Condition

6
Structural remains and noost
Shetland

Description

(i) An exposure in the side of a grassy bank 5m from the coast edge reveals a concentration of coursed stonework. This is visible over a distance of 6m and stands up to 0.3m high. The stone has been quarried and the wall is well made. It is located to the seaward side of Levenwick graveyard and may be part of an earlier enclosure wall. (ii) A stone-lined noost is located on the coast edge to the W of (i). This is likely to be of 18th-20th date. ShoreUPDATE 21/09/2019 (ii) Naust visible as a hollow grass covered depression lined internally with stone, c. 4m by c.3m, c.0.5m deep, open on the seaward side, slightly rounded on the landward side. Located on the grassy top of low cliffs at the east end of Levenwick Bay, possibly a winter naust. Walling (i) not seen, although a stretch of stonework associated with anthropogenic soil and midden material visible in section was recorded separately as SCHARP ID 13909

Location

441460.00
1121390.00
27700
59.9753342
-1.2590510

Submitted photographs

Image Date Caption User
Grassed-over naust with traces of stone lining 21/09/2019 Grassed-over naust with traces of stone lining training1
Grassed-over naust with traces of stone lining

Submitted updates

Update id Date User
3278 21/09/2019 training1
Coastally eroding? not eroding
Description An exposure in the side of a grassy bank 5m from the coast edge reveals a concentration of coursed stonework. This is visible over a distance of 6m and stands up to 0.3m high. The stone has been quarried and the wall is well made. It is located to the seaward side of Levenwick graveyard and may be part of an earlier enclosure wall. (ii) A stone-lined noost is located on the coast edge to the W of (i). This is likely to be of 18th-20th date. ShoreUPDATE 21/09/2019 (ii) Naust visible as a hollow grass covered depression lined internally with stone, c. 4m by c.3m, c.0.5m deep, open on the seaward side, slightly rounded on the landward side. Located on the grassy top of low cliffs at the east end of Levenwick Bay, possibly a winter naust. Walling (i) not seen, although a stretch of stonework associated with anthropogenic soil and midden material visible in section was recorded separately as SCHARP ID 13909

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