Islands · Scottish Islands
Mail in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 4 h–12 h
About
Mail 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
Mail is a hamlet on the island of Mainland, in the Shetland Islands, Scotland.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Bur Ness was the site of Mail's chapel. The chapel was part of Cunningsburgh parish, now part of Dunrossness. Nothing is known of the chapel except that it was the recognised church of the area from a very early date. However, the churchyard still remains.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 60.0347, -1.2290
Sources
- wikidata: Q6735662 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Mail, Shetland (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Mail?
- Mail is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 60.0347°, -1.2290°.