Bruray

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Bruray
Old Norse nameBruray
Location
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Bruray
Bruray shown within Shetland
OS grid reference HU689720
Coordinates 60°25′34″N0°45′00″W / 60.426°N 0.750°W / 60.426; -0.750
Physical geography
Island group Shetland
Area55 hectares (0.21 sq mi)
Area rank189= [1]
Highest elevation53 metres (174 ft)
Administration
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Country Scotland
Council area Shetland Islands
Demographics
Population24
Population rank63 [2] [1]
Population density44 people/km2 [2] [3]
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References [3] [4]
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A bridge links Bruray to Housay

Bruray is one of the three Out Skerries islands of Shetland, and contains Scotland's most easterly settlement.

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It is separated from Housay by North Mouth and South Mouth.

Infrastructure

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. [3]

A ferry connects the Out Skerries with Vidlin and Lerwick on the Shetland Mainland. Bruray also has a small airstrip, with flights from Tingwall by Loganair.

History

At the autumn 2010, the islands of Housay and Bruray 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." [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Area and population ranks: there are c.300 islands over 20ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
  2. 1 2 National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland's Inhabited Islands" (PDF). Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland Release 1C (Part Two) (PDF) (Report). SG/2013/126. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN   978-1-84195-454-7.
  4. Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.
  5. Out Skerries, Shetland Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine . Homesandproperty.co.uk.