Stanydale Explained

Country:Scotland
Static Image Name:Cattle grid, Stanydale (geograph 3556077).jpg
Static Image Caption:The road towards the hamlet of Stanydale
Coordinates:60.242°N -1.486°W
Official Name:Stanydale
Civil Parish:Sandsting
Unitary Scotland:Shetland
Constituency Westminster:Orkney and Shetland
Constituency Scottish Parliament:Shetland
Post Town:SHETLAND
Postcode District:ZE2
Postcode Area:ZE
Dial Code:01595
Os Grid Reference:HU285505

Stanydale is a hamlet on the island of Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. The archaeological site of Stanydale Temple is less than to the south of the crofters' houses.There are three cairns on the ridge to the north of the hamlet, just over above the sea.The west cairn was described in 1931 as "A round cairn, about 50' in diameter and 3' high, which has been much destroyed."

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