Easter Loch
Easter Loch is a lake in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Easter Loch is situated nearby to the hamlet Uyeasound, as well as near the ruins horizontal mill.- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake and SSSI on Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Easter Loch Site of Special Scientific Interest” and “Easter Loch SSSI”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Muness Castle and Uyea.
Muness Castle
Castle
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Muness Castle is located on Unst, which is one of the Shetland Islands of Scotland. The castle is three kilometres east of the village of Uyeasound. Unst is Scotland's most northerly inhabited island, and Muness is the most northerly fortalice in the British Isles. Muness Castle is situated 2 miles east of Easter Loch.
Uyea
Island
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Uyea is an uninhabited tidal island located to the northwest of Mainland, Shetland. Uyea lies off the Northmavine peninsula, from where it can be reached by foot at low tide.
Helliers Water
Reservoir
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Helliers Water is a reservoir, which is situated 2½ miles north of Easter Loch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Uyeasound and Clivocast.
Uyeasound
Hamlet
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Uyeasound is a village on the Isle of Unst, the northernmost island of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It takes its name from the neighbouring strait of the same name, which looks over to the Isle of Uyea.
Clivocast
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clivocast is a settlement on the island of Unst in the Shetland Islands, Scotland at or grid reference HP6000 and is situated just east of Uyeasound. The 9 ft 10 in Uyea Breck Standing Stone nearby is said to mark the spot where the son of the Viking Harald Harfager was killed some time around 900AD.
Belmont
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Belmont is a settlement and ferry terminal in southern Unst in the Shetland Islands. The ferry crosses Bluemull Sound from here to Gutcher in Yell and to Hamars Ness in Fetlar. Belmont House, a Georgian mansion built in 1775 by Thomas Mouat, was restored by Historic Scotland amongst others, and opened to the public in 2011. Belmont is situated 2 miles west of Easter Loch.
Easter Loch
- Categories: lake and protected area
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
60.69097° or 60° 41′ 28″ northLongitude
-0.90647° or 0° 54′ 23″ westOpen location code
9CGXM3RV+9COpenStreetMap ID
way 136269846OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterWikidata ID
Q108440302
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Highlights include Uyeasound Hall and horizontal mill.
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