Uyeasound is a village on the Isle of
Unst
Unst (; sco, Unst; nrn, Ønst) is one of the North Isles of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is the northernmost of the inhabited British Isles and is the third-largest island in Shetland after Mainland and Yell. It has an area of .
Unst ...
, the northernmost island of the
Shetland Islands
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 n ...
, Scotland. It takes its name from the neighbouring strait of the same name, which looks over to the Isle of
Uyea.
Uyeasound is home to
Greenwell's Booth, a
Hanseatic trading storehouse, as well as
Muness Castle.
References
External links
Undiscovered Scotland - UyeasoundBBC - Domesday Reloaded - Uyeasound Up Helly Aa
Villages in Unst
Straits of Scotland
Landforms of Shetland
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