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South Houllan is a post-medieval farmstead and associated field system located approximately 220 metres north-west of the main settlement in Shetland, Scotland. The site represents the agricultural settlement pattern characteristic of Shetland's early modern period, with evidence of organized cultivation and habitation typical of post-medieval rural communities in the Northern Isles. The farmstead comprises the structural remains of domestic and agricultural buildings alongside surviving traces of field boundaries and cultivation layouts that reflect the farming practices of this era. Such sites are important archaeological records of how Shetland's rural population organized their land and sustained their livelihoods during the post-medieval centuries.
South Houllan,farmstead and field system 220m NW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5554. View the official record →
South Houllan is a post-medieval farmstead and associated field system located approximately 220 metres north-west of the main settlement in Shetland, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5554.
South Houllan,farmstead and field system 220m NW of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a farmstead and field system. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
South Houllan,farmstead and field system 220m NW of 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 SM5554.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pinhoulland, settlement and field system 515m SE of (7 km), Setter,chambered cairn 470m NE of,Seli Voe (7 km), Croag Lee,homestead and field system 1250m NNW of Bekka Hill (7.2 km).
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