Muness castle Isle of Unst #2
Muness Castle Isle of Unst,at night.
Me and a Friend visited this late 16th century tower house is the northernmost castle in the British Isles. Built by the Chamberlain of Shetland in 1598, destroyed by French pirates in 1627, abandoned in the late 18th century, and now a roofless ruin.
Muness castle Isle of Unst #3
Unst: Muness Castle to Belmont via Uyeasound - Driving in the Shetland Islands
Roads: B9084, A970
Recorded: March 2019
Old Photographs Of Unst Shetland Islands Scotland
Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Unst, one of the North Isles of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is the northernmost of the inhabited British Isles and is the third largest island in Shetland after the Mainland and Yell. Its main village is Baltasound, formerly the second largest herring fishing port . Uyeasound village takes its name from the neighbouring strait of the same name, which looks over to the Isle of Uyea. Uyeasound is home to Greenwell's Booth, a Hanseatic warehouse and Muness Castle which was built in 1598 for Laurence Bruce of Cultmalindie, half brother to Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney. Earl Robert was succeeded by his son Patrick in 1593. The building may have been constructed under the direction of Andrew Crawford, Earl Patrick's master of works, who also oversaw construction of Scalloway Castle and the Earl's Palace at Kirkwall, Orkney. In 1627 the castle was burnt down, and may never have been fully repaired. St John's Church in Baltasound, the largest settlement on the island of Unst was built between 1825 and 1827 with local labour. The Springfield Hotel, later to become the Baltasound Hotel, was well known to many servicemen from RAF Saxa Vord a radar station operated by the Royal Air Force. RAF Saxa Vord was further north than Leningrad, and on the same latitude as Anchorage, Alaska, America. The station was named after Saxa Vord, which is the highest hill on Unst at 935 feet. It holds the unofficial British record for wind speed, which in 1992 was recorded at 197 mph, just before the measuring equipment blew away.Thomas Barclay, born June 1792, died 23 February 1873, was a minister in the Church of Scotland and Principal of the University of Glasgow. He was born in Unst, and studied at King's College, Aberdeen, the predecessor institution of the University of Aberdeen, graduating M.A., and relocated to London, England, to work as a journalist. He later returned to Scotland to become a minister in the Church of Scotland.Burrafirth is where the shore station for the Muckle Flugga Lighthouse was located. The name Haroldswick comes from the Viking King Harald, and is reputed to be the first landing point for the Vikings on the Shetland Islands. For many years, Haroldswick Post Office was the most northerly in the UK and visitors could get a special postmark. Since the office's closure in 1999, this record is now held by the post office in Baltasound
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Shetland Day 4 - Unst | Britain's Northernmost Isle
On the 4th day of our trip we went over to Unst, Britain's northernmost island. To get there we had to take a ferry to the island of Yell and from the North of Yell we took another ferry to Unst. We booked the ferries the day before, so we had a time frame to consider. It is highly recommended to book when it is busy. On Unst we saw Bobby's famous bus shelter, the Viking Unst Project, which includes a reconstructed Viking longhouse and the ship Skidbladner. We also popped into the nearby Unst Heritage Centre in Haroldswick. The next stop was Hermaness National Nature Reserve, which has many breeding birds, including Great Skuas and Gannets, of which we saw plenty. It took us roughly 2 hours to hike up to Britain's Northernmost point to see the lighthouse on Muckle Flugga and Outstack, the last piece of land before the North Pole. The view of the rugged coast was breathtaking and you have to see it for yourself as it is difficult to capture its true scale and the sublime feeling it leaves you with. On the way back to the ferry we stopped by a not-so-well preserved chambered cairn and the Underhoull Viking longhouse remains and broch. There was also a huge standing stone nearby, known as the Bordastubble Standing Stone (see my current profile picture). ☟☟☟
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Canterbury Castle walkthrough
A walk through the accessible parts of the Canterbury Castle ruins
Haroldswick to Skaw beach (the most northerly beach and house in the UK) via Norwick
Had a bit of time to spare, so decided to check out Skaw beach. The old road above Norwick was closed years ago as it became unsafe. This is the alternative way to get there.
Findlater Castle, Portsoy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Findlater Castle, Portsoy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
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Unst: Belmont to Lamba Ness - Driving in the Shetland Islands
Road: A968
Recorded: March 2019
Short tour of Unst.wmv
A short tour of Unst in the Shetland islands, includes Muness castle, hermaness Nature Reserve, Muckle Flugga and Skaw Beach
A visit to Muness Castle
Travel blogger Robin McKelvie had a look around Britain's northernmost castle, Muness Castle in Shetland. Find out more:
Shetland Islands Council Ferry - MV BIGGA - Leaving Belmont, Unst Heading to Gutcher, Yell
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Shetland Islands Council ferry - MV BIGGA - leaving Belmont, Unst and heading to Gutcher, Yell
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Shetland Islands: Scalloway, Scotland
Recorded September 2, 2008.
Shetland is an archipelago in Scotland, off the northeast coast. The islands lie to the northeast of Orkney, 170 miles from the Faroe Islands and form part of the division between the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the North Sea to the east. The largest island, known as Mainland, has an area of 374 square miles, making it the third-largest Scottish island and the fifth-largest of the British Isles. Scalloway is the largest settlement on the North Atlantic coast of Mainland, Shetland with a population of approximately 812. Until 1708 it was the capital of the Shetland Islands. Scalloway Castle was built from 1599 by Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl of Orkney to tighten his grip on Shetland. Its site in Shetland's then capital, Scalloway, was surrounded by the sea on three sides.
My tour of the Shetland Islands continues in this video as we make our way to Scalloway.
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360 vr flight around The Muckle Flugga Lighthouse, Unst, Shetland
Strap in for a trip around Muckle Flugga, the Uk's mainlands Northern most point.
Most northerly person in the British Isles
Here I am, in Hermaness Nature Research, in early April 2016. I am standing at the north tip of the Isle of Unst, and at this time I was the most northerly person in the whole of the British Isles.