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Old Photographs Vementry Shetland Islands Scotland
Old photograph of Vementry, Shetland Islands, Scotland. Vementry is an uninhabited Scottish island in Shetland on the north side of the West Mainland, lying south of Muckle Roe. The island was last inhabited in the 1840s. On the island are two 6 inch First World War gun emplacements which overlook the narrow entrance into the former naval anchorage of Busta Voe on Swarbacks Head, a cliff standing around 161 feet above sea level. These guns were removed from HMS Gibraltar an Edgar Class cruiser which was acting as a depot ship for 10th Cruiser Squadron. They were manned by a mixed crew of Royal Navy Sailors and Royal Marines. The island is known for the well preserved remains of a Neolithic heel-shaped cairn. There is no ferry service to the island, although the shepherd on the nearby mainland farm occasionally makes the short trip to work with stock on the island.
Old photograph of Peerie Voe, Shetland Islands, Scotland. A small U-shaped inlet on the southeast coast of Vementry, one of the Shetland Islands, Peerie Voe, which mean, little inlet, opens onto the Uyea Sound.
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