Vidlin
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Vidlin is a small village
located in the Shetland Islands
of Scotland
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It is at the head of Vidlin Voe, is the modern heart of the old parish of Lunnasting, which centred on the early church at Lunna on Lunna Ness
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The poet Rhoda Bulter
's mother came from Skelberry in Lunnasting, and she herself lived there for two crucially formative years when young.
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The Walls poet Christine de Luca
has written a memoir and a series of poems about the branch of her family which hailed from Vidlin, on her father Alexander Pearson's side, entitled Dreams in Time's Ocean (2004).
The Lunnasting stone
, which bears an undeciphered Pictish
ogham inscription was found nearby and donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland in 1876.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
located in the Shetland Islands
Shetland Islands
Shetland is a subarctic archipelago of Scotland that lies north and east of mainland Great Britain. The islands lie some to the northeast of Orkney and southeast of the Faroe Islands and form part of the division between the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the North Sea to the east. The total...
of Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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It is at the head of Vidlin Voe, is the modern heart of the old parish of Lunnasting, which centred on the early church at Lunna on Lunna Ness
Lunna Ness
Lunna Ness is a peninsula in the north east of Mainland, Shetland, in the parish of Lunnasting near Vidlin. The island of Lunna Holm is nearby. The Shetland Bus operation during WWII used this area as a base....
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The poet Rhoda Bulter
Rhoda Bulter
Rhoda Bulter , Shetland author, is one of the best-known Shetland poets of recent times. Her first poem was published in The New Shetlander in 1970, following which she became a prolific writer in the Shetland dialect...
's mother came from Skelberry in Lunnasting, and she herself lived there for two crucially formative years when young.
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The Walls poet Christine de Luca
Christine De Luca
Christine de Luca, née Pearson, is one of the foremost contemporary poets in Scotland. Her work has appeared in journals worldwide and she has read at many literary festivals, both in the UK and abroad. She grew up in Waas in Shetland, the daughter of the headmaster of Happyhansel School, Sandy...
has written a memoir and a series of poems about the branch of her family which hailed from Vidlin, on her father Alexander Pearson's side, entitled Dreams in Time's Ocean (2004).
The Lunnasting stone
Lunnasting stone
The Lunnasting stone is a stone bearing an ogham inscription, found at Lunnasting, Shetland and donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland in 1876.-Discovery:...
, which bears an undeciphered Pictish
Picts
The Picts were a group of Late Iron Age and Early Mediaeval people living in what is now eastern and northern Scotland. There is an association with the distribution of brochs, place names beginning 'Pit-', for instance Pitlochry, and Pictish stones. They are recorded from before the Roman conquest...
ogham inscription was found nearby and donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland in 1876.
Notable Vidlin Residents
- John I. Herculson General Merchant
- Jim Grains Builder, Crofter, Traditional Dancer
- Steven RobertsonSteven RobertsonSteven Robertson is a Scottish theatre and film actor.-Education:* Vidlin Primary School* Brae High School* Anderson High School, Lerwick* Fife College , Kirkcaldy...
Actor - Maxi Jamieson Fiddler, Crofter and Engineer
- Kenny Johnson Founder of Skyinbow - Producer of Electric Fiddles (Violins)