Veensgarth
Veensgarth is a Village in the county of Shetland Islands.
Veensgarth postcode: ZE2 9US
There are great places to visit near Veensgarth.
Veensgarth History
There are some historic monuments around Veensgarth:
- Loch of Houlland, cairn 470m E of Clack Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM3601
- Fort Charlotte,Lerwick 20th Century Military and Related: Fort; Secular: fort (non-prehistoric) SM90145
- Quina Scord,chambered cairn 400m NW of Gillaburn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM5727
- Vassa Voe,broch,Cat Firth Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM2088
- Ness of Sound, coastal battery 470m SE of 20th Century Military and Related: Battery SM13030
- Loch of Freester, chambered cairn 100m SE of Old Trafford Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM3595
- The Knab, coastal battery, 150m S of War Memorial 20th Century Military and Related: Battery SM13680
- Vassa Voe, house & enclosure 320m SSW of Seaview Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM3597
- Tingwall Parish Church, burial aisle 20m SSE of Crosses and carved stones: inscribed stone; Ecclesiastical: burial avile/vault SM10810
- Trowie Loch, burnt mound complex 225m WSW of Vadill Cottage Prehistoric domestic and defensive: burnt mound SM3579
- Quoyness, settlement 375m W of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hall SM6816
- Clickimin Broch,broch and settlement Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM90077
- Brough,broch on the Burrian 200m N of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM3589
- Loch of Tingwall, standing stone 130m E of Garth Lodge Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM2040
- The Hevdas, fort, Gulberwick Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM8427
- Whiteness Junction,burnt mound 150m W of Stebbligrind Prehistoric domestic and defensive: burnt mound SM5720
- Grunna Water, burnt mound 400m NW of Houlland Prehistoric domestic and defensive: burnt mound SM3602
- Freester, otter-house on headland SSE of Dykend Secular: deer trap SM8441
- Loch of Girlsta,homestead 500m NE of Bretto Prehistoric domestic and defensive: homestead SM5728
- Heglibister,cairn 250m W of Nesta Ness Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM6223
- Nesbister Hill, cairn 350m E of Wastower Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive); Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM2041
- Hawks Ness,broch at Corbie Geo Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM2070
- Grunna Water, house 480m NW of Houlland Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM3603
- Stromness Voe,burnt mound 50m NW of head of voe Prehistoric domestic and defensive: burnt mound SM5699
- Wick, chapel and burial ground 60m ENE of Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard SM3809
- Skellister, standing stone 320m WNW of Burns Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM2035
- Loch of Brindister,dun Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun SM3491
- Loch of Asta, burnt mound 180m ESE of Peerie Asta Prehistoric domestic and defensive: burnt mound SM2026
- Hill of Olligarth,settlement and field system NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hall SM5719
- Windhoek, burnt mound 150m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: burnt mound SM3693
- Scord Junction, burnt mound 320m SSE of Utnabrake Prehistoric domestic and defensive: burnt mound SM6291
- Turness, burnt mound 180m NE of Babsies Prehistoric domestic and defensive: burnt mound SM3661
- Sound, laird's house, chapel and burial ground 220m SSE of Oversound Ecclesiastical: chapel; Secular: house SM13049
- Teind barn, 120m N of Kebister Ecclesiastical: grange/farm - secular buildings associated; Industrial: farming, food production SM11262
- Stromfirth, homestead 700m SSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: homestead SM6817
- The Burrian, broch 105m NE of Benston Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM3580
- Loch of Houlland,homestead 190m W of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: homestead SM5721
- Houlland, prehistoric house 320m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM3588
- Voe of Sound, prehistoric house 180m W of Point of Sandwall Prehistoric domestic and defensive: homestead SM8385
- The Knab, fixed torpedo platform 130m NE of 20th Century Military and Related: Battery SM10755
- Law Ting Holm,thingstead,Loch of Tingwall Secular: meeting place, thingstead, moot hill SM2074
- Broch of Burland, broch 1135m SE of Hillcrest Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM2053
- Wormadale Hill, standing stone 335m ENE of Kerith Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM2048
- Hard Knowe, cairn 330m N of Muness Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM3598
- Skellister, burnt mound 115m SW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: burnt mound SM3584
- Jamie Cheyne's Loch,homestead 50m N of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: homestead SM5900
- Isleshaven, burnt mounds 500m NNE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: burnt mound SM13017
- Benston,house 600m W of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM3600
- Broch of Benston, broch 380m NW of Nesting Primary School Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM3585
- Scalloway Castle Secular: castle SM90273
- Gurwill, burnt mounds 145m ESE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: burnt mound SM13025
- Castle Holm, castle 180m ESE of Churchtown Secular: castle SM2100
- Burland, broch 245m W of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM2062
