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An Ongoing Tradition?

Edited By JOHN R.BALDWIN Copyright (§) 1978. Scottish Society for Northern Studies and Individual Contributors

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First published in 1978 by the Scottish Society for Northern Studies, c/o School of Scottish Studies, 27 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LD. Further details of the Society and its activities may be obtained from the Honorary Secretary.

The publisher acknowledges the financial assistance of

The Scottish Arts Council Zetland Educational Trust Fund Shell U.K. Exploration and Production

in the publication of this volume.

ISBN 0 9505994 0 9

Printed in Scotland by Econoprirtt Ltd., 42A Albany Street, Edinbm:gh EHl 3QR

Cover: West over Scalloway, former capital of Shetland.

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Preface (vi)

Part I Sir David Sinclair of Sumburgh : 'F oud' of Shetland and Governor of Bergen Castle. BARBARA E. CRAWFORD (University of St. Andrews) 1

Faroe and its Shetland Connections. T.M.Y. MANSON (Lerwick) ... 13

The Scandinavian Influence in the Making of Modern Shetland. HANCE D. SMITH (University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology) 23

A Hundred Years of Lerwick. JAMES R.S. CLARK (Lerwick) 35

Shetland in the Seventies: A Shetlander's View of Oil. EDWARD THOMASON (Shetland Islands Council) 43

Part II Shetland Boats and their Origins. T. HENDERSON (Shetland County Museum) 49

Aspects of Viking Small Craft in the Light of Shetland Practice. IAN A. MORRISON (University of Edinburgh) ... 51

Boatbuilding by the Duncans ofHamnavoe, Burra Isle. ADRIAN G. OSLER (Tyne and Wear Museums) 71

The Keeping and Milking of Sheep in the Old Subsistence Economy of Scandinavia, Iceland and Northern Europe. JON BERGSAKER (Stavanger Museum) ... 85

Norse Influences in Sheep Husbandry on Foula, Shetland. JOHN R. BALDWIN (Lothian Region Education Department Advisory Service) ... 97