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Greena
Greena is a small island off the west coast of Mainland, Shetland. It is 10m at its highest point, and is north of Flotta, Shetland. It is in Weisdale Voe Weisdale is a bay, hamlet and ancient parish on Mainland in Shetland, Scotland. The bay opens near the northern extremity of Scalloway Bay, and strikes four and a half miles to the north north east. The hamlet lies at the bay's head, about twelv .... References * Venables, Ursula & Llewellyn, ''Tempestuous Eden'', Museum Press, London 1952. Uninhabited islands of Shetland {{Shetland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flotta, Shetland
Flotta () is an island off the south west of Mainland, Shetland. The name may come from the Old Norse, ''flatey'' meaning flat island, and the island's highest point is only ten metres. It is in Weisdale Voe, and is to the south of Greena Greena is a small island off the west coast of Mainland, Shetland. It is 10m at its highest point, and is north of Flotta, Shetland. It is in Weisdale Voe Weisdale is a bay, hamlet and ancient parish on Mainland in Shetland, Scotland. The ba .... Uninhabited islands of Shetland {{Shetland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weisdale Voe
Weisdale is a bay, hamlet and ancient parish on Mainland in Shetland, Scotland. The bay opens near the northern extremity of Scalloway Bay, and strikes four and a half miles to the north north east. The hamlet lies at the bay's head, about twelve miles north west of Lerwick. History Weisdale was the scene of a series of evictions of crofters in favour of large scale sheep farming in the 19th century. Approximately three hundred and eighteen crofters were evicted from the Weisdale valley in what is described as the clearances. Local author John J. Graham wrote two novels on this theme. Sites of Interest * Weisdale Voe - a lovely and long stretch of water containing small isles (Greena, Flotta, Hoy, North Havra, Junk, Hoggs of Hoy and Hildasay). The head is a good place to see wading birds. * Weisdale Valley - a beautiful stretch of land including the Weisdale Mill, Kergord Woods & Kergord House that are detailed below. The remains of some of the houses that were targeted during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mainland, Shetland
The Mainland is the main island of Shetland, Scotland. The island contains Shetland's only burgh, Lerwick, and is the centre of Shetland's ferry and air connections. Geography It has an area of , making it the third-largest Scottish island and the fifth largest of the British Isles after Great Britain, Ireland, Lewis and Harris and Skye. Mainland is the second most populous of the Scottish islands (only surpassed by Lewis and Harris), and had 18,765 residents in 2011 compared to 17,550 in 2001. The mainland can be broadly divided into four sections: *The long southern peninsula, south of Lerwick, has a mixture of moorland and farmland and contains many important archaeological sites. **Bigton, Cunningsburgh, Sandwick, Scalloway, and Sumburgh *The Central Mainland has more farmland and some woodland plantations. *The West Mainland **Aith, Walls, and Sandness *The North Mainland – in particular the large Northmavine peninsula, connected to Mainland by a narrow isthmus at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
