Bressay Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
populated island in the Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
About Bressay
The Shetland pony is a small sturdy beast, seldom much over a metre tall, with a thick coat and short legs. They probably crossed from Scandinavia during the last Ice Age and became genetically isolated, fending for themselves under harsh Darwinian weather. They're docile and nowadays often a pet animal, a child's first horse ride, but they've always been valued as working animals that could be left out on thescattald, the common grazing heath, then rounded up whenever there were loads to be hauled across rough island tracks. In small numbers they were exported to the British mainland and to Holland, but lowland agriculture and haulage needed larger horses such as the Clydesdale. By the mid-19th century, there were about 10,000 Shetland ponies. The Mines Act of 1842 made it illegal to empl
Top Attractions in Bressay
Explore the best things to see and do in Bressay:
- ★Bressay Heritage Centre
- ★Bressay Lighthouse
- ★Cullingsburgh
- ★Noss Ferry
Where to Stay in Bressay
- 🏨Lighthouse Keepers' Cottages
- 🏨Maryfield House Hotel
Bressay Travel Guide Sections
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