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Uyeasound is a village on the Isle of Unst, the northernmost island of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It takes its name from the neighbouring strait of the same name, which looks over to the Isle of Uyea.[1]

Uyeasound

View from the Isle of Uyea, showing both the village and the sound of the same name
Uyeasound
Location within Shetland
OS grid referenceHP590010
Civil parish
Council area
  • Shetland
Lieutenancy area
  • Shetland
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSHETLAND
Postcode districtZE2
Dialling code01957
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
  • Orkney and Shetland
Scottish Parliament
  • Shetland
List of places
UK
Scotland
60.689°N 0.919°W / 60.689; -0.919

Uyeasound is home to Greenwell's Booth, a Hanseatic trading storehouse, as well as Muness Castle.[2][3][4]


References


  1. "Overview of Uyeasound". Scottish Places. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  2. "Greenwell's Booth, Uyeasound". Murray Foote. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  3. "Unst, Uyeasound, Greenwell's Booth". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  4. "Uyeasound Hanseatic Booth". BBC Domesday Reloaded. Retrieved 13 December 2014.



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