Shetland Islands
Haltadans Stone Circle
Thirty-eight stones, and two in the middle
Welcome
Thirty-eight stones in a ring, with two set upright at the centre.
Nothing here is on the scale of Orkney, and that is part of its appeal: it is a small, quiet thing on open ground.
Finding it is the difficulty. The usual way is from the disused island airstrip, following the track from there. Allow more time than the distance suggests.
Before you go
- How long
- An hour to two
- Cost
- Free to walk in
- Getting there
- Park at the road end; the way in is rough and unmade.
- When
- Open land, at any hour and any month.
- Dogs
- Welcome, under control.
Where it is
On the hill above Houbie on Fetlar, out over open moor.
Close byThe rest of Shetland, near at hand.
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