Sandwick is a hamlet, often considered part of the main village of
Symbister along with adjacent
Harlsdale, in the parish of
Nesting in southwestern
Whalsay
Whalsay ( sco, Whalsa; non, Hvalsey or ''Hvals-øy'', meaning 'Whale Island') is the sixth largest of the Shetland Islands in the north of Scotland.
Geography
Whalsay, also known as "The Bonnie Isle", is a peat-covered island in the Shetland I ...
in the
Shetland Islands of
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a Anglo-Scottish border, border with England to the southeast ...
. It is located to the south of the main centre of Symbister;
Clate lies just to the south. The
Holm of Sandwick lies off the coast.
The British military established a radar camp in the vicinity during wartime and tanks and sheds built by the military were still in use in 1986.
A Catalina bomber crashed in the vicinity in the early part of World War II.
The Loch of Sandwick lies to the west of the village. There are
burnt mound
A burnt mound is an archaeological feature consisting of a mound of shattered stones and charcoal, normally with an adjacent hearth and trough. The trough could be rock-cut, wood-lined or clay-lined to ensure it was watertight. Radiocarbon d ...
s in the lake area and caves along the coast here.
References
External links
Canmore - A/C Consolidated site record
Villages in Whalsay
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