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Vats-houll
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Vats-houll
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Postcode district ZE2
Dialling code 01806
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60°22′19″N0°58′08″W / 60.372°N 0.969°W / 60.372; -0.969 Coordinates: 60°22′19″N0°58′08″W / 60.372°N 0.969°W / 60.372; -0.969

Vats-houll is a settlement in northwestern Whalsay in the parish of Nesting in the Shetland islands of Scotland. The village overlooks the loch of the same name on the northwestern bank. [1] An unroofed structure at Vats-houll on the bank of the loch was shown on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map of Orkney & Shetland in 1882. [2]

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References

  1. "Vats-houll, HU 575 664 GB Grid". Ordnance Survey . Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  2. "Vats-houll". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland . Retrieved 3 February 2013.