St Ninian's Bay, Shetland
St Ninian's Isle is a small island lying off the south west coast of Shetland Mainland to which it is linked by a tombola of pure white sand dividing St Ninian's Bay and Bigton Wick.
St Ninian's Isle was an early Christian monastic settlement and in 1958 during an excavation a Shetland school boy uncovered a hoard of Celtic monastic silver comprising 28 objects.
Date: June 2003
Location: view looking west from Bigton
St Ninian's Isle was an early Christian monastic settlement and in 1958 during an excavation a Shetland school boy uncovered a hoard of Celtic monastic silver comprising 28 objects.
Date: June 2003
Location: view looking west from Bigton
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Also in: Sea and sand
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