Scousburgh is a small community in the parish of
Dunrossness
Dunrossness, (Old Norse: ''Dynrastarnes'' meaning "headland of the loud tide-race", referring to the noise of Sumburgh Roost) is the southernmost parish of Shetland, Scotland. Historically the name Dunrossness has usually referred to the area o ...
, in the South
Mainland
Mainland is defined as "relating to or forming the main part of a country or continent, not including the islands around it egardless of status under territorial jurisdiction by an entity" The term is often politically, economically and/or dem ...
of
Shetland
Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, is a subarctic archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom.
The islands lie about to the no ...
, Scotland, overlooking the picturesque
Scousburgh Sand
Scousburgh is a small community in the parish of Dunrossness, in the South Mainland of Shetland, Scotland, overlooking the picturesque Scousburgh Sand, and Spiggie Loch. From Scousburgh a road leads up the hill to the site of the former Mossy H ...
, and Spiggie Loch. From Scousburgh a road leads up the hill to the site of the former
Mossy Hill
Mossy may refer to:
Places
* Mossy, West Virginia, unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States
Given names
* Mossy Cade (born 1961), former professional American football player
* Mossy Lawler (born 1980), rugby union ...
army base. This road has a connection to Scousburgh Hill the site of the now redundant trans horizon transmission dishes. From there another road leads down to the A970 on the east side of the Hill.
References
External links
Scottish Places - Scousburgh
North Sea energy
Transmitter sites in Scotland
Villages in Mainland, Shetland
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