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Fitful Head

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Fitful Head is a 283-metre hill in Shetland Islands. It counts among the 1,546 Marilyns, British hills with at least 150 m of drop on every side. It is one of 18 hills the Albion Guide maps in Shetland Islands. The surrounding countryside is part of Shetland National Scenic Area.

Other hills nearby include Ward of Scousburgh and Royl Field.

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Beach near Bigton

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Island near Bigton

Home of Mousa Broch, the best-preserved Iron Age broch, where storm petrels return to nest in the walls on summer nights

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