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Guide says Shetland site should win Unesco status
13th October
Mousa Broch, an Iron Age round tower in Shetland.
A TRAVEL guide has named an ancient site on Shetland as the top place in the UK that should next be declared a world heritage site by Unesco.
It follows Cumbria’s Lake District being given the status, joining the likes of the Grand Canyon, the Taj Mahal and Machu Picchu.
Wanderlust looked at seven other UK places on Unesco’s “tentative” list of sites under consideration.
Placing The Crucible of Iron Age Shetland first it said it was “remarkable”.
More:
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15596556.Guide_says_Shetland_site_should_win_Unesco_status/