Walls is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 60.2300°, -1.5600°.

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Walls

Walls in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit: 1 h–2 h

Walls 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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Walls, traditionally pronounced Waas, is a settlement on the south side of West Mainland, Shetland Islands in Scotland. The settlement is at the head of Vaila Sound and sheltered even from southerly storms by the islands of Linga and Vaila. Walls is within the parish of Walls and Sandness which includes the islands of Foula, Papa Stour, Vaila and Linga.

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Background

History

A pier was built at Walls in the 18th century, and from 1838, it was a centre for fish curing. The Six Inch Second Edition Map of Walls illustrates this activity , while the statistics recorded for Vaila Sound in the Annual Reports of the Fishery Board illustrate how fishing was already declining before the First World War. Walls itself is a quieter place than once it was. The large houses of Bayhall, now converted into flats, and Voe House are signs of past wealth, as are the three churches visible around the head of the sound. Two are still in use, while the third bears a sign showing its later conversion to a bakery. On June 25, 1958, the Estonian fisherman Erich Teayn (a.k.a. Erik…

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