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Clate
Location within Shetland
OS grid reference HU540615
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Postcode district ZE2
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60°20′06″N1°01′16″W / 60.335°N 1.021°W / 60.335; -1.021 Coordinates: 60°20′06″N1°01′16″W / 60.335°N 1.021°W / 60.335; -1.021

Clate (also known as Clett) [1] is a hamlet and ward in southwestern Whalsay in the parish of Nesting in the Shetland Islands of Scotland.

Whalsay island

Whalsay is the sixth largest of the Shetland Islands in the north of Scotland.

Nesting, Shetland parish in the Shetland Islands, Scotland

Nesting is a parish in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It includes a part of the east Shetland Mainland, measuring about twelve by four miles, along the seaboard from Gletness to Lunna Ness, and also the island of Whalsay and the Out Skerries. The coast is deeply indented by voes and headlands. The arable land comprises only about 1,000 acres (4 km2), the remainder being mostly open moorland. The total area is given as 105.6 km2. This includes the ancient parish of Lunnasting in the North and the island parish of Whalsay to the east, which were added to Nesting in 1891. Before that, the ancient parishes of North Nesting and South Nesting were merged.

Scotland Country in Northwest Europe, part of the United Kingdom

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain, with a border with England to the southeast, and is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the northeast, the Irish Sea to the south, and more than 790 islands, including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides.

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Geography

Clate it is located south of the largest village of the island, Symbister, along the main road out of the village, just south of Sandwick. Haa Ness and Dimni Geo are coastal features at Clate, and the Holm of Sandwick lies off the coast. [2] There are several caves to the southeast. From Clate, a track leads to the southeast, up to a quarry, then leads uphill, passing the southwestern ridge of the Ward of Clett. [3]

Symbister largest village and port on the island of Whalsay, Shetland

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 boats as well as large deep sea trawlers. The village is overlooked by the granite mansion Symbister House, built by the Sixth Robert Bruce of Symbister in 1823. The harbour is also known by the names Bay Of Symbister, Symbister Harbour and Symbister Old Harbour.

Sandwick, Whalsay village in the Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK

Sandwick is a hamlet, often considered part of the main village of Symbister along with adjacent Harlsdale, in the parish of Nesting in southwestern Whalsay in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. It is located to the south of the main centre of Symbister; Clate lies just to the south. The Holm of Sandwick lies off the coast. The British military established a radar camp in the vicinity during wartime and tanks and sheds built by the military were still in use in 1986. A Catalina bomber crashed in the vicinity in the early part of World War II. The Loch of Sandwick lies to the west of the village. There are burnt mounds in the lake area and caves along the coast here.

Holm of Sandwick island in Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK

The Holm of Sandwick is an islet, located roughly 100 metres (330 ft) off Haa Ness and the southwestern side of Whalsay, in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. The small groups of islets to the west are called the Flaeshans of Sandwick. To the southwest is Sava Skerry. It is reported that a ship named Griften of unknown nationality was shipwrecked either here or on Rumble Holm in 1611.

History

The British military established a radar camp in Clate during wartime. Tanks and sheds built by the military were still in use in 1986. [4] A Catalina bomber crashed in the vicinity in the early part of World War II. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Overview of Clate". Scottish Places. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  2. ↑ 544612 "Brough, HU 544 612 GB Grid" Check |url= value (help). Ordnance Survey . Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  3. ↑ Uney, Graham (9 September 2010). Walking on the Orkney and Shetland Isles: 80 Walks in the Northern Isles. Cicerone Press Limited. p. 164. ISBN   978-1-85284-572-8 . Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  4. 1 2 Cohen, Anthony Paul (1986). Symbolising Boundaries: Identity and Diversity in British Cultures. Manchester University Press. p. 15. ISBN   978-0-7190-2201-2 . Retrieved 1 February 2013.


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