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explored the site in 1949. He thought that
Stanydale was a temple, a name that has stuck, with a design originating from Mediterranean temples. He saw a strong resemblance to these structures, saying, "It is almost impossible not to assume that the Maltese temples are the prototypes from which
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wall. The field contains two smaller stone houses and about 30 mounds of stone. The stones would have been cleared from the field to enable cultivation. The settlement may well have been established in 2500–2000 BC, when
Neolithic farmers first came to Shetland. Pottery
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Stanydale is derived and which solve the question of its purpose." Other archaeologists have cast doubt on the "temple" theory, but agree that the building is unique in
Shetland of the period in apparently being designed for communal use or for a high-status person.
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pottery and flat-based pots. Burnt barley grains have been found, as well as the remains of sheep and cattle. One of the buildings at
Stanydale contained saddle-querns and grain-rubbers, which would have been used to grind the barley.
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Excavations have found two post holes along the axis of the oval that each contained the carbonized remains of a spruce post 10 inches (250 mm) in width. The species of spruce,
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