Bressay

Bressay, an island of the Shetland group, of about 10-3/4 miles in area, about four miles in length, and from two to three miles broad. It has good peat beds, some fine slate quarries, and is a fishing station. Bressay Sound, between Bressay and the mainland, is a good anchorage, and whaling vessels, as well as those engaged in the herring-fishery, are to be found here. The harbour of Lerwick with its lighthouse is in this Sound. To the east of Bressay is the rocky isle of Noss, six miles round, and to a detached rock in its neighbourhood communication is made by means of a cradle running upon ropes.