Muckle Holm Explained

Muckle Holm is the name of a number of islands in Orkney and Shetland. It is an oxymoron, since muckle means "big" and "holm" refers to an islet.

Orkney

• Muckle Green Holm

Shetland

• Muckle Holm, Yell Sound, in Yell Sound between Sandwick on Yell, and Burravoe, Mainland

See also

• Muckle Skerry
• Stoura Stack
• Muckle Ossa