The Island lies at the entrance to the Firth of Clyde, 14 miles west of the Ayrshire coast. 35 miles to the south is Antrim, Northern Ireland. On the Island there are three groups of mountains with ten peaks. The most famous and highest being Goatfell.

Earliest known settlers on the island were Mesolithic people who fished and hunted. The next people to arrive around 3000BC originated in the eastern Mediterranean travelling through France, England, Wales then Scotland. As well as fishing they farmed the land. During the Bronze Age they built stone circles the most famous the Machrie Moor dated from around 1600 BC. Continue reading 1974 Isle of Arran, Scotland →

Lerwick is the main town on Shetland Island. Just to put where the island is situated into perspective, on many maps Shetland is shown with a box around it, this is because the distance shown on the map is usually not to scale.

Historically the Shetland islands were given to Scotland as part of the King of Norway’s daughter Margaret’s dowry in 1469. It was only meant to be security until the moneys were paid. Since that never happened the Shetland Isles have remained as part of Scotland.