Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Unst, one of the North Isles of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is the northernmost of the inhabited British Isles and is the third largest island in Shetland after the Mainland and Yell. Its main village is Baltasound, formerly the second largest herring fishing port . Uyeasound village takes its name from the neighbouring strait of the same name, which looks over to the Isle of Uyea. Uyeasound is home to Greenwell's Booth, a Hanseatic warehouse and Muness Castle which was built in 1598 for Laurence Bruce of Cultmalindie, half brother to Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney. Earl Robert was succeeded by his son Patrick in 1593. The building may have been constructed under the direction of Andrew Crawford, Earl Patrick's master of works, who also oversaw construction of Scalloway Castle and the Earl's Palace at Kirkwall, Orkney. In 1627 the castle was burnt down, and may never have been fully repaired. St John's Church in Baltasound, the largest settlement on the island of Unst was built between 1825 and 1827 with local labour. The Springfield Hotel, later to become the Baltasound Hotel, was well known to many servicemen from RAF Saxa Vord a radar station operated by the Royal Air Force. RAF Saxa Vord was further north than Leningrad, and on the same latitude as Anchorage, Alaska, America. The station was named after Saxa Vord, which is the highest hill on Unst at 935 feet. It holds the unofficial British record for wind speed, which in 1992 was recorded at 197 mph, just before the measuring equipment blew away.Thomas Barclay, born June 1792, died 23 February 1873, was a minister in the Church of Scotland and Principal of the University of Glasgow. He was born in Unst, and studied at King's College, Aberdeen, the predecessor institution of the University of Aberdeen, graduating M.A., and relocated to London, England, to work as a journalist. He later returned to Scotland to become a minister in the Church of Scotland.Burrafirth is where the shore station for the Muckle Flugga Lighthouse was located. The name Haroldswick comes from the Viking King Harald, and is reputed to be the first landing point for the Vikings on the Shetland Islands. For many years, Haroldswick Post Office was the most northerly in the UK and visitors could get a special postmark. Since the office's closure in 1999, this record is now held by the post office in Baltasound
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Old Photographs Of Unst Shetland Islands Scotland
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