Delting

Delting
Lower Voe
Delting Location within Shetland
OS grid reference	HU391685
Civil parish	Delting
Council area	Shetland
Lieutenancy area	Shetland
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SHETLAND
Postcode district	ZE2
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Orkney and Shetland
Scottish Parliament	Shetland
List of places UK Scotland 60°23′59″N1°17′24″W / 60.39972°N 1.29000°W / 60.39972; -1.29000

Delting is a civil parish and community council area on Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. It includes the Sullom Voe oil terminal and its main settlements are Brae, Mossbank and Voe. ^[1]

The parish, as described in 1882–1884, included the islands of Bigga (co-owned with the civil parish of Yell), Fishholm, Brother Isle, Little Roe, and Muckle Roe; of these only Muckle Roe was at that time inhabited. The landward area "varies in breadth from 3 to 6 miles, being much intersected by voes or arms of the sea". ^[2] Brae House, an early 1800s Shetland merchant's house and a B-rated building, is located in Delting. ^[3]

Sullom Voe, the location of the Sullom Voe oil terminal and Shetland Gas Plant is an inlet of the North Sea between the parishes of Delting and Northmavine. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. "Delting Community Council Area Statement" (PDF). Sheltand Local Plan. Shetland Islands Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
2. "Delting Shetland". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 29 July 2014.Quoting from Frances Groome's 1882-1884 Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland
3. "Brae House, including Pier and Outbuildings, Brae, Delting, Shetland (LB5271)". Historic Environment Scotland. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
4. "Sullom Voe: Europe's largest oil and gas terminal". Heat Eng. (Livingston, N.J.); (United States). 51:7.
5. "Sullom Voe Terminal". Gazetteer for Scotland . Retrieved 6 October 2023.

External links

• Lewis, Samuel (1856). "Delting". A Topographical dictionary of Scotland. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
• "Nesting, Lunnasting and Delting" (PDF). Shetland Amenity Trust. Retrieved 29 July 2014.