Just ten minutes by ferry lies the small island of Bressay and Noss. As
Haswell-Smith writes: "Lerwick and Bressay are symbiotic. Lerwick
could not exist if it were not for the protection the island gives to the
excellent harbour; Bressay owes much of its livelihood to its close proximity
to Lerwick."
Prehistoric remains are scattered over the island but the most famous is
the Bressay stone which now resides at the Scottish National Museum of antiquities
in Edinburgh. It is a Pictish slab with an ogum inscription but also with
words in gaelic and norse, possibly indicating peaceful co-existence of
different peoples at one time.
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