Sodom, Shetland

Human settlement in Scotland
Sodom is located in Shetland
Sodom
Sodom
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60°20′31″N 1°00′47″W / 60.342°N 1.013°W / 60.342; -1.013

Sodom (known locally as Sudheim) is a settlement on Whalsay, Shetland.[1] The name is a corruption of the Old Norse Suðheim meaning "south home". It was formerly the home of Hugh MacDiarmid, who was greatly amused at the anglicised form of the name.[2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Google maps entry for Sodom, Shetland
  2. ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.

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  • Scottish Places - Sudheim
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