Stanydale
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{{Infobox UK place
|country = Scotland
|static_image_name= Cattle grid, Stanydale (geograph 3556077).jpg
|static_image_caption= The road towards the hamlet of Stanydale
|coordinates = {{coord|60.242|-1.486|display=inline,title}}
|official_name= Stanydale
|population =
|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 {{convert|0.5|mi}} to the south of the crofters' houses.{{sfn|MacDonald|1946|p=102}}
There are three cairns on the ridge to the north of the hamlet, just over {{convert|100|ft}} above the sea.{{sfn|MacDonald|1946|p=107}}
The west cairn was described in 1931 as "A round cairn, about 50' in diameter and 3' high, which has been much destroyed."{{sfn|Stanydale, West Cairn}}
References
Citations
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Sources
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- {{cite book |last=MacDonald|first=George|title=Twelfth report with an inventory of the ancient monuments of Orkney & Shetland
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=84nSAAAAMAAJ|access-date=2013-02-05|year=1946|publisher=H. M. Stationery off.}}
- {{cite web |ref={{harvid|Stanydale, West Cairn}} |url=http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=401
|title=Stanydale, West Cairn |work=Scotlands Places
|access-date=2013-02-05}}
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External links
{{commons category|Stanydale}}
- [http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst3945.html Scottish Places - Stanydale]
Category:Villages in Mainland, Shetland
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