Biggings

Biggings
Da Biggins[1]

Papa Stour Kirk
Biggings
 Biggings shown within Shetland
OS grid referenceHU176601
Civil parishWalls and Sandness
Council areaShetland Islands
Lieutenancy areaShetland Islands
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town SHETLAND
Postcode district ZE2
Dialling code 01595
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK ParliamentOrkney and Shetland
Scottish ParliamentShetland
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Coordinates: 60°19′34″N 1°40′52″W / 60.326°N 1.681°W / 60.326; -1.681

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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