Trek Zone

Punds Water, Hillswick

#3 among attractions in Hillswick

Archaeological site

Punds Water location map

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Facts and practical information

Punds Water is a freshwater loch near Mangaster in Northmavine, Shetland. It also gives its name to a nearby Neolithic heel-shaped cairn. ()

Coordinates: 60°27'50"N, 1°24'34"W

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Hillswick United Kingdom

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Day trips

Punds Water – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ronas Hill, Lamba, Mavis Grind, Little Roe.

5 miN
Archaeological site
Ronas Hill, Hillswick
127 min walk • Ronas Hill is a hill in Shetland, Scotland. It is classed as a Marilyn, and is the highest point in the Shetland Islands at an elevation of 450 m. A Neolithic chambered cairn is located near the summit.
5.5 miNE
Island
Lamba
141 min walk • Lamba is an uninhabited island in Yell Sound in Shetland. It lies 1.5 km north of the entrance to the Sullom Voe inlet and 1.4 kilometres east of the Mainland coastline near Ollaberry. Rising 35 metres above sea level, it has an area of 43 hectares.
4.6 miS
Island, Geologic formation, Park
Mavis Grind, Brae
119 min walk • Mavis Grind is a narrow isthmus joining the Northmavine peninsula to the rest of the island of Shetland Mainland in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is just 33 metres wide at its narrowest point.
5.3 miNE
Island
Little Roe
137 min walk • Little Roe is an island in Yell Sound in the Shetland...
6.3 miSE
Neighbourhood
North Mainland, Law Ting Holm
162 min walk • The North Mainland of the Shetland Islands, Scotland is the part of the Mainland lying north of Voe.