Virkie, Sumburgh

Name: Virkie
Address: Sumburgh, United Kingdom

#7 among attractions in Sumburgh

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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". ()

Coordinates: 59°53'0"N, 1°18'0"W

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Sumburgh United Kingdom

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Virkie – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

1 miS
Ruins, Historical place, Museum
Jarlshof, Sumburgh
27 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".
2.2 miSE
Nature and wildlife, Park, Lighthouse
Sumburgh Head, Sumburgh
57 min walk • Sumburgh Head Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Sumburgh Head at the southern tip of the Mainland of Shetland.
~1870 ftSW
Historical place, Museum, Archaeological museum
Old Scatness, Sumburgh
10 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.
1.7 miS
Archaeological site
Ness of Burgi fort, Sumburgh
44 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.
2.4 miS
Island
Horse Holm
61 min walk • 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.
4.4 miN
Memorial
Broch, Forewick Holm
113 min walk • Clumlie Broch is an Iron Age broch located on Mainland, Shetland, in Scotland.
1.3 miSW
Island
Lady's Holm
34 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...
5.1 miNW
Island
Colsay
131 min walk • Colsay is an uninhabited island off the South West coast of Mainland, Shetland. Fora Ness lies to the south, across the Muckle Sound. The highest elevation is 44 metres, and there is an ancient cairn on the summit. It is in Dunrossness parish, 8 miles NNW of Sumburgh Head.