Skipi Geo, Orkney Islands

Fisherman's Hut and Nousts

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The old fisherman's hut and nousts above Skipi Geo near Northend, Birsey. A noust is a boat shaped hollow in the ground, used since Viking times to store and protect boats on the land.

Uploaded to Geograph by Stephen Elwyn RODDICK on 17 August 2017

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