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PLANS for a house near Clickimin Loch have been met with an objection by Historic Environment Scotland due to the âsignificant adverse impactâ it would have on the setting of the nearby broch.
Planning permission in principle is being sought to demolish a derelict building and build a four-bedroom, 1.5 storey house in its place, around 35 metres south east from the Clickimin Broch.
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The application, from Raymond Slater, follows a similar submission which was ultimately rebuffed by planners last year over concerns that a house would have a negative impact on the setting of the broch.
DISCUSSIONS will be held this year over the future of the historic ex-fishing boat
Pilot Us amid concern over its condition.
Shetland Islands Council and Shetland Amenity Trust, which looks after the boat, are due to speak this year to examine âall optionsâ.
In a letter to Lerwick Community Council, museum curator Dr Ian Tait said that under current budgets only âbasic maintenanceâ can be carried out on the wooden boat.
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The motor-powered
Pilot Us, which is nearly 100 years old and is docked outside the museum, has been used in recent Shetland Boat Weeks.
âShe belongs to the council, and the Shetland Museum & Archives gets its budget from them â for all the elements of the service we operate,â Tait wrote.
PEOPLE unable to get to the Shetland Museum to see an exhibition on Fair Isle chairs can now do it from the luxury of their own home in a virtual tour.
Museum operator Shetland Amenity Trust has uploaded a video to its YouTube page of Eve Eunson speaking about her exhibition.
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She is joined by museum curator Ian Tait.
Eunson spent two years researching the history and traditional craft skills used to make the historic chairs, before embarking on making her own.
The video talk takes viewers on a virtual tour of the exhibition to discover stories from the past and explains how Eunson researched and learnt to create her new handcrafted pieces.
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THERE is danger of foul water and silt potentially running into the Clickimin loch if a new house is built near its edge, according to Shetland Amenity Trustâs natural heritage project officer Paul Harvey.
He was responding to an application for planning permission in principle to demolish a derelict building and build a four-bedroom house in its place, not far from the Clickimin Broch.
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The application, from Raymond Slater, follows a similar submission which was ultimately rebuffed by planners last year over concerns that a new house would have an impact on the setting of the broch.
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HISTORIC artefacts dating back to Viking times have been found by children in Sandwick.
Three cross-headed pins were found by Lewis Nodroum when he was helping his mum, Beth Cumming, to create a sunken garden.
The pins were found when Lewis was helping to move some stones.
Shetland’s regional archaeologist Val Turner said each pin is different, with the most elaborate piece having a cross carved at one end.
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One of the others had an eye and might have been a bone needle, rather than a pin. Pins were usually used to keep clothing in place and were intended to be seen, Turner said.