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Fiska Taing (cave, S of) [1]

Point of Coppister, Lunda Wick, Unst, Shetland.

NGR:HP 57093 05035
WGS84:60.72435, -0.95530
Length:Not recorded
Vert. Range:Not recorded
Altitude:Not recorded
Geology:Westing Ultramafic Zone - Blastomylonite
Tags:Cave, SeaCave
Registry:second

Sea cave north of the Point of Coppister, immediately SE of Fiska Taing.

One of two caves marked on the 1:2500 OS map SE of Fiska Taing at the Tafts of Coppister. The caves are just north of the Scheduled area around the site of a Norse farmstead.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Fiska Taing - A narrow low point about ⅛ mile in length: Situated at the North end of "Hamna Voe" and 1/4 mile southeast of "Dutch Loch": The property [c. 1877-78] of Lady Nicolson of Fetlar. [ScotlandsPlaces]

Tafts of Coppister - site of Norse Farmstead, c. 800-1300 AD.

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