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Historic Attractions in Shetland
Scotland, UK
Britain’s most northerly lighthouse was built in 1858 on the highest of a series of offshore skerries. Designed by David...
Scotland, UK
Built in 1821 at the top of this 91m (300ft) high headland, this was Shetlands first lighthouse. It was also the site of...
Scotland, UK
Conspicuous on the approach to Lerwick from the south, this lighthouse was completed in 1858 and can be reached by road...
Scotland, UK
First lit in 1892 this lighthouse was machine gunned and bombed by German aircraft on two occasions in 1941, the outhouses...
Dunrossness, Shetland, ZE2 9JD
This beautifully restored mill with its overshot wheel, is in full working order. There are displays on local history and...
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Scotland, UK
Built in 1892 this was the most dangerous lighthouse to be stationed at during the Second World War. It was bombed by...
Scotland, UK
Lit in 1929, this was the last manned lighthouse designed by a Stevenson for the Northern Lighthouse Board. It was built...
Tingwall, Shetland, ZE1 0AQ
This church, built in 1788-1790, replaced a medieval 'steeple-kirk' with a round tower some 20m high, similar to that of...
Sandwick, Shetland, ZE2
The finest broch in Scotland it has survived for two thousand years virtually intact. Visitors can still climb to the top...
Mainland, Shetland, ZE2
This rocky promontory is fortified by two rock cut ditches, a massive rampart and an extraordinary stone 'blockhouse'. The...
Lerwick, Shetland, ZE1 0JN
An artillery fort, it was built in 1665 to protect the Sound of Bressay from the Dutch, but taken by them and burned in...
Scotland, UK
One of Scotland’s most modern lighthouses, it was built in 1986 because of the increase in oil tanker traffic using the...
Shetland, ZE2
During excavations here in the 1950's of a medieval church and pre-Christian settlement, an amazing hoard of Pictish...
Lerwick, Shetland, ZE2
A good example of a broch tower with associated secondary buildings of Iron Age date.
Island of Noss, Shetland, ZE2
This square enclosure on the island of Noss was built by the Marquis of Londonderry in 1870 for the breeding of Shetland...
| 1 | Muckle Flugga Lighthouse | Scotland, UK | |
| 2 | Sumburgh Head Lighthouse | Scotland, UK | |
| 3 | Bressay Lighthouse | Scotland, UK | |
| 4 | Fair Isle North Lighthouse | Scotland, UK | |
| 5 | Quendale Watermill | Dunrossness, Shetland, ZE2 9JD | |
| 6 | Fair Isle South Lighthouse | Scotland, UK | |
| 7 | Eshaness Lighthouse | Scotland, UK | |
| 8 | St Magnus (Shetland) | Tingwall, Shetland, ZE1 0AQ | |
| 9 | Broch of Mousa (HS) | Sandwick, Shetland, ZE2 | |
| 10 | Ness of Burgi Fort (HS) | Mainland, Shetland, ZE2 | |
| 11 | Fort Charlotte (HS) | Lerwick, Shetland, ZE1 0JN | |
| 12 | Foula Lighthouse | Scotland, UK | |
| 13 | St Ninian's Isle | Shetland, ZE2 | |
| 14 | Clickimin Broch (HS) | Lerwick, Shetland, ZE2 | |
| 15 | Noss Pony Pund | Island of Noss, Shetland, ZE2 |
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