Cutts is a settlement in 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 ...
, United Kingdom. It is on the island of
Trondra
Trondra ( sco, Trondra) is one of the Scalloway Islands, a subgroup of the Shetland Islands in Scotland. It shelters the harbour of Scalloway and has an area of .
History
Trondra was becoming rapidly depopulated until 1970, when road bridges were ...
off the west coast of
Shetland Mainland
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 B9074 crosses the Trondra Bridge at the north-east of Cutts. The bridge, opened on 18 October 1971 by
George Younger
George Kenneth Hotson Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, Baron Younger of Prestwick, (22 September 1931 – 26 January 2003), was a British Conservative Party politician and banker.
Early life and career
Younger's forebear, George Younge ...
, has a single carriageway and connects Trondra with Shetland Mainland.
References
External links
Canmore - Trondra, The Cutts site record
Villages in Shetland
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