Archaeological sites · Scottish Islands
Virkie
Virkie in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
About
Virkie 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
Virkie is the most southerly district of Shetland, other than Fair Isle and is best defined as the area south of the Ward Hill in Dunrossness, also locally referred to as "below da hill" (below the hill), or "da laich Ness" (the low headland). Virkie encompasses the following settlements; Exnaboe, Toab, Scatness, and Sumburgh. Virkie is the only place which uses a ZE3 postcode. There is an Iron Age Broch and Village which was discovered in 1975 in old Scatness, part of Virkie.
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- Coordinates
- 59.8833, -1.3000
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Virkie?
- Virkie is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 59.8833°, -1.3000°.