Old Granite Quarry
Old Granite Quarry is a quarry in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Old Granite Quarry is situated nearby to the island Hildasay, as well as near the islet Linga.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hildasay and Linga.
Hildasay
Island
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Hildasay, also known as Hildisay, is an uninhabited island off the west coast of the Shetland Mainland.
Linga
Islet
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Linga is a small island off Hildasay in the Shetland Islands. It is one of the Scalloway Islands. Haswell-Smith compares Hildasay and the adjacent islands to a yeti's footprint, with Linga as the big toe.
North Havra
Islet
North Havra is a small island off south west Shetland. It is 30 metres at its highest point. Situated 1/3 mile from the ness-end of South Whiteness, the island possess a lighthouse and a couple of small sheep pens, as well as a couple dozen sheep and different bird species.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burwick and Scalloway.
Burwick
Hamlet
Burwick is a small peninsula north of Scalloway in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The Hill of Burwick rises to 107 metres, the Ness of Burwick is a headland that guards the bay of Bur Wick, and Burwick Holm is a small island with an elevation of about 10 metres, just off shore in the Scalloway Islands. Burwick is situated 2½ miles east of Old Granite Quarry.
Scalloway
Scalloway is a fishing village in the Shetland Islands. It was the capital of these islands until 1708 when Lerwick supplanted it. The population in 2011 was 900.
Haggersta
Village
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Haggersta is a village, which is situated 5 miles northeast of Old Granite Quarry.
Old Granite Quarry
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.14908° or 60° 8′ 57″ northLongitude
-1.35958° or 1° 21′ 35″ westOpen location code
9CGW4JXR+J5OpenStreetMap ID
way 495405458OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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Highlights include Hogg of Hildesay and Hogg of Lings.
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