Sodom,_Shetland

Sodom, Shetland

Sodom, Shetland

Human settlement in Scotland

For other uses, see Sodom (disambiguation).

Sodom (known locally as Sudheim) is a settlement on Whalsay, Shetland.[1] The name is a corruption of the Old Norse Suðheim meaning "south home". It was formerly the home of Hugh MacDiarmid, who was greatly amused at the anglicised form of the name.[2]

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  1. [1]
    Google maps entry for Sodom, Shetland
  2. [2]
    Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.


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