Horse Holm

#3972 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Horse Island or Horse Holm and known locally as Da Holm, is one of the Shetland Islands. It lies about 2.3 km west of Sumburgh Head at the south tip of the Mainland, Shetland. In the Norn Language, it was called Hundiholmi but later was renamed Horse Holm. It is used as an alignment point by local fishermen for several fishing marks. ()

Coordinates: 59°50'60"N, 1°18'60"W

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ScotlandUnited Kingdom

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Horse Holm – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Jarlshof, Sumburgh Head, Old Scatness, Ness of Burgi fort.

1.6 miNE
Ruins, Historical place, Museum
Jarlshof, Sumburgh
41 min walk • Jarlshof is the best known prehistoric archaeological site in Shetland, Scotland. It lies in Sumburgh, Mainland, Shetland and has been described as "one of the most remarkable archaeological sites ever excavated in the British Isles".
1.5 miE
Nature and wildlife, Park, Lighthouse
Sumburgh Head, Sumburgh
38 min walk • Sumburgh Head Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Sumburgh Head at the southern tip of the Mainland of Shetland.
2 miN
Historical place, Museum, Archaeological museum
Old Scatness, Sumburgh
52 min walk • Old Scatness is an archeological site on the Ness of Burgi, near the village of Scatness, parish of Dunrossness in the south end of Mainland, Shetland, near Sumburgh Airport and consists of medieval, Viking, Pictish, and Iron Age remains.
0.7 miNE
Archaeological site
Ness of Burgi fort, Sumburgh
18 min walk • The Ness of Burgi fort is an iron-age promontory fort in the Old Scatness archaeological site on the Ness of Burgi, a narrow finger of land reaching south from the Scat Ness in the far south of the island of Mainland, Shetland in Scotland.
1.5 miN
Island
Lady's Holm
40 min walk • Lady's Holm is an island off southern Mainland in the Shetland Islands. It is not to be confused with the Maiden Stack, which is also known as "Frau...
2.4 miN
Neighbourhood
Virkie, Sumburgh
61 min walk • Virkie is the most southerly district of Shetland, other than Fair Isle and is best defined as the area south of the Ward Hill in Dunrossness, also locally referred to as "below da hill", or "da laich Ness".