Biggings is a village on the island of
Papa Stour
Papa Stour ( sco, Papa Stour) is one of the Shetland Islands in Scotland, with a population of under fifteen people, some of whom immigrated after an appeal for residents in the 1970s. Located to the west of mainland Shetland and with an area o ...
, in
Shetland
Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, is a subarctic archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom.
The islands lie about to the no ...
, Scotland. Papa Stour's church is situated at the south of Biggings. 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. A partial reconstruction of a Norse building has also been undertaken.
References
External links
Canmore - Papa Stour, Biggings Norse House site record
Villages in Shetland
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