Sumburgh Head Foghorn

Sumburgh Head Foghorn is a building in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Sumburgh Head Foghorn is situated nearby to Sumburgh Head Lighthouse, as well as near the scenic viewpoint End section1/ beginning section 2.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sumburgh Head Lighthouse and Jarlshof.

Sumburgh Head Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Nicholas Mutton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sumburgh Head Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Sumburgh Head at the southern tip of the Mainland of Shetland.

Jarlshof is the best-known prehistoric archaeological site in Shetland, Scotland. It lies in Sumburgh, Mainland, Shetland and has been described as "one of the most remarkable archaeological sites ever excavated in the British Isles".

Ness of Burgi fort

Fort

Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Ness of Burgi fort is an iron-age promontory fort in the Old Scatness archaeological site on the Ness of Burgi, a narrow finger of land reaching south from the Scat Ness in the far south of the island of Mainland, Shetland in Scotland. Ness of Burgi fort is situated 1¼ miles west of Sumburgh Head Foghorn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sumburgh and Scatness.

Sumburgh

Photo: Hajotthu, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sumburgh is a village near the southern tip of Mainland in the Shetland Islands, with a population in 2011 of about 100. Its main attraction is Jarlshof, continuously inhabited for 4000 years.

Scatness

Village

Photo: Douglas Law, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Scatness is a settlement on the headland of Scat Ness at the southern tip of Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, across the West Voe of Sumburgh from Sumburgh Head and close to Sumburgh Airport, the Shetland Islands' main airport. Scatness is situated 2 miles northwest of Sumburgh Head Foghorn.

Exnaboe

Hamlet

Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Exnaboe, locally referred to as 'bö', is a settlement in the Virkie area of the parish of Dunrossness, South Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, overlooking Sumburgh Airport, and the Pool of Virkie. Exnaboe is situated 2½ miles north of Sumburgh Head Foghorn.

Sumburgh Head Foghorn

Type: Building
Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

59.85399° or 59° 51′ 14″ north

Longitude

-1.27462° or 1° 16′ 29″ west

Open location code

9CFWVP3G+H5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 170367413

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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