Belmont, Shetland
Belmont
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Belmont House | |
Location within Shetland | |
| OS grid reference | HP565004 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SHETLAND |
| Postcode district | ZE2 |
| Dialling code | 01806 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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Muness
Castle
Castle
HAAF GRUNEY
Hamars Ness
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FETLAR
Uyeasound
Belmont
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YELL
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Scheduled Monuments
Prehistoric site
Viking/Norse site
post-medieval site
Map of Belmont and the south-west corner of Unst, Shetland
List of archaeological sites around Belmont:
List of archaeological sites around Belmont:
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Hoga Ness broch, SM20722
Norse house and field system, SM76563
chambered cairn SSW of Gallow Hill. SM76674
Snarravoe, township and field system. SM76655
Snabrough broch, burnt mound and settlements. SM20836
Snabrough rectangular longhouse. SM76507
Loomi Shun prehistoric homestead. SM76818
Bordastubble standing stones and cairn, near Lund. SM20399
Lund Viking/Norse longhouse. SM766310
ruins of St Olaf's Church. SM209711
Underhoull broch and Norse farmsteads. SM2087Belmont is a settlement and ferry terminal in southern Unst in the Shetland Islands. The ferry crosses Bluemull Sound from here to Gutcher in Yell and to Hamars Ness in Fetlar.
Belmont House, a Georgian mansion built in 1775 by Thomas Mouat, was restored by Historic Scotland amongst others, and opened to the public in 2011.