Where is Gossabrough?

Gossabrough is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 60.5294°, -1.0423°.

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Gossabrough

Gossabrough in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit: 1 h–2.5 h

Gossabrough 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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Gossabrough is a coastal hamlet, wick and ness on the southeast side of the island of Yell, Shetland, Scotland. The Wick of Gossabrough lies between the northern extremity of Gossabrough Ness and the Saddle of Swarister. The hamlet is accessed via the B9081 road. The Loch of Hudon lies just to the southwest.

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Background

History

The remains of rectangular structures found in the area indicate that this was a settlement inhabited by early Norse peoples. There is a ruined broch here. In 1924, the "White Lady", known locally as the "Widden Wife", was shipwrecked in the vicinity. In the very early part of the 20th century, there were only three or four houses scattered in the hamlet. Now two more houses have been built. A local trading steamer called periodically at Gossabrough. A native of Gossabrough, John Hughson, a warehouse assistant was involved in a notable court case in Dundee around 1940, under the Firearms Act of 1937. Gossabrough House was the main house of note here, but the old haa is now in a ruined…

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