Shetland Local Landscape Designation Review: Final Report

Landscape Character Unit
26 Vementry and Clousta
Criteria Rank Description
Representativeness
High
Low but rugged coastal hills, having a sense of place, and representative of a
type of rugged coastal landscape which occurs elsewhere.
Rarity High Many visible outcrops of pink granite. A particularly complex and convoluted
coastal landscape.
Intactness Very high This area is only affected by the presence of fish farms within the voes and
sounds. Occasional domestic scale wind turbines within farmsteads.
Scenic qualities Very high Scenic combinations of sea and rugged hills. Visual complexity of the lochs
and voes. Strong visual appeal and drama from the sea.
Enjoyment Medium Informal outdoor access, including coastal walks and boating. Several fishing
lochs, but few destinations.
Cultural qualities Medium A few traditional and other historic buildings, but generally an unsettled
landscape with limited overt cultural dimension.
Naturalness Very high An unsettled landscape of rocky moorland and islands, with a strong
wilderness feel in places.
Rural pattern Medium The area is only sparsely settled and not discernable as a crofting landscape
except in small pockets such as Clousta.
Views Very high Often intimate views, within the landscape, but occasional longer views out
to the sea from the more elevated hills, particularly from the roads
approaching the area.
Unranked criteria
Landscape n/a
A consistent but complex landscape
consistency
Landscape n/a
Visual relationship with Muckle Roe (LCU 24) to the north, and a more
relationships
Other
designations
n/a
physical relationship with West Burrafirth to the west (LCU 28).
Brindister Voe and Vadills MCA
Ness of Clousta and Loch of Clousta SSSIs