Scousburgh
Human settlement in Scotland
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Scousburgh is a small community in the parish of Dunrossness, in the South Mainland of Shetland, Scotland, overlooking the picturesque Scousburgh Sand, and Spiggie Loch. From Scousburgh a road leads up the hill to the site of the former Mossy Hill army base. This road has a connection to Scousburgh Hill the site of the now redundant trans horizon transmission dishes. From there another road leads down to the A970 on the east side of the Hill.[1]
| Scousburgh | |
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The beach at Scousburgh. In the distance the Ward of Scousburgh rises to 263m. | |
  Scousburgh Location within Shetland | |
| OS grid reference | HU377178 |
| Civil parish | |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SHETLAND |
| Postcode district | ZE2 |
| Dialling code | 01950 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
There is a broch (Iron Age fort) just North of Scousburgh, behind Rhu-allen[2], Bremire Crofthouse (traditional Shetland farm) South of Scousburgh[3] and eleven horizontal 19th century cereal water mills alongside the Burn of Scousburgh[4] that have been designated as scheduled monuments by Historic Environment Scotland.
