Toft, Shetland

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60°28′16″N 1°12′40″W / 60.471°N 1.211°W / 60.471; -1.211

Toft is a ferry port approximately one mile north of Mossbank on Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. From here, a car ferry service to Ulsta on the island of Yell operates. Toft is located in the parish of Delting.[1]

In the late 1970s and early 1980s there was a large workers camp situated here housing thousands of men who were building the Sullom Voe Terminal.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Details of Toft". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Overview of Toft". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 2 January 2015.

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