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Shetland: Aith to Lerwick

A drive across the Shetland Mainland. It starts at Aith and Petta Water, goes by Nesting and the Knop of Kebister, then Gallow Hill at Scalloway, where convicted witches were burned, and ends in Lerwick, home of the Up Helly Aa fire festival and the 1802 raven witch court case.

8 stops · about 55.2 km · allow roughly 4 hrs

  1. 1
    Witchcraft
    Jonka Dynneis of Aith

    Aith, Aithsting

  2. 2
    Folklore & legend
    The Giant of Petta Water and the Kishie of Trows

    Petta Water, near Voe

  3. 3
    Folklore & legend
    Pettadale and Pettawater, Chief Haunt of the Trows

    Pettadale and Pettawater, Nesting

  4. 4
    Folklore & legend
    Finnister, Where the Last Family Disappeared

    Finnister, Nesting

  5. 5
    Witchcraft
    Luggie of Kebister, Who Fished Through a Hole in the Hill

    Knop of Kebister (Luggie's Knowe), near Tingwall

  6. 6
    Witchcraft
    Barbara Tulloch and the Burnings at Scalloway

    Gallow Hill (Houll hill), Scalloway

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