Kirkholm, an islet in the mouth of Seli Voe, in Sandsting parish, Shetland, 13¼ miles WNW of Lerwick. It appears to have been anciently fortified, as it retains traces of a breastwork round its most accessible parts, and of the foundations of nine houses within the line of the breastwork.

(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)