Marrister Explained

Official Name:Marrister
Label Position:left
Static Image Name:Marrister, Whalsay - geograph.org.uk - 121731.jpg
Static Image Caption:Marrister, Whalsay. The two storey white building is the auld manse.
Country:Scotland
Os Grid Reference:HU542640
Coordinates:60.357°N -1.016°W
Post Town:SHETLAND
Postcode Area:ZE
Postcode District:ZE2
Dial Code:01806

Marrister is a settlement on the west coast of Whalsay in the parish of Nesting in the Shetland islands of Scotland. It looks across Linga Sound to the island of West Linga.

History

Marrister was occupied in Viking times and a gold Viking ring was unearthed there.[1] In the 19th century and early 20th century it was associated with the Smith family.[2] [3] A large flat rock off Marrister is known as the Skate of Marrister. In the 1870s, Robert Cowie mentioned the "neat manse and still neater church" of Marrister, which had been recently built.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Scientific Research Fund of 1919. Videnskapelige forskningsfond av 1919. Viking antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland. registration. 1 February 2013. 1940. H. Aschehoug. 141.
  2. Book: Bulloch. John. Henderson. John Alexander. Scottish Notes and Queries. 1 February 2013. 1933. D. Wyllie and son. 7.
  3. Book: Old-lore Miscellany of Orkney, Shetland, Caitness and Sutherland. 1 February 2013. 1907. Viking Club..
  4. Book: Cowie, Robert. Shetland: descriptive and historical; and topographical description of that country. 1 February 2013. 1879. Smith. 105.