Suther Ness

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View from the southeast of Suther Ness

Suther Ness is an uninhabited peninsula with a small lighthouse in the northwest of the island of Whalsay, part of the Scottish Shetlands . On the seaside, it juts out into the northern part of Linga Sound , which separates Whalsay from West Linga Island. It is connected to Whalsay by a tombolo , and the village of Brough extends adjacent to it . The south-western boundary is the South Voe of Brough. To the northeast lies another peninsula, Kirk Ness , both of which are separated by the Houb Bay. NessAs a name designation in Scotland stands for a piece of land protruding into a body of water, for example a headland .

Suther Ness has remains of settlements that were considered to be Neolithic or Bronze Age , but according to more recent findings are more likely to be attributed to the Middle Ages. Like a nearby grave from the Viking Age, they are designated as a Scheduled Monument and are therefore a listed building.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry Ness in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, accessed on June 7, 2018 (English)
  2. ↑ Entry on Suther Ness Settlement  in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database
  3. ↑ Entry on Viking grave on Suther Ness  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  4. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .

Coordinates: 60 ° 22 ′ 7 ″  N , 1 ° 0 ′ 7 ″  W.