Uyeasound

Uyeasound

Uyeasound

Human settlement in Scotland

Uyeasound is a village on the Isle of Unst, the northernmost island of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It takes its name from the neighbouring strait of the same name, which looks over to the Isle of Uyea.[1]

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Uyeasound is home to Greenwell's Booth, a Hanseatic trading storehouse, as well as Muness Castle.[2][3][4]

English rock band The Cure's 1993 EP, Lost Wishes, features an instrumental track titled "Uyea Sound".

References

  1. [1]
    "Overview of Uyeasound". Scottish Places. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Greenwell's Booth, Uyeasound". Murray Foote. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  3. [3]
    "Unst, Uyeasound, Greenwell's Booth". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  4. [4]
    "Uyeasound Hanseatic Booth". BBC Domesday Reloaded. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
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