Toft is a ferry port approximately one mile north of
Mossbank on
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 entity" The term is often politically, economically and/or dem ...
,
Shetland, Scotland. From here, a car ferry service to
Ulsta on the island of
Yell operates. Toft is located in the
parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one o ...
of
Delting
Delting is a civil parish and community council area on Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. It includes the Sullom Voe oil terminal and its main settlements are Brae, Mossbank and Voe.
The parish, as described in 1882–1884, included the islands ...
.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s there was a large workers camp situated here housing thousands of men who were building the
Sullom Voe Terminal
The Sullom Voe Terminal is an oil and gas terminal at Sullom Voe in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. It handles production from oilfields in the North Sea and East Shetland Basin and stores oil before it is transported by tanker.
Constructio ...
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References
External links
Canmore - Toft, Norse Mill site recordCanmore - Neshion site record
Villages in Mainland, Shetland
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