Nesting is a parish in the

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. It includes a part of the east

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, measuring about , along the seaboard from Gletness to

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, and also the island of

Whalsay Whalsay ( sco, Whalsa; non, Hvalsey 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 I ...

and the

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. The coast is deeply indented by voes and headlands. The arable land comprises only about , the remainder being mostly open moorland. The total area is given as . This includes the ancient parish of

Lunnasting Vidlin (from Old Norse: ''Vaðill'' meaning a ford) is a small village located on Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Nesting. History It is at the head of Vidlin Voe, and is the modern heart of the old parish ...

in the North and the island parish of

to the east, which were added to Nesting in 1891. Before that, the ancient parishes of North Nesting and South Nesting were merged. The parish church, St Ola's Kirk, stands approximately north of Lerwick near the war memorial at

Brettabister Brettabister is a settlement on the island of Mainland Mainland is defined as "relating to or forming the main part of a country or continent, not including the islands around it egardless of status under territorial jurisdiction by an entit ...

."Nesting"
Shetlopedia. Retrieved 9 Feb 2013."Brettabister, St Ola's Kirk including Memorial Enclosure"
Canmore. Retrieved 9 Feb 2013. Nesting is divided into a north and south districts. The population in 1958 was 1549. Settlements in Nesting include: * Benston (South Nesting) * Billister (North Nesting) *

(North Nesting) * Catfirth (South Nesting) * Dury (North Nesting) *

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(South Nesting) * Gletness (South Nesting), including North and South Isles of Gletness * Kirkabister (North Nesting) * Laxfirth (North Nesting) * Skellister (South Nesting) The main village of Whalsay is

Symbister Symbister is the largest village and port on Whalsay, an island in the Shetland archipelago of Scotland. The population in 1991 was 797. The focus of the village is the harbour, which is home to small fishing boats as well as large deep sea trawl ...

and there are several notable Neolithic sites on the island, including

Benie Hoose Benie Hoose, also Bunyie Hoose, is a Neolithic site in the parish of Nesting, northeastern Whalsay, in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. It is located approximately to the northwest of the Standing Stones of Yoxie, and about southeast of the ...

, the Standing Stones of Yoxie, and the

Pettigarths Field Cairns The Pettigarths Field Cairns is a Neolithic site in the parish of Nesting, northeastern Whalsay, in the Shetland islands of Scotland. It is located approximately to the northwest of Benie Hoose. The site contains upright stones as well as mas ...

Notable residents

* James Stout Angus was from Nesting. * Alexander Levie born and raised here.

References

This article incorporates text from - Wilson, Rev. John ''The Gazetteer of Scotland'' (Edinburgh, 1882) Published by W. & A.K. Johnstone

External links

Nesting & Lunnasting Community Council
Parishes of Shetland Thing (assembly) Whalsay Mainland, Shetland {{Shetland-geo-stub