Walls ( eng. Walls ) - a village in the western part of the island of Mainland in the Shetland Islands archipelago .
| Walls | |
|---|---|
| English Walls | |
| A country |  Great Britain |
| Region | Scotland |
| County | Shetland |
| History and Geography | |
| Timezone | UTC0 , summer UTC + 1 |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +44 1595 |
| Postcode | Ze2 |
Geography
Located on the shore of the bay, embedded in the west coast of the island of Mainland . The exit from the bay is limited to the island of Veila , in the center of the bay is a small island of Linga . Wals includes the small village of Barrastow .
History
Five kilometers north of Wals, the remains of the Skord-of-Brewster stone structures, possibly from the Neolithic or Bronze Age, have been preserved [1] .
Historically included in the Wals & Sandness parish [2] .
Economics
Ferry service to the island of Fula thirty kilometers in the west [3] .
The A971 motorway ( Melby - Sandness - Winsgart ) has a three-kilometer branch to Wals and connects the village with the western and southern parts of the island.
Famous residents
- Thomas Alexander Robertson or Vagaland (1909-1973) - poet [4] .