Veantro Bay

Veantro Bay is an enbayment of the sea on the northwest coast of Shapinsay in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. (Li, 2005) At the head of Veantro Bay is a large stone, thought to be associated with Viking settlement of Shapinsay, known as the Odin's Stone. (Undiscovered, 2007) It has been suggested that prehistoric man on Shapinsay, who inhabited Castle Bloody and Burroughston Broch would have exploited the seafood resources of Lairo Water, an ayre at Veantro Bay. (Hogan, 2007) In 2005 the Orkney Community Councils opposed an application for a fish farm on Veantro Bay citing environmental concerns and competition with local fishermen.

ee also

*Lairo Water
*Quholm

References

*Martin Li (2005) "Adventure Guide to Scotland", Hunter Publishing, Inc, 620 pages ISBN 1588434060
* [http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/shapinsay/shapinsay/ Undiscovered Scotland: Profile of Shapinsay (2007)]
* [http://www.orkney.gov.uk/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=2463 Orkney Community Councils (2005) Minutes of Shapinsay Community Council, 2 February, 2005]
* [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=7891 C. Michael Hogan, (7 Oct. 2007) "Burroughston Broch", The Megalithic Portal, ed by Andy Burnham]