Sandness Hill

Places of Interest

Forewick Holm

Islet

Photo: Robbie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Forewick Holm is a 1-hectare island in the Sound of Papa, between Papa Stour and the Mainland of Shetland. It lies adjacent to a skerry called Scarf's Head, and the two are connected at low tide.

Holm of Melby

Islet

Photo: Alan Bowring, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Holm of Melby is a small uninhabited island off Mainland, Shetland in Scotland. It lies in the Sound of Papa just offshore from the settlement of Melby in the district of Sandness.

Loch of Huxter, broch

Archaeological site

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Loch of Huxter, broch is an archaeological site.

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Sandness

Hamlet

Photo: Cwcoutts, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Huxter

Hamlet

Photo: Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Huxter is a hamlet.

Biggings

Hamlet

Photo: Mark Stockdale, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

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