Stanydale

Stanydale

The road towards the hamlet of Stanydale
Stanydale
Stanydale shown within Shetland
OS grid reference HU285505
Civil parish
Council area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town SHETLAND
Postcode district ZE2
Dialling code 01595
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament

Stanydale is a hamlet on the island of Mainland, Shetland. The archaeological site of Stanydale Temple is less than 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to the south of the crofters' houses.[1] There are three cairns on the ridge to the north of the hamlet, just over 100 feet (30 m) above the sea.[2] The west cairn was described in 1931 as "A round cairn, about 50' in diameter and 3' high, which has been much destroyed."[3]

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Sources

  • MacDonald, George (1946). Twelfth report with an inventory of the ancient monuments of Orkney & Shetland. H. M. Stationery off. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  • "Stanydale, West Cairn". Scotlands Places. Retrieved 2013-02-05.


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