4-426: Lunna Ness is a peninsula in the north east of Mainland , Shetland , Scotland , in the parish of Lunnasting near Vidlin . The island of Lunna Holm is nearby. The Shetland Bus operation during World War II used this area as a base. The Stanes of Stofast is a 2,000 tonne glacial erratic that came to rest on a prominent hilltop. The Lunnasting stone is a monolith bearing an ogham inscription discovered in
8-488: Is a 17th-century laird's house, noted for having "the best historic designed landscape in Shetland". In the 20th century it was used as a base of the wartime Shetland Bus operation. 60°25′27″N 1°5′12″W / 60.42417°N 1.08667°W / 60.42417; -1.08667 This Shetland location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Mainland, Shetland The Mainland
12-465: Is the main island of Shetland , Scotland . The island contains Shetland's only burgh , Lerwick , and is the centre of Shetland's ferry and air connections. It has an area of 374 sq mi (970 km ), making it the third-largest Scottish island and the fifth largest of the British Isles after Great Britain , Ireland , Lewis and Harris and Skye . Mainland is the second most populous of
16-518: The area and donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland in 1876. It was found by Rev. J.C. Roger in a cottage, who stated that the stone had been unearthed from a "moss" (i.e. a peat bog) in April 1876, having been originally discovered five feet (1.5 m) below the surface. Lunna Ness is a Site of Special Scientific Interest based on the abundance of the otter population. Lunna House
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