Burrafirth links (
Old Norse: ''Borgarfjorðr'', meaning "the fjord with a castle") is a strip of land with a few houses on the island of
Unst,
Shetland
Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, is a subarctic archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom.
The islands lie about to the no ...
, Scotland. It separates the fjord Burra Firth from the Loch of Cliff.
Burrafirth is said to have once been home to a
giant called Saxi, who, together with another giant, was lured away by a
mermaid.
References
External links
Canmore - Unst, Burra Firth, Burgar Stack site recordCanmore - Unst, Burra Firth, Norse Mill site recordCanmore - Noah's Ark: Burrafirth, Unst, North Sea site record
Villages in Unst
Underwater diving sites in Scotland
Firths of Scotland
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