Burga Skerry

Burga Skerry is a reef in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Burga Skerry is situated nearby to the hamlet Brough, as well as near the village Burravoe.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Old Haa Museum and Burra Voe, broch 70m SSE of Wester Ayre.

Old Haa Museum

Museum

Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Old Haa of Brough is a museum, tearoom and garden in located in Burravoe, Yell, Shetland, Scotland. Built for Robert Tyrie, a merchant, in 1672, houses the local museum for Burravoe and Yell.

Burra Voe, broch 70m SSE of Wester Ayre

Archaeological site

Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Burra Voe, broch 70m SSE of Wester Ayre is an archaeological site.

St Colman’s Episcopal Church

Church

Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burravoe and Copister.

Burravoe is a community on the north shore of Burra Voe, in the south-east part of the island of Yell in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The name Burravoe is derived from the Old Norse Borgavágr, meaning, broch bay.

Copister

Hamlet

Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Copister is a village in Yell. It is a former centre for haaf net fishing, and has a shingle beach. Copister is situated 2 miles west of Burga Skerry.

Gossabrough

Hamlet

Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gossabrough is a coastal hamlet, wick and ness on the southeast side of the island of Yell, Shetland, Scotland. The Wick of Gossabrough lies between the northern extremity of Gossabrough Ness and the Saddle of Swarister. Gossabrough is situated 3½ miles north of Burga Skerry.

Burga Skerry

Type: Reef
Category: landform
Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

60.48333° or 60° 29′ north

Longitude

-1.06667° or 1° 4′ west

Open location code

9CGWFWMM+88

GeoNames ID

2654310

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