Biggings

{{Short description|Village in Shetland, Scotland}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

|country = Scotland

|static_image_name= Papa Stour Kirk (geograph 3271747).jpg

|static_image_caption= Papa Stour Kirk

|coordinates = {{coord|60.326|-1.681|display=inline,title}}

|official_name= Biggings

|local_name= Da Biggins{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst8328.html|title=Overview of Biggings|publisher=Scottish Places|accessdate=17 December 2014}}

|label_position= top

|population=

|civil_parish= Walls and Sandness

|lieutenancy_scotland= Shetland Islands

|unitary_scotland= Shetland Islands

|constituency_westminster= Orkney and Shetland

|constituency_scottish_parliament= Shetland

|historic_county=

|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.{{cite web|url=http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/179712/details/papa+stour+biggings+kirk+and+kirkyard+war+memorial/|title=Papa Stour, Biggings, Kirk and Kirkyard, War Memorial|publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland|accessdate=17 December 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.paparproject.org.uk/shetland1.html|title=SHETLAND: S1. Papa Stour, Sandness centred HU 169 607|publisher=The Papar Project|accessdate=17 December 2014}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://ssns.org.uk/resources/Documents/NorthernStudies/Vol13/Crawford_1979_Vol_13_pp_37_41.pdf|title=A Progress report on Excavations at 'Da Biggins', Papa Stour, Shetland, 1978|publisher=Scottish Society for Northern Studies|accessdate=17 December 2014}} A partial reconstruction of a Norse building has also been undertaken.{{cite web|url=http://www.shetlandheritageassociation.com/members/west-mainland/papa-stour-history-group|title=Papa Stour History Group|publisher=Shetland Heritage Association|accessdate=17 December 2014}} Biggings has an airstrip, which has not been used since 2021.