Brough Taing
Brough Taing is a point in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Brough Taing is situated nearby to the hamlet Muness, as well as near Ordale.Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Muness Castle and Unst Airport.
Muness Castle
Castle
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Muness Castle is located on Unst, which is one of the Shetland Islands of Scotland. The castle is three kilometres east of the village of Uyeasound. Unst is Scotland's most northerly inhabited island, and Muness is the most northerly fortalice in the British Isles. Muness Castle is situated 2 miles south of Brough Taing.
Unst Airport
Aerodrome
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Unst Airport also called Baltasound Airport is an unlicensed airfield near Baltasound, on the island of Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland. The airfield has effectively been mothballed since 1996 and is now only used by the emergency services. Unst Airport is situated 2 miles north of Brough Taing.
Helliers Water
Reservoir
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Helliers Water is a reservoir, which is situated 1½ miles west of Brough Taing.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clivocast and Baltasound.
Clivocast
Village
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Clivocast is a settlement on the island of Unst in the Shetland Islands, Scotland at or grid reference HP6000 and is situated just east of Uyeasound. The 9 ft 10 in Uyea Breck Standing Stone nearby is said to mark the spot where the son of the Viking Harald Harfager was killed some time around 900AD. Clivocast is situated 3 miles southwest of Brough Taing.
Baltasound
Village
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Baltasound is the largest settlement on the island of Unst in Shetland, Scotland. It comes from the Old Norse man's name Balti. Unst is the most northerly inhabited island in the United Kingdom. Baltasound is situated 3 miles north of Brough Taing.
Uyeasound
Hamlet
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Uyeasound is a village on the Isle of Unst, the northernmost island of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It takes its name from the neighbouring strait of the same name, which looks over to the Isle of Uyea. Uyeasound is situated 3 miles southwest of Brough Taing.
Brough Taing
- Type: Point
- Description: point on Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
- Category: landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Brough Taing” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Brough Taing”
- Swedish: “Brough Taing”
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