St Ninians isle
The largest active shell sand tombolo in the
UK, that tells the story of Shetland’s fate following the retreat of the last
ice sheets The island is connected to the Shetland
mainland by a 500-metre stretch of glorious golden shell sand, perfect in its
symmetry
What is a Tombolo? A tombolo is a sandy isthmus. A tombolo, from
the Italian tombolo, meaning 'pillow' or 'cushion', and sometimes translated as
ayre, is a deposition landform in which an island is attached to the mainland
by a narrow piece of land such as a spit or bar.
it’s
worth a visit for more than just the beautiful tombolo it’s also a place where
a hoard of Pictish treasure dating from the second half of the 8th century was
discovered, it was under a sandstone slab on the floor of an abandoned and
buried medieval church during archaeological excavations in 1958. The treasure,
including decorated silver and silver-gilt brooches and bowls, is now on
display in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.
I done the trig point which is right at the far end of the Isle as expected! It’s a beautiful place though even though it was cold I enjoyed the cycle out to the beach but the sand was too soft to cycle on I left the daunder tucked behind a sand dune I also had my first puncture on the bike this day it’s tubeless tyres and the nukeproof puncture repair kit worked amazingly well
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