Ward of Clett

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View from the summit to the south with the surveying pillar. On the left in the background the striking cliff of Noss Head .

The Ward of Clett is a mountain in the south of the island of Whalsay , part of the Scottish Shetlands , with a height of 119 meters it also marks its highest point. It is located about one and a half kilometers southeast of Symbister , the main town on the island. The town of Clate lies at its feet in the southwest , as well as two lakes in the north with the Bu Water and in the northeast with the Loch of Huxter . There is a trigonometric point on the summit , marked by a surveying pillar of the Vanessa type , as well as the structural remains of a radar station of the Chain Home Low from the time of the Second World War .

Web links

Commons : Ward of Clett  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry on Clett Radar Station  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)

Coordinates: 6 ° 20 ′ 0 ″  N , 1 ° 0 ′ 20 ″  W.