Tresta

Tresta is a hamlet in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Tresta is situated nearby to the hamlet Velzie, as well as near Houbie.

Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Haltadans and Brough Lodge.

Haltadans

Archaeological site

Photo: Ken Craig, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Haltadans, also known as Fairy Ring or Haltadans stone circle, is a stone circle on the island of Fetlar in Shetland, Scotland. This site is a ring of 38 stones, of which 22 are still fixed in the soil, and it is 11 metres in diameter.

Brough Lodge

Building

Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Brough Lodge is a 19th-century Gothic mansion on Fetlar, one of the Shetland Islands, in northern Scotland. Built by the Nicolson family, who were responsible for clearing Fetlar of many of its inhabitants, it has been disused since the 1980s. Brough Lodge is situated 2½ miles northwest of Tresta.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Houbie and Aith.

Houbie

Hamlet

Photo: Fetlar, CC BY 2.5.

Houbie is a hamlet.

Aith

Hamlet

Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aith is a hamlet, which is situated 1½ miles east of Tresta.

Funzie

Hamlet

Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Funzie is a hamlet, which is situated 3 miles east of Tresta.

Tresta

Type: Hamlet
Description: hamlet on Fetlar, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Category: locality
Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

60.59321° or 60° 35′ 36″ north

Longitude

-0.88485° or 0° 53′ 6″ west

Elevation

36 feet (11 metres)

Open location code

9CGXH4V8+73

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9296308009

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Tresta” goes by many names.

German: “Tresta (Fetlar)”
German: “Tresta”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Velzie and Southdale.

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Highlights include Tresta Kirk and Wick of Houbie,broch,W of.

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