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Latitude: 60.2914 / 60°17'29"N
Longitude: -1.141 / 1°8'27"W
OS Eastings: 447591
OS Northings: 1156669
OS Grid: HU475566
Mapcode National: GBR R1JJ.PV7
Mapcode Global: XHF9C.KLF9
Entry Name: Newing,house 300m WSW of Black Skerry
Scheduled Date: 30 December 1974
Last Amended: 4 May 1993
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM3593
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house
Location: Nesting
County: Shetland Islands
Electoral Ward: Shetland North
Traditional County: Shetland
The monument consists of the remains of a prehistoric house.
The house is set on a shoulder, close to the public road, and only 150m SW of another similar example. It is oval and measures 8m NE-SW by 7m transversely. It appears to contain two compartments. The entrance is in the SE side. On the SW side is an oval enclosure of large earth-fast stones measuring 10m by 17m, and there are traces of further fields and clearance cairns in the vicinity.
The area to be scheduled is rectangular, 25m NW-SE by 40m NE-SW, to include the house, enclosure and an area around in which traces of activity associated with their construction and use may survive.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a prehistoric house which may provide, through excavation and analysis, evidence about prehistoric agriculture and domestic economy. It gains additional importance from its membership of a local concentration of remains including at least four houses, a standing stone, a burnt mound and numerous traces of field clearance and walling.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS record the site as HU45NE 10.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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