Biggings

Biggings Da Biggins [1]
Papa Stour Kirk
Biggings Location within Shetland
OS grid reference	HU176601
Civil parish	Walls and Sandness
Council area	Shetland Islands
Lieutenancy area	Shetland Islands
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SHETLAND
Postcode district	ZE2
Dialling code	01595
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Orkney and Shetland
Scottish Parliament	Shetland
List of places UK Scotland 60°19′34″N1°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] Biggings has an airstrip, which has not been used since 2021.

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.

External links

• Canmore - Papa Stour, Biggings Norse House site record