Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Dunrossness. You may be able to find further references to Dunrossness in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place	Type of entry	Source
Dunrossness	a parish	Groome

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Dunrossness.

Place	Type of entry	Source
Bousta	village	Bartholomew
Clumlee	a hamlet and a headland	Groome
Clumlee	headland and hamlet	Bartholomew
Colsay	a small island	Groome
Cross Isle	island	Bartholomew
Cross Isle	a small island	Groome
Cruister	hamlet	Bartholomew
Exnaboe	a village	Groome
Fair Isle	an island	Groome
Fair Isle		Bartholomew
Fitful Head	a large bold headland	Groome
Fladdabister	hamlet	Bartholomew
Fladibister	a hamlet	Groome
Gauhsness	a place	Groome
Hillwell	hamlet	Bartholomew
Hoswick	a village	Groome
Hoswick	coastal hamlet	Bartholomew
Levenwick	a coast village	Groome
Levenwick	coastal village	Bartholomew
Mousa	an island	Groome
Mousa	island	Bartholomew
Noness	coastal village	Bartholomew
Noness	a coast village	Groome
Ockraquay	a village	Groome
Quendale Bay	a bay	Groome
Spiggie	place	Bartholomew
Virkie	hamlet	Bartholomew

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

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Place	Mentioned in Travel Writing	Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
Sandwick	0	2
Mousa	0	2
Cunningsburgh	0	3
East Burra	0	3
West Burra	0	1
Quarff	0	2
Scalloway	0	2
Bressay	0	1
Lerwick	0	3
Tingwall	0	2
Noss	0	2
Hoove	0	2
Sandsting	0	2
Walls	0	2
Mainland	0	1
Brindister	0	2
Nesting	0	2
Papa Stour	0	2
Whalsey	0	2
Delting	0	2