Mousa - Definition and Overview

Mousa is a small island in Shetland, uninhabited since the nineteenth century. The island is best known for the Mousa Broch an Iron Age round tower.

View of the Broch and Old Haa from the settlement

Mousa is also known for its wildlife, including grey and common seals, guillemots, arctic terns and storm petrels. Ferries sail from the islans to Leebitton near Sandwick on the Shetland Mainland.