Beorgs of Housetter

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View over the town of Housetter to the mountain
Giant's Garden on the western slope of the mountain

The Beorgs of Housetter is a 147-meter-high mountain in the north of Mainland , the main island of about Scotland scoring Shetlands . It is located on the North Roe Peninsula in the Northmavine Community Council Area . From the northern border, 198 meters high Beorgs of Skelberry he is by one, to a height of 80 meters down-range saddle separated . Both have a common steep flank on the east side, which extends for about four kilometers in a north-south direction and along the foot of which the A970 runs. Geologically, this is the boundary between the Pluton Northmaven Complex in the west, consisting mainly of granites and granophyres , and the Fethaland series in the east, metamorphic rocks with a high proportion of gneiss containing hornblende, which were deposited in sedimentary form at the time when the Old Red sandstone was formed .

To the southeast of the Beorgs of Housetter lies the village of Housetter and to the north of it several lakes, of which the Loch of Housetter is the largest. The western boundary of the mountain is formed by the Burn of Roerwater brook , which flows into the Voe of the Brig bay at its southern tip .

Structural remains from prehistoric times can be found in four places on the Beorgs of Housetter , which are classified as Scheduled Monument . These are a Stone Age chamber grave east of the summit and two more in the immediate vicinity at the eastern foot of the mountain: Trowie Knowe ( German  hill of trolls / fairies ) and Giant's Grave ( German  tomb of the giant ), the latter with two remaining orthostats . On the southern slope of the mountain, slightly above the Voe of the Brig, there are two cairns with the Meishie o 'Stanes ( German  basket of stones ) .

On the western slope of the Beorgs of Housetter there is a sea ​​of ​​rocks , within which a rounded structure with a diameter of about 30  pace stands out. It is used as Giant's Garden ( German  Garden of the Giant called) and was according to local tradition an abandoned city of the Celts . The archaeologist Robert Munro had parts of the complex excavated in 1902 and discovered the supposed foundation walls of four buildings. Recent studies suggest that it is not a human-made structure, but a natural structure.

The Beorgs of Housetter is located on the eastern edge of the North Roe Plateau , an uninhabited area that is characterized by a moorland and heathland with several lakes and is dominated in the south by the highest mountain in the Shetlands, Ronas Hill . It is placed under nature protection in several categories: As a nature protection ( SSSI ) and FFH area (SAC) Ronas Hill - North Roe and as a Ramsar area and protected area according to the EU Birds Directive (SPA) Ronas Hill - North Roe and Tingon .

literature

  • Robert Munro: Notes on primitive stone structures of the beehive type, discovered by RC Haldane, Esq., In the north of Shetland . Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Vol. 38, 1903-1904, pages 548-558. Digitized version , PDF file, 543 kB (English)

Coordinates: 60 ° 33 ′  N , 1 ° 21 ′  W

Web links

Commons : Beorgs of Housetter  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ W. Mykura: British regional geology: Orkney and Shetland , Edinburgh 1976. Available online at the Earthwise-wiki the British Geological Survey , sections Northmaven Complex , Fethaland Series and Series Ollaberry and overview map , accessed on August 8, 2018 (english)
  2. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  3. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  4. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  5. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  6. ↑ Entry on Giant's Gardens  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  7. ↑ Information on SAC Ronas Hill - North Roe on the Scottish Natural Heritage website , accessed on August 7, 2018 (English)
  8. ↑ Information on SSSI Uyea - North Roe Coast on the Scottish Natural Heritage website, accessed on August 7, 2018 (English)
  9. ↑ Information on the Ramsar Site Ronas Hill - North Roe and Tingon on the Scottish Natural Heritage website, accessed on August 7, 2018 (English)
  10. ↑ Information on SPA Ronas Hill - North Roe and Tingon on the Scottish Natural Heritage website, accessed on August 7, 2018 (English)