Kirkholm, an islet in the mouth of Seli Voe, in Sandsting parish, Shetland, 13¼ miles WNW of Lerwick. It appears to have been anciently fortified, as it retains traces of a breastwork round its most accessible parts, and of the foundations of nine houses within the line of the breastwork.
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