Stanydale

Stanydale
The road towards the hamlet of Stanydale
Stanydale Stanydale shown within Shetland
OS grid reference	HU285505
Civil parish	Sandsting
Council area	Shetland
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SHETLAND
Postcode district	ZE2
Dialling code	01595
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Orkney and Shetland
Scottish Parliament	Shetland
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Coordinates: 60°14′31″N 1°29′10″W / 60.242°N 1.486°W / 60.242; -1.486

Stanydale is a hamlet on the island of Mainland, Shetland. The archaeological site of Stanydale Temple is less than 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to the south of the crofters' houses.^[1] There are three cairns on the ridge to the north of the hamlet, just over 100 feet (30 m) above the sea.^[2] The west cairn was described in 1931 as "A round cairn, about 50' in diameter and 3' high, which has been much destroyed."^[3]

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Sources

MacDonald, George (1946). Twelfth report with an inventory of the ancient monuments of Orkney & Shetland. H. M. Stationery off. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
"Stanydale, West Cairn". Scotlands Places. Retrieved 2013-02-05.

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