Description

Later 19th century. Square pony pund (enclosure); harl pointed rubble walls with stugged sandstone dressings, wallhead raised at corners.

NW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: symmetrical, entrance gate at centre.

SW ELEVATION: single doorway to outer right.

INTERIOR: main enclosure bisected by rubble wall running from centre of NW to SE elevations and bounding NE side of passage through 4 chamber square inner enclosure of battered rubble walls with gates grouped at centre. Inner wallhead and cross walls marking near-continuous mono pitch roof (now gone, 1996); modern flat roofed shed built in W corner.

Statement of Interest

A remarkably intact survivor of this rare building type. The pund is of particular interest as an example of an unusual building type indicative of Shetland agricultural practice in the 19th century.

The only comparable steadings can be found at Garth (also Delting), Gungstie (Bressay) and Kirkabister (Yell).

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17851150

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)