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Catpund Steatite Quarries
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Steatite or soapstone is soft and easy to carve into bowls. From prehistoric times onwards vessels of various sizes or shapes were cut out of the rock face here. The quarrying marks can still be clearly seen.
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Cunningsburgh
, Lerwick, Shetland
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Foula
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This spectacular, inhabited island, with the second highest (370m) sea cliffs in Britain, holds great numbers of breeding seabirds including puffins, guillemots, Manx shearwaters, storm and Leach's petrels and a small colony of gannets.
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Unst, West of Scalloway, Shetland
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Hermaness National Nature Reserve(SNH)
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This splendid reserve overlooking Muckle Flugga, Britain's most northerly point, is a haven for over 100,000 seabirds including many gannets and puffins. Visitor centre. Trail.
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Baltasound, Unst, Shetland
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Loch of Spiggie (RSPB)
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This shallow loch attracts large numbers of wildfowl during the autumn and winter, including whooper swans, wigeon and teal. In summer arctic terns, arctic and great skuas can be seen bathing here.
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Scousburgh, North West of Sumburgh, Shetland
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Mousa (RSPB)
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This attractive island, with its famous broch, is the place to see storm petrels. Evening boat trips are arranged. Also good for arctic terns, arctic and great skuas, and common seals.
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East of Sandwick, Shetland
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Muness Castle (HS)
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A splendid residence, built in 1598 for the notorious Lawrence Bruce, half-brother of the Earl of Orkney. After being attacked and burned by Danish pirates in 1627, the castle never regained its former splendour.
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Uyeasound
, Unst, Shetland
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Noss National Nature Reserve
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This spectacular island reserve with its towering cliffs supports huge colonies of guillemots, gannets, fulmars and kittiwakes. Visitor centre. From Bressay by inflatable boat.
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East of Bressay, Lerwick, Shetland
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St Olaf's Church
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Medieval church dating from 12th until 1785. Inside are tombstones of two Dutch merchants from Bremen. The stone for Segebad Detken, who died in 1573, records that he traded in Shetland for 52 years.
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Unst, Shetland
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Sumburgh Head (RSPB)
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Shetland's most accessible sea bird colony with kittiwakes, guillemots, razorbills, puffins, fulmars and shags. The best place in Shetland to spot whales, dolphins and porpoises.
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South Mainland
, Shetland
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