Island 113 - Hunda, Orkney

Hunda has been linked by a concrete and stone barrier to Burray since 1941.  It is the 5^th and least known of the Churchill Barriers.  The island is uninhabited but there is a ruined farmhouse near to where the causeway comes ashore.  It is still used for grazing animals.

The day I visited it was freezing cold, blowing a gale and intermittently raining horizontally, so I didn’t explore it properly!  My friend chose to remain in the car and read a book, I can’t think why! You have to ask permission to access the island at Littlequoy Farm, whose yard you have to walk through to get to the causeway but this wasn't a problem.   

The causeway is above high tide level but there was some seaweed on top of it at the Hunda end, so presumably in stormy conditions waves break over it. 

Hunda from the Causeway

Hunda from Littlequoy