Sandsting
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Sandsting is a parish in the west of Mainland, Shetland forming a southern arm of the Walls Peninsula
. It contains the hamlet of Garderhouse, and the islands of Vementry
and Papa Little
on the south side of St Magnus Bay, and comprehends a mainland district of about ten miles by eight between that bay, and Scalloway
Bay.
The coast is partly bold, and cavernous; the seaboard is cut into sections by long bays; and the interior is mostly an assemblage of knolls and hillocks, with a profusion of heath and interspersions of moss.
The seats are Sandhouse, Garde and Reawick. The antiquities include standing stones, tumuli, Norse fortifications and old burial grounds.
Walls, Shetland Islands
Walls, known locally as Waas, Walls, known locally as Waas, Walls, known locally as Waas, (Old Norse: Vagar = "Sheltered Bays" (voes) - the Ordnance Survey added the "ll" as they thought it was a corruption of "walls"...
. It contains the hamlet of Garderhouse, and the islands of Vementry
Vementry
Vementry is an uninhabited island in Shetland, Scotland, on the north side of the West Mainland, lying south of Muckle Roe....
and Papa Little
Papa Little
Papa Little is an island in Shetland, Scotland.The island lies at the head of Aith Voe in north west Mainland, Shetland, south of Muckle Roe...
on the south side of St Magnus Bay, and comprehends a mainland district of about ten miles by eight between that bay, and Scalloway
Scalloway
Scalloway is the largest settlement on the North Atlantic coast of Mainland, Shetland with a population of approximately 812, at the 2001 census...
Bay.
The coast is partly bold, and cavernous; the seaboard is cut into sections by long bays; and the interior is mostly an assemblage of knolls and hillocks, with a profusion of heath and interspersions of moss.
The seats are Sandhouse, Garde and Reawick. The antiquities include standing stones, tumuli, Norse fortifications and old burial grounds.