Marrister

Marrister
Marrister, Whalsay. The two storey white building is the auld manse.
Marrister Marrister shown within Shetland
OS grid reference	HU542640
Civil parish	Nesting
Council area	Shetland
Lieutenancy area	Shetland
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SHETLAND
Postcode district	ZE2
Dialling code	01806
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Orkney and Shetland
Scottish Parliament	Shetland
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Coordinates: 60°21′25″N 1°00′58″W / 60.357°N 1.016°W / 60.357; -1.016

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]

References

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

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Whalsay

Settlements	Brough Challister Clate Hamister Huxter Isbister Marrister New Park North Park Saltness Sandwick Skaw Sodom Symbister Treawick Tripwell Vaivoe Vats-houll

Geography	Bays, cliffs, and headlands: List of coastal features of Whalsay Linga Sound Islets: East Linga Holm of Sandwick Inner Holm of Skaw Isbister Holm Mooa Nista Outer Holm of Skaw Rumble Skate of Marrister West Linga Hills: Setter Hill Lochs: Little Water Loch of Houll Loch of Huxter Loch of Isbister Loch of Livister Loch of Sandwick Loch of Stanefield Loch of Vats-houll Nuckro Water East Loch of Skaw West Loch of Skaw Streams: Breiwick Burn Falsa Burn Scarfmoor Burn

Archaeological sites	Benie Hoose Huxter Fort Peerie Roonie House Pettigarths Field Cairns Standing Stones of Yoxie

Buildings	Pier House Museum Symbister House Whalsay airstrip Whalsay Parish Church Whalsay School

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