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Scalloway (
Old Norse:
Skalavagr - "bay with house") is the largest settlement on the
North Atlantic coast of
Mainland, Shetland with a population of approximately 812, at the 2001 census. Until
1708 it was the capital of the Shetland Islands (now
Lerwick, on the east coast of the Shetland
Mainland).
Scalloway is also the location of the
North Atlantic Fisheries College
which offers numerous courses and supports several research programmes in fisheries sciences, aquaculture,
marine engineering and coastal management etc.
Nearby are the
Scalloway Islands, which derive their name from the town.
History
Built in
1600 by
Earl Patrick Stewart, the remains of
Scalloway Castle is the most notable feature of the village. Scalloway Castle is located near the quay (the castle is usually locked, however a key can be borrowed from the nearby
Scalloway Hotel).
Norwegian boatbuilders from the
Bergen area, (
Os and
Tysnes), built
Yoals, which were then taken apart and 'flat packed' for shipping to Scalloway, from about the
16th century. Instead of sending complicated assembly instructions, they sent boatbuilders to re-build them. Many of those stayed for years in Shetland, and some married there.
To the
Hanseatic merchants from
Bremen and
Hamburg, Scalloway was known as
Schaldewage and as a good sheltered harbour on the route to
Hillswick.
Barbara Tulloch and her daughter Ellen - the last witches to be burned in Shetland - were executed on
Gallow Hill, overlooking the village.
During World War II, Scalloway was the home base and housed for some time the headquarter of
The Shetland Bus, part of the Norwegian resistance against Nazi-Germany. The
Norway House and the
Prince Olav Pier / slipway, which formed major parts of the base are still existing. Details about the history of
The Shetland Bus are on display at the
Scalloway Museum,
(External Link)
Willie Smith has written a memoir of this period. Other notable Scalloway authors are the prolific
James R. Nicolson and the photographer/writer
C.J. (Clement) Williamson.
After the war Scalloway served as harbour of the Shetland-Orkney ferry service (mv Orcadia on the Scalloway - Stromness route).
After the opening of the
Schiehallion Oil Field off the west coast of Shetland, Scalloway took over some functions as a service base for the oil business.
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