Country: | Scotland |
Static Image Name: | Papa Stour Kirk (geograph 3271747).jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Papa Stour Kirk |
Coordinates: | 60.326°N -1.681°W |
Official Name: | Biggings |
Local Name: | Da Biggins[1] |
Label Position: | top |
Civil Parish: | Walls and Sandness |
Lieutenancy Scotland: | Shetland Islands |
Unitary Scotland: | Shetland Islands |
Constituency Westminster: | Orkney and Shetland |
Constituency Scottish Parliament: | Shetland |
Post Town: | SHETLAND |
Postcode District: | ZE2 |
Postcode Area: | ZE |
Dial Code: | 01595 |
Os Grid Reference: | HU176601 |
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]