Bruray
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| Location | |
 Bruray
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| OS grid reference | HU689720 |
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| Norse name | Bruray |
| Area and summit | |
| Area | 55 hectares (0.21 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 190= |
| Highest elevation | 53 metres (174 ft) |
| Population | |
| Population | 26 |
| Population rank | 61 out of 101 |
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| Island group | Shetland |
| Local Authority | Shetland Islands |
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| References | [1][2][3] |
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Area and population ranks are for all Scottish islands and all inhabited Scottish islands respectively. Population data is from 2001 census. |
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Bruray is one of the three Out Skerries islands of Shetland, and contains Scotland's most easterly settlement.
It is separated from Housay by North Mouth and South Mouth.
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Infrastructure [edit]
The Skerries Bridge was built in 1957 to provide a fixed link from Bruray to the neighbouring and larger island of Housay
Bruray is home to Scotland's smallest school.
The island occasionally suffers from water shortages. There is little peat on the Out Skerries, so the residents have been granted rights to cut in on Whalsay.[2]
A ferry connects the Out Skerries with Vidlin and Lerwick on the Shetland Mainland, as well as flights from Tingwall by Loganair.
History [edit]
At the autumn 2010, the islands of Housay and Bruray (600.000 acres) were on sale for £250,000. "The main islands are held under crofting tenure. the Crofting community have been offered the opportunity to register their interest in acquiring the property but have formally declined from doing so."[4]
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References [edit]
- ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
- ^ a b Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
- ^ Ordnance Survey
- ^ Out Skerries, Shetland
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