Brindister is a settlement on the
West Mainland of
Shetland
Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, is a subarctic archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom.
The islands lie about to the no ...
, Scotland. It is within the parish of Sandsting, and on the western shore of Brindister Voe. The remains of the
Broch
A broch is an Iron Age drystone hollow-walled structure found in Scotland. Brochs belong to the classification "complex Atlantic roundhouse" devised by Scottish archaeologists in the 1980s. Their origin is a matter of some controversy.
Origin ...
of Brindister Voe are to the south-east of the settlement.
Brindister provides the only road access to the sea on either side of the sinuous voe,
which contains a long-line
common mussel fishery.
References
External links
Canmore - Brindister, Norse Mill site recordVision of Britain - Brindister Shetland
Villages in Mainland, Shetland
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