Brough Ness
Brough Ness is a point in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Brough Ness is situated nearby to the hamlet Norby, as well as near the locality Melby.Places of Interest
Highlights include Bay of Garth and Ness Loch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandness and West Burrafirth.
Sandness
Hamlet
Sandness is a headland and district in Shetland Mainland, Scotland. It includes the westernmost point of Shetland Mainland. Sandness was a civil parish, which also included the island of Papa Stour a mile northwest across Papa Sound. Sandness is situated 2 miles southwest of Brough Ness.
West Burrafirth
Hamlet
West Burrafirth is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ miles southeast of Brough Ness.
Biggings
Hamlet
Biggings is a village on the island of Papa Stour, in Shetland, Scotland. Papa Stour's church is situated at the south of Biggings. 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. Biggings is situated 3 miles west of Brough Ness.
Brough Ness
- Type: Point
- Category: landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.31667° or 60° 19′ north
Longitude
-1.6° or 1° 36′ west
Open location code
9CGW8C82+M2
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