Brindister, West Mainland
Human settlement in Scotland
- Sandsting
- Shetland
- Shetland
- Orkney and Shetland
- Shetland
Brindister is a settlement on the West Mainland of Shetland, Scotland. It is within the parish of Sandsting,[1] and on the western shore of Brindister Voe. The remains of the Broch of Brindister Voe are to the south-east of the settlement.[2][3]
Brindister provides the only road access to the sea on either side of the sinuous voe,[4] which contains a long-line common mussel fishery.[4]
References
- ^ "Brindister". Scottish Places. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ^ "Brindister Voe". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ^ "19thC Shetland Archaeology in Orkney papers". The Modern Antiquarian. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Scottish Sanitary Survey Report" (PDF). Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (DEFRA). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
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