Boddam, Shetland

Boddam
Boddam
	Boddam, with Dalsetter in the distance
	Boddam Location within Shetland
OS grid reference	HU396155
Civil parish	Dunrossness;
Council area	Shetland;
Lieutenancy area	Shetland;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SHETLAND
Postcode district	ZE2
Dialling code	01950
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Orkney and Shetland;
Scottish Parliament	Shetland;
	List of places UK Scotland 59°55′26″N 1°17′28″W / 59.924°N 1.291°W

Boddam is a village on the island of Mainland, in Shetland, Scotland.

Boddam is an area of Dunrossness in the South Mainland of Shetland. Although Boddam is just the name for the few houses at the head of the voe, including the slaughterhouse, the nearby estates of Hillock, Dalsetter Wynd, and Turniebrae are also usually referred to as being in Boddam. Boddam has a working Norse horizontal mill^[1] and the Croft House Museum.^[2]^[3]

The sea off Boddam hosts a population of sandeel that provides a food source for many species fish, seabirds, seals, whales and dolphins: the area is considered to have the most reliable population of sandeels of all the seas surrounding Shetland,^[4] and is now designated as a Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area (NCMPA).^[5]

Boddam was chosen by the Orkney and Shetland Islands Telegraph Company as the landfall for its undersea cable from Orkney which provided telegraphic communication to Shetland for the first time in 1870.^[6]

References

^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Southvoe, Burn of Wiltrow, Norse Mill (922)". Canmore. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Shetland, Southvoe Croft House Museum (562)". Canmore. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ "Shetland Crofthouse Museum". Undiscovered Scotland. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
^ "Mousa to Boddam Marine Protected Area Summary". Scottish Government. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ "Mousa to Boddam MPA(NC)". NatureScot. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ "Completion of the Shetland Telegraph". Banffshire Journall. Scotland. 2 August 1870. Retrieved 14 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

External links

Canmore - Southvoe Broch site record

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[1] Historic Environment Scotland. "Southvoe, Burn of Wiltrow, Norse Mill (922)". Canmore. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

[2] Historic Environment Scotland. "Shetland, Southvoe Croft House Museum (562)". Canmore. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

[3] "Shetland Crofthouse Museum". Undiscovered Scotland. Retrieved 17 December 2014.

[4] "Mousa to Boddam Marine Protected Area Summary". Scottish Government. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

[mpa-5] "Mousa to Boddam MPA(NC)". NatureScot. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

[6] "Completion of the Shetland Telegraph". Banffshire Journall. Scotland. 2 August 1870. Retrieved 14 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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