27/06/2023 – It’s been ages since anyone posted a picture of Britain’s most northerly lump of rock so I thought I’d upload a new one. Not much has changed in the last 20 years, no surprise really for rocks formed over 500 million years ago.
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Again looking from Hermaness, this picture shows the Flugga rocks in the near distance and Out Stack in the far.
Image credit: notjamesbond
Looking from the hermaness nature reserve on the northernmost point of the island of Unst you can see Flugga rock with the lighthouse perched on top.
Image credit: notjamesbond
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Situated on the northernmost point of the British Isles, the rocks of Muckle Flugga and Old Stack are the last pieces of land before the Atlantic Ocean.
This is the legend surrounding the beginnings of Out Stack...
Herma and Saxa were giants: they quarrelled as they fell in love with a mermaid singing on the Flugga rock, throwing stones at each other which landed in the sea to become Saxa’s Baa. A large one thrown by Saxa became the Out Stack. To be rid of them she agreed to marry whichever would go with her to the North Pole. Both followed and were drowned as they could not swim.
In another version a passing witch settled the dispute by shrouding Saxa in turf to form the hill and turning Herma into a wreath of mist over the ness.
...taken from the Shetland Today website
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Sites within 20km of Muckle Flugga
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Crussa Field
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Rounds Of Tivla
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Muckle Heog West
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Muckle Heog East
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Little Heog
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Bordastubble Stones
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Clivocast
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