tallguy / Mapillary (CC BY-SA 4.0) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bigton
Sign in to saveBigton is a small settlement on South Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. Bigton is within the civil parish of Dunrossness. The Stewarts owned Bigton from 1634.
Weather now
cached 576h ago12°overcast clouds
81% 3.2 m/s OpenWeatherMap
Place details
- Locality
- Bigton
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Wikidata facts
- Image
- View over Bigton to Foula (geograph 2770608).jpg
Show 1 more fact
- Commons category
- Bigton
via Wikidata · CC0
~2 min read
Article
2 sectionsContents
- References
- External links
Bigton is a small settlement on South Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. Bigton is within the civil parish of Dunrossness. The Stewarts owned Bigton from 1634.
Bigton lies on the Atlantic coast of the island overlooking St Ninian's Isle and within view is the island of Burra, further to the north. It is by road from Lerwick, just off the B9122 and lies just north of the settlement of Scousburgh. The smaller settlement of Ireland adjoins Bigton.
Gallery (4)
On the map
2 mapped locations
Connections
Shetland Islands
Entity
Scotland
Entity
Atlantic Ocean
Entity
list of sovereign states
Entity
geographic coordinate system
Entity
Lerwick
Entity
constituent country of the United Kingdom
Entity
administrative territorial entity of Scotland
Entity
Mainland
Entity
civil parish
Entity
Church of Scotland
Entity
Foula
Entity
listed building
Entity
Police Scotland
Entity
postcodes in the United Kingdom
Entity
Ordnance Survey National Grid
Entity
lieutenancy area of Scotland
Entity
Orkney and Shetland
Entity
St Ninian's Isle
Entity
Historic Environment Scotland
Entity