Stanydale Temple in Shetland is a unique, large Neolithic stone structure (c. 2500-2000 BC) with a mysterious purpose, possibly a communal hall, chieftain's house, or ritual site, known for its distinctive heel-shaped facade and thick walls, built by early farmers and used intermittently into the Iron Age, offering rare insights into prehistoric life before being buried by peat and rediscovered in modern times.
It is located in a field to the south of the modern village of Stanydale, roughly 21 miles by road northwest of Lerwick, to the northeast of the village of Gruting. Once a roofed building, all that remains is a large, walled enclosure.
