Loch of Houll, Whalsay

Name: Loch of Houll
Address: Whalsay, United Kingdom

#8 among attractions in Whalsay

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Loch of Houll is a loch on Whalsay, one of the Shetland islands of Scotland. It is located to the southeast of Brough and on the eastern side of Setter Hill. An eastern tributary of the Scarfmoor Burn passes into the western side of the loch. It is described as a "large shallow loch with brown trout averaging 8-10 oz and some over 2 lbs." On the western side of the loch is Peerie Roonie House, a ruined stone house, which still has traces of the inner face of a drystone wall and drain. Archaeologists excavating at the site discovered stone tools dated to the Neolithic period and peat ash. ()

Length: 2250 ftWidth: 1115 ftCoordinates: 60°21'26"N, 0°59'31"W

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Loch of Houll – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Skate of Marrister, Whalsay Parish Church, Pier House Museum, East Linga.

1.1 miW
Island
Skate of Marrister
27 min walk • The Skate of Marrister is a flat ledge that extends about 300 yards from the western shore of Whalsay, in the Shetland islands of Scotland. It is slightly more than 1 mile north-north-west from Symbister Ness off the village of Marrister, in Linga Sound. At low tide the ledge rises 5 feet above the water.
0.9 miN
Church
Whalsay Parish Church, Whalsay
23 min walk • Whalsay Parish Church or Whalsay Kirk is a Church of Scotland parish church on the island of Whalsay, Shetland Islands, Scotland. It lies to the north of the village of Brough, on the southern part of a promontory known as Kirk Ness, connected to the mainland by a neck of land.
1.5 miSW
Museum
Pier House Museum
40 min walk • The Pier House Museum is a museum in Symbister, Whalsay, in the Shetland Islands of Scotland.
3.9 miE
Island
East Linga
99 min walk • East Linga is one of the Shetland Islands. It lies between Whalsay, and Grif Skerry to the east.
3.4 miE
Island
Nista
86 min walk • Nista is a small islet of the Shetland Islands of Scotland, situated roughly 2 kilometres east off the coast of Whalsay. It lies to the north of Mooa. The Trota Stack lies just off the north side of the islet. The highest point of the islet is 63 feet.
1.3 miS
Forts and castles
Huxter Fort, Whalsay
34 min walk • Huxter Fort is an Iron Age fortification on the island of Whalsay, in the Shetland islands of Scotland, dating to around 300 BC. It is on an islet in the Loch of Huxter, connected to the shore by a causeway.
4.7 miE
Island
Grif Skerry
120 min walk • Grif Skerry is an islet to the east of Whalsay in the Shetland Islands. Its name comes from the Norse or Norn for "deep sea skerry". The island is uninhabited, although there are some buildings on it. These are mostly fishermen's huts, and the remains of a haaf fishing station, so that fishermen could shelter from bad weather.
2 miE
Archaeological site
Standing Stones of Yoxie, Whalsay
51 min walk • The Standing Stones of Yoxie is a Neolithic site in the parish of Nesting on the northeastern coast of Whalsay, in the Shetland islands of Scotland.
3.6 miSE
Island
Rumble
93 min walk • Rumble is a skerry in the Shetland islands of Scotland, situated roughly 4 kilometres east off the coast of Huxter, southeastern Whalsay. It lies 0.75 miles to southwest of East Linga. The main island, also known as Rumble Holm, is 27 feet high.
1.5 miW
Island
West Linga
39 min walk • West Linga is an uninhabited island located between Mainland and Whalsay in Shetland, Scotland.
1.9 miE
Archaeological site
Benie Hoose, Whalsay
50 min walk • Benie Hoose, also Bunyie Hoose, is a Neolithic site in the parish of Nesting, northeastern Whalsay, in the Shetland Islands of Scotland.