Symbister Ness

View from the summit to the southwest

Symbister Ness is a headland that extends south and west of Symbister , the capital of the island of Whalsay , part of the Scottish Shetlands . In the north it marks the southern end of Linga Sound , a waterway that separates Whalsay from the island of West Linga , in the west and south it crosses into the Dury Voe and the open North Sea . In the southeast Symbister Ness is bounded by a lake ( loch ), the Loch of Sandwick . The highest point is the 31 meter high Ward of Symbister Ness, on the summit of which there are the remains of a cairn from the Neolithic .

Web links

• Entry Symbister Ness in the Gazetteer for Scotland (English)
• Symbister Ness on the website of the Ordnance Survey (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry on Cairn by Symbister  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)

Coordinates: 60 ° 20 ′ 16.8 ″  N , 1 ° 1 ′ 55.9 ″  W.