Huxter (Sandness)

View over the Loch of Huxter towards the village

Huxter is a hamlet on Mainland , the main island of the Shetlands . It is located around two kilometers west of Sandness , which is where the only road connection leads. Huxter is the westernmost of a series of localities, which are separated from the rest of the island by a strip of area several kilometers wide, characterized by peat soils and therefore unpopulated. A little to the southwest is a lake ( hole ), the Loch of Huxter . It drains over a small, around 300 meter long stream to the north and west past the place into the transition area between the North Atlantic and the Sound of Papa . The structural remains of three watermills from the late 19th century lie on the bank . They are, as well as the associated ridges and a small dam , as Listed Building expelled category B and thus are listed buildings.

Web links

Commons : Huxter, Sandness  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry Huxter in the Gazetteer for Scotland (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Query on the map server of the British Geological Survey , carried out on May 22, 2018 (English)
2. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .

Coordinates: 60 ° 17 ′ 53 "  N , 1 ° 41 ′ 8"  W.