Mires
Mires is a locality in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Mires is situated nearby to the locality Newton, as well as near Swinland.Places of Interest
Highlights include Loch of Watsness,broch E of.
Loch of Watsness,broch E of
Archaeological site
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch of Watsness,broch E of is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Walls and Huxter.
Walls
Photo: Ronnie Robertson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Walls or Waas is a small fishing village on the west Mainland of the Shetland Islands. The main reasons to come are the Neolithic "Temple" and to take the ferry to Foula, or the ferry from West Burrafirth to Papa Stour.
Huxter
Hamlet
Photo: Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Huxter is a hamlet, which is situated 4 miles north of Mires.
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. Sandness is situated 4½ miles north of Mires.
Mires
- Type: Locality
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.23703° or 60° 14′ 13″ northLongitude
-1.67881° or 1° 40′ 44″ westOpen location code
9CGW68PC+RFOpenStreetMap ID
node 4857189891OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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