Delting
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Delting | |
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Location withinShetland | |
OS grid reference | HU391685 |
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Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | SHETLAND |
Postcode district | ZE2 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
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Deltingis acivil parishandcommunity council areaonMainland,Shetland,Scotland. It includes theSullom Voeoil terminal and its main settlements areBrae,MossbankandVoe.[1]
The parish, as described in 1882–1884, included the islands ofBigga(co-owned with the civil parish ofYell),Fishholm,Brother Isle,Little Roe,andMuckle Roe;of these only Muckle Roe was at that time inhabited. The landward area "varies in breadth from 3 to 6 miles, being much intersected by voes or arms of the sea".[2]Brae House, an early 1800s Shetland merchant's house and a B-rated building, is located in Delting.[3]
Sullom Voe, the location of theSullom Voe oil terminalandShetland Gas Plantis aninletof theNorth Seabetween the parishes of Delting andNorthmavine.[4][5]
References[edit]
- ^"Delting Community Council Area Statement"(PDF).Sheltand Local Plan.Shetland Islands Council. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2 October 2013.Retrieved29 July2014.
- ^"Delting Shetland".Vision of Britain.Retrieved29 July2014.Quoting from Frances Groome's 1882-1884Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland
- ^"Brae House, including Pier and Outbuildings, Brae, Delting, Shetland (LB5271)".Historic Environment Scotland.13 November 2015.Retrieved6 October2023.
- ^"Sullom Voe: Europe's largest oil and gas terminal".Heat Eng. (Livingston, N.J.); (United States).51:7.
- ^"Sullom Voe Terminal from The Gazetteer for Scotland".Gazeteer for Scotland.Retrieved6 October2023.
External links[edit]
- Lewis, Samuel (1856)."Delting".A Topographical dictionary of Scotland.Retrieved29 July2014.
- "Nesting, Lunnasting and Delting"(PDF).Shetland Amenity Trust.Retrieved29 July2014.