West Loch
West Loch is in Shetland Islands, Scotland. West Loch is situated nearby to the church Cross Kirk, as well as near the archaeological site Sae Breck, broch 510m NW of Garderhouse.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dore Holm and Esha Ness Lighthouse.
Dore Holm
Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Dore Holm is a small uninhabited islet off the south coast of Esha Ness, located in the north-west of Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. Its natural arch can be seen from the coast between Tangwick and Stenness.
Esha Ness Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Loch of Houlland, broch, Villians of Ure
Archaeological site
Photo: Tom Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch of Houlland, broch, Villians of Ure is an archaeological site, which is situated 1 mile north of West Loch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hillswick.
Hillswick
Photo: Chris Combe, CC BY 2.0.
Hillswick is a small village on the Mainland of the Shetland Islands. It's the main settlement on the Northmavine peninsula, connected to the rest of Mainland by the road along Mavis Grind, the narrow isthmus by the village of Brae - so narrow you can almost hurl a stone from the Atlantic Ocean to the North Sea side.
West Loch
- Type: Body of water
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.48358° or 60° 29′ 1″ northLongitude
-1.60594° or 1° 36′ 21″ westOpen location code
9CGWF9MV+CJOpenStreetMap ID
way 172537922OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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Highlights include Cross Kirk and Sae Breck, broch 510m NW of Garderhouse.
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