Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
MOUSA BROCH
Highlights
1
Traditional music
Catch some local music at
the regular informal sessions in Lerwick, or the
annual Shetland Folk Festival.
See p.561
2
Isle of Noss
Guaranteed seals, pu
ns and
dive-bombing “bonxies”.
See p.562
3
Mousa
Remote islet with a 2000-year-old
broch and nesting storm petrels.
See p.564
4
Jarlshof
Site mingling Iron Age, Bronze Age,
Pictish, Viking and medieval settlements.
See p.566
5
Fair Isle
Magical little island halfway between
Shetland and Orkney, with a lighthouse at each
end and a world-famous bird observatory in the
middle.
See p.567
6
Lunna House
Superb B&B in an old laird's
house that was used as the headquarters of the
Norwegian Resistance in World War II.
See p.571
7
Hermaness
More pu
ns, gannets and
“bonxies”, and spectacular views out to Muckle
Flugga and Britain's most northerly point.
See p.577
HIGHLIGHTS ARE MARKED ON THE MAP ON P.558
