Biggings

Biggings

Papa Stour Kirk
Biggings
Biggings shown within Shetland
OS grid reference HU176601
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Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town SHETLAND
Postcode district ZE2
Dialling code 01595
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Biggings is a village on the island of Papa Stour, in Shetland, Scotland. Papa Stour's church is situated at the south of Biggings.[2][3] A homestead of Duke Haakon of Norway is thought to have been at Biggings, and archaeological digs have discovered the remains of a substantial Norse house, dating to around the 12th or 13th century.[4] A partial reconstruction of a Norse building has also been undertaken.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Overview of Biggings". Scottish Places. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Papa Stour, Biggings, Kirk and Kirkyard, War Memorial". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "SHETLAND: S1. Papa Stour, Sandness centred HU 169 607". The Papar Project. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "A Progress report on Excavations at 'Da Biggins', Papa Stour, Shetland, 1978" (PDF). Scottish Society for Northern Studies. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Papa Stour History Group". Shetland Heritage Association. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
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