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Opening times and prices

Stanydale 'Temple' is free to visit and open all year round.

How to get here

Please stay strictly to the access path when visiting the site.

3m south west of Bixter on west mainland off the A971. Follow marker poles, route can be very wet.

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Journey planners

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Address

Near Bixter
mainland
Shetland

National Grid reference:

HU 285 502.

A worker in high-visibility protective gear stands in a raised platform, examining the stone surface of an abbey tower with a long pointing tool.

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