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Out Skerries
Out Skerries in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Out Skerries is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Out Skerries are an archipelago of islets, some inhabited, in Shetland, Scotland, and are the easternmost part of Shetland as well as Scotland. Locally, they are usually called Da Skerries or just Skerries.
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Background
History
The Out Skerries have been permanently inhabited from the Norse period onwards. There are a number of shipwrecks around the islands include the Dutch vessels Kennemerland (1664) and De Liefde (1711); and North Wind (1906), which was carrying wood which was salvaged and used by the islanders for their houses. Some of the gold from these wrecks was found in 1960. Due to their remote and rugged nature, the islanders were accused of smuggling and wrecking. Tammy Tyrie's Hidey Hol was used by islanders to avoid press gangs. , which was evacuated during World War II, with Bound Skerry and its lighthouse in the background.]]
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- Coordinates
- 60.4167, -0.7667
- District
- Shetland Islands
- Postcode
- ZE2 9AT
- Parliamentary constituency
- Orkney and Shetland
- Official site
- web.archive.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q1551908 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Out Skerries (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Out Skerries?
- Out Skerries is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 60.4167°, -0.7667°.