Sheep Rock

United Kingdom / Scotland / Sandwick /
Measuring some three miles from north to south and a mile and a half from east to west, Fair Isle is Scotland's most remote inhabited island.
It lies some 25 miles south west of the southern tip of Mainland Shetland and some 30 miles north east of the nearest of the Orkney Islands.
Grazing ground was in such depand the islanders used to winch sheep up the cliffs to the valuable pasture.
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Coordinates:   59°31'27"N   1°36'41"W
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