Virkie

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Virkie seen from Compass Head. (click picture then select 'full resolution' and zoom for full image.)

Scholland, Virkie, c. 1900. The large house on the left no longer exists.
Scholland, Virkie, c. 1900. The large house on the left no longer exists.

Virkie is the most southerly district of Shetland and is best defined as the area south of the Ward Hill in Dunrossness, also locally referred to as 'below da hill', or 'da laich Ness'.
Virkie encompasses the following settlements; Exnaboe, Toab, Scatness, and Sumburgh.

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