The Drongs

The Drongs are a group of sea stacks off the coast of Hillswick Ness, Northmavine, Shetland, Scotland.

[5] The name the Drongs comes from the Old Norse drangr, which means "free standing pillar of rock".

[2] The unusual shape of these sea stacks formed as the result of erosion of a larger landmass composed of both schists and gneiss: the schists eroded more rapidly than the granite gneiss, leaving only the granite pillars.

[7] The appearance of the Drongs from some angles has been likened to a ship under sail,[8][9][10] a group of castle towers,[11] or a cowled monk.

[14] In May 1992, climbers Mick Fowler, Andy Nisbet, Jon Lincoln and Craig Jones climbed each of the four main stacks within seven days.

The Drongs as seen from Hillswick Ness