Sandwick, Whalsay

Sandwick is a hamlet, often considered part of the main village of Symbister along with adjacent Harlsdale, in the parish of Nesting in southwestern Whalsay in the Shetland Islands of Scotland.

[1] The British military established a radar camp in the vicinity during wartime and tanks and sheds built by the military were still in use in 1986.

[2] A Catalina bomber crashed in the vicinity in the early part of World War II.

[2] The Loch of Sandwick lies to the west of the village.

There are burnt mounds in the lake area and caves along the coast here.