Huxter

Huxter is a hamlet in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Huxter is situated nearby to the hamlet Norby, as well as near Biggings.

Photo: Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Hamlet
Description: human settlement near Sandness, Mainland, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Huxter, Sandness”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Loch of Huxter, broch and Loch of Huxter.

Loch of Huxter, broch

Archaeological site

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Loch of Huxter, broch is an archaeological site.

Papa Stour is one of the Shetland Islands in Scotland, with a population of fifteen people, some of whom immigrated after an appeal for residents in the 1970s. Papa Stour Island is situated 2½ miles north of Huxter.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sandness and Biggings.

Sandness

Hamlet

Photo: Cwcoutts, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sandness is a headland and district in the west of Shetland Mainland, Scotland. Sandness was a civil parish, which also included the island of Papa Stour a mile northwest across Papa Sound.

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. Biggings is situated 2 miles north of Huxter.