OS grid reference HU309449 Country Scotland Post town SHETLAND Local time Thursday 12:01 PM Council area Shetland | Lieutenancy area Shetland Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district ZE2 Dialling code 01595 Civil parish Sandsting | |
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Skeld, (Old Norse: Skjolðr, Shield or shelter) is a village on the south side of the West Shetland Mainland. The main village is also referred to as Easter Skeld, while the western end of the settlement, about a mile away, is known as Wester Skeld. The council housing estate in Skeld is called Grindybrecks.it also has a school on a hill
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Map of Skeld, Shetland, UK
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Notable residents
The great 20th-century poet Vagaland's father was from Skeld, and he was born Thomas Alexander Robertson at nearby Westerwick. Vagaland retained a love for and a sense of belonging to this part of Shetland, though he moved to Walls as a small child.
Erraid Davies, swimmer and bronze medallist at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, lives in Skeld.
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Skeld Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA