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Assater
Assater in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Assater 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
Assater (also spelled Assetter) is a hamlet on Mainland, in Shetland, Scotland. Assater is situated in the parish of Northmaven. It is about 1.3 miles (2.1 km) northwest of Urafirth and 1.2 miles (1.9 km) southeast of Heylor by road.
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Background
Architecture
On the first edition of the Ordnance Survey map of the area in 1881, Assater is shown to have had fourteen roofed buildings (of which two were mills), and six unroofed buildings, of which one was L-shaped. By 1973 the latest Ordnance Survey map showed only nine roofed buildings and eight unroofed. A burnt mound 0.7 m tall is visible to the 200 yd south of the main settlement. Also, what is recorded as a clearance cairn 15 m is situated nearby. This cairn has been claimed instead to be the site of a derelict chapel.
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- Coordinates
- 60.4987, -1.4611
- District
- Shetland Islands
- Postcode
- ZE2 9RL
- Parliamentary constituency
- Orkney and Shetland
Sources
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📷 3Frequently asked questions
- Where is Assater?
- Assater is in the Scottish Islands, United Kingdom (postcode ZE2 9RL).
- What is Assater?
- Assater in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Assater?
- Drivers can use postcode ZE2 9RL.
- How do I get to Assater?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode ZE2 9RL. It sits within the Orkney and Shetland parliamentary constituency.