Huxter
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name=Huxter
| label_position=left
| static_image_name= Huxter, Whalsay (geograph 1807595).jpg
| static_image_caption= Huxter, Whalsay
| country= Scotland
| population=
| os_grid_reference= HU559623
| coordinates = {{coord|60.342|-0.987|display=inline,title}}
| post_town= SHETLAND
| postcode_area= ZE
| postcode_district= ZE2
| dial_code= 01806
| constituency_westminster= Orkney and Shetland
| civil_parish= Nesting
| unitary_scotland= Shetland
| lieutenancy_scotland= Shetland
| constituency_scottish_parliament= Shetland
}}
Huxter is a crofting township in southeastern Whalsay in the parish of Nesting in the Shetland islands of Scotland.
Location
It lies to the east of Symbister, just north of the Loch of Huxter. Huxter Fort is located in the vicinity, reached by foot along a causeway.{{cite book|last=Turner|first=Val|title=Ancient Shetland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ZwrAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=1 February 2013|date=April 1998|publisher=Historic Scotland, B.T. Batsford|isbn=978-0-7134-8001-6|page=64}}
References
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External links
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- [http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/1320/details/whalsay+loch+of+huxter/ Canmore - Whalsay, Loch of Huxter Fort site record]
- [http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/71025/details/whalsay+huxter/ Canmore - Whalsay, Huxter Horizontal Mill site record]
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