Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Mousa

Mousa, island, Dunrossness par., Shetland, 11 miles S. of Lerwick; is 1½ mile long and ¾ mile broad, and contains a well-preserved Scandinavian fort.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "island"   (ADL Feature Type: "islands")
Administrative units: Dunrossness ScoP       Shetland ScoCnty
Place: Mousa

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