of SW point of Loch of Stavaness 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 SM3621.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Brough,broch on the Burrian 200m N of (4.9 km), Houlland, prehistoric house 320m E of (5.6 km), Trowie Loch, burnt mound complex 225m WSW of Vadill Cottage (5.7 km).
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