Isle of Bressay

Just ten minutes by ferry lies the small island of Bressay and Noss. As Haswell-Smith writes: "Lerwick and Bressay are symbiotic. Lerwick could not exist if it were not for the protection the island gives to the excellent harbour; Bressay owes much of its livelihood to its close proximity to Lerwick."

Prehistoric remains are scattered over the island but the most famous is the Bressay stone which now resides at the Scottish National Museum of antiquities in Edinburgh. It is a Pictish slab with an ogum inscription but also with words in gaelic and norse, possibly indicating peaceful co-existence of different peoples at one time.

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