Papa Stour shown within Shetland Islands

Papa Stour is one of the Shetland Islands in Scotland, with a population of around thirty people, some of whom have immigrated since an appeal for residents in the 1970s. The main settlement on the island is Biggings, from which ferries sail to West Burrafirth on the Shetland Mainland. An airstrip also lies nearby. Adaption of Shetland. ... Adaption of Shetland. ... The Shetland Islands (also sometimes spelled Zetland or Hjaltland) are one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and also form a traditional county and Lieutenancy area, and the Shetland constituency of the Scottish Parliament. ... Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The 1970s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1970 and 1979. ... The Pride of Burgundy, a P&O Ferries car ferry on the Dover-Calais route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on scheduled services. ... Shetland Mainland shown within Shetland Islands Mainland is the main island of Shetland, Scotland. ... An airstrip is a kind of airport that consists only of a runway with perhaps fueling equipment. ...

Papa Stour is the subject a 1299 manuscript written in Old Norse, which is the oldest surviving document from Shetland. It deals with a dramatic incident in the house of Duke Hakon Magnusson, who was later to become King Hakon V of Norway. Events Osman I declares the independence of the Ottoman Principality The County of Holland is annexed by the County of Hainaut April 1, 1299 Kings Towne on the River Hull granted city status by Royal Charter of King Edward I of England. ... Old Norse or Danish tongue is the Germanic language once spoken by the inhabitants of the Nordic countries (for instance during the Viking Age). ... Haakon V Magnusson was king of Norway from 1299 until 1319. ...

Attractions on the island include remains of Duke Hakon's thirteenth century house and the dramatic coastline, with sea stacks, arches, blowholes and sea caves such as Christie's Hole. (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... Stack, near Old Harry Rocks Old Harry Rocks A stack is a geological landform consisting of a steep and often vertical column or columns of rock in the sea near a coast. ... The blowhole of Monks Cave, a sea cave near Aberystwyth In geology, a blowhole is a cavity formed in the ground at the inland end of a sea cave. ...

As of 2005, the population has fallen to 20 after serious discord between islanders led to several court cases and subsequently, a number of people left the island and the school closed [1]. 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Papa Stour website
• Review of book on the 1299 manuscript

Reference

Papa Stour and 1299: Commemorating the 700th Anniversary of Shetland's First Document , Barbara E. Crawford ISBN 1898852839