Bigton
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Bigton is a small settlement on South Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. Bigton is within the civil parish of Dunrossness.[1]
Bigton lies on the Atlantic coast of the island overlooking St Ninian's Isle and within view is the island of Burra, further to the north. It is Script error: No such module "convert". by road from Lerwick, just off the B9122 and lies just north of the settlement of Scousburgh. The smaller settlement of Ireland adjoins Bigton.
Facilities include a post office/shop[2] and a cafe. Bigton Kirk[3] was sold by the Church of Scotland in 2021 to Bigton Collective who converted it into a community centre.[4] Farming in the area is a mixture of arable and mixed livestock.[5][6]
The author, film-maker and painter Elizabeth Balneaves and her husband Dr James McLauchlan Johnston lived in the old manse, Bigton for the last 20 years of Balneaves' life.[7]
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