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Skaw, Unst

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in the northeast corner of the island, and is the most northerly settlement in the United Kingdom. It is currently inhabited by a single inhabitant whose business is sheep farming.
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station at Skaw. The radar station was built in 1941 and closed in 1947. It was part of the defences of the
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radar station. RAF Saxa Vord continued as a radar station after the end of the ROTOR programme.
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Skaw is derived from the Old Norse "Skagi" meaning a cape, headland, promontory or peninsula.
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of Skaw flows from the uplands to the west through the constellation of small
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that make up Skaw, and then east into the Wick of Skaw, a bay of the
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road network, and the northernmost road in the world to use
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station was also built during the Second World War at
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Skaw is located in Shetland
Shetland
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Orkney and Shetland
Scottish Parliament

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