Marrister is a settlement on the west coast of
Whalsay
Whalsay ( or ''Hvals-øy'', meaning 'Whale Island') is the sixth largest of the Shetland Islands in the north of Scotland.
Geography
Whalsay, also known as "The Bonnie Isle", is a peat-covered island in the Shetland Islands. It is situated ea ...
in the parish of
Nesting in the
Shetland
Shetland (until 1975 spelled Zetland), also called the Shetland Islands, is an archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands, and Norway, marking the northernmost region of the United Kingdom. The islands lie about to the ...
islands of Scotland. It looks across
Linga Sound to the island of
West Linga.
History
Marrister was occupied in Viking times and a gold Viking ring was unearthed there.
In the 19th century and early 20th century it was associated with the Smith family.
A large flat rock off Marrister is known as the
Skate of Marrister. In the 1870s,
Robert Cowie mentioned the "neat manse and still neater church" of Marrister, which had been recently built.
References
External links
Canmore - Whalsay, Marrister site record
Villages in Whalsay
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