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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.
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- Locality
- Bigton
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Dunrossness
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- Bigton
- located in/on physical feature
- Shetland Islands
- historic county
- Shetland Islands
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bigton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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