Huxter is a
crofting
Crofting (Scottish Gaelic: ') is a form of land tenure and small-scale food production peculiar to the Scottish Highlands, the islands of Scotland, and formerly on the Isle of Man. Within the 19th-century townships, individual crofts were est ...
township in southeastern
Whalsay
Whalsay ( or ''Hvals-øy'', meaning 'Whale Island') is the sixth largest of the Shetland Islands in the north of Scotland.
Geography
Whalsay, also known as "The Bonnie Isle", is a peat-covered island in the Shetland Islands. It is situated ea ...
in the parish of
Nesting in the
Shetland
Shetland (until 1975 spelled Zetland), also called the Shetland Islands, is an archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands, and Norway, marking the northernmost region of the United Kingdom. The islands lie about to the ...
islands of Scotland.
Location
It lies to the east of
Symbister
Symbister is the largest village and port on Whalsay, an island in the Shetland archipelago of Scotland. The population in 1991 was 797. The focus of the village is the harbour, which is home to small Fishing vessel, fishing boats as well as larg ...
, just north of the
Loch of Huxter
Loch of Huxter is a loch of southeastern Whalsay, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consist ...
.
Huxter Fort is located in the vicinity, reached by foot along a causeway.
References
External links
Canmore - Whalsay, Loch of Huxter Fort site recordCanmore - Whalsay, Huxter Horizontal Mill site record
Villages in Whalsay
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