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Name: | Virda |
Hill number: | 12083 |
Height: | 56m / 184ft |
Parent (Ma): | none |
RHB Section: | 22: Shetland Islands |
County/UA: | Shetland Islands |
Island: | West Burra |
Class: | Tump (0-99m) (Tu,0) |
Grid ref: | HU 36124 31387 |
Summit feature: | outcrop under large cairn |
Drop: | 30m |
Col: | 26m HU365316 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 4 (1:25k) 466N |
Survey: | obvious summit |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 25 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
From parking at road end at Duncansclett, over to The Ward first then round signed path to cairn and top. | PeterD | 10/05/2023 |
A great 2hr run with L - on a lovely calm-ish warm-ish morning. Down the road from Meal to Minn road end then back along these familiar cliff tops and hills. Felt like we were saying goodbye to friends as we have to leave Burra in 2 weeks after 5 wonderful months living here. So long and thanks for all the fish - but we will be back. Great grassy running on short cropped grass. Magical. | Chris Pearson | 12/05/2021 |
Sunny and a whopping 8 degrees thanks to S winds -so beautiful but into a near-gale headwind for the 3 miles road walk to Minn which made for exhausting forward leaning progress. L felt like we were in a infinity pool where you swim against a current without actually going anywhere. Eyeballs feel the most tired from the wind! Non-the-less a useful walk down as we identified 26 different houses we would like to buy! Back along the cliff tops -magnificent with the noisy crashing waves in a noisy wind. Got to be careful not to walk off the unexpected cliff tops to S of summit when coming up the grass slopes from Minn -especially with hood up and head down! | Chris Pearson | 22/02/2021 |
Bitter wind from the East today -(another Beast from the East) straight from Norway -only a 'fresh breeze' at 20mph but lowering the 1 degree air temp to -6. Had planned our walk from Minn Beach with the wind on our backs for our outward leg -but even so -decided to bail on reaching the summit - up the still frozen patchy snow and ice slopes. Doubled back to more amenable shoreline and back home for tea and toast. | Chris Pearson | 05/02/2021 |
Frozen water everywhere. Bogs, streams. lakes, ground . All solid now for 3 days. Walk from house with L. Huge lake to N of hill solid - resisted(just) the magnetic pull to walk out onto the middle having recently watched a dramatic video of people doing just that in US with predictable results. The flows and sheets of ice draining the boggy lower ground resembled glaciers. I'm sure I have read that snow and ice on Shetland is rare! 
After Sandwick Hill Over Virda (saw a mountain biker behind us) and down to Minn beach -then the 3 mile enjoyable minor spine road walk back -although frozen cheeks being into the wind. | Chris Pearson | 29/01/2021 |
The most perfect morning -hard overnight frost, ground frozen hard, streams frozen. Best of All - NO WIND. The glorious mid morning sun actually making us briefly too warm -had to remove overtrousers, jumper, jacket, hat and gloves - unheard of for the last month. With L including beach combing for driftwood, shells, and sea glass. | Chris Pearson | 25/01/2021 |
A favourite dramatic coastal walk with L from Bridge End to Minn Beach. Sadly, the overnight snow had mostly melted from these lower coastal hills whilst the rest of Shetland remained white above @100m. Also sadly, the low winter morning sun failed to dazzle through or under the cloud as has often been the norm of late (until this afternoon). Non-the-less we were treated to folded geology, big scary drops, distant views of snow on Foula, seals hauled out close by, and our first two otters. | Chris Pearson | 08/01/2021 |
On the return run N from The Ward after crossing back over Minn Beach narrow tombola -where low energy waves have deposited a joining beach (now strengthened by cages of rocks) to the once island to the S. Walked up from Easterhouse traditional croft house/ museum which can be booked for events e.g. weddings - although best if all present are short. Top of first rise has a viewpoint sign fastened to the fence - although everywhere is a viewpoint in Shetland. Prominent summit cairn stands out from afar (can see it from our lounge at Meal). Layered blades of bedrock sticking through the grass required care on a running descent N - to squeeze over the outflow of Ruff Loch before it plunged off the tilted cliff edge. | Chris Pearson | 21/12/2020 |
Parked at Burra History Cottage. Past horse training stables and through fields. Tern colony avoided. Superb summit. Good views of Foula in distance and Minn Beach to the south east. | Campbell Singer | 22/06/2019 |
Up side road and across field from ESE agitated birds photographed 3 eggs on a shallow hollow. | vegibagger | 08/06/2019 |
Parked at Bannamin Cottage, near the riding stables, after chatting with owner. Pleasant grassy slopes. On to The Ward. | jonglew | 07/06/2019 |
Lovely viewpoint today with Tricky Speirs. | Dugswell2 | 08/06/2013 |
Bagged w Jenx on Burra trip. | nordicstar | 04/06/2013 |
Fine stretch of cliffscape. With AdrianR, Andrew and Louise, including The Ward | RHW | 04/06/2013 |
govanah | 11/05/2022 | |
Simon Winton | 31/05/2021 | |
samblackburn | 27/01/2020 | |
SteveG | 18/06/2019 | |
chalky1953 | 08/06/2019 | |
jimbloomer | 21/07/2018 | |
Tricky | 08/06/2013 | |
Colin Crawford | 06/06/2013 | |
Adrian | 04/06/2013 | |
Louise | 04/06/2013 | |
ajwxyzt | 04/06/2013 |