St Ninian’s Isle, Scotland
Why choose between having the sea on one side of your body and having it on both? St Ninian's Isle has a natural sand causeway connecting it to Shetland, which is where you'll find this special small beach. The discovery of St Ninian's Treasure - a collection of antiquities dating from roughly 800 AD – by a local kid in 1958 made it famous. It is now simply one of Scotland's best and most unique beaches.
The largest shell-and-sand tombolo (sand or gravel isthmus) in Britain lies a few miles beyond Bigton. St Ninian's Isle, with its green top, is home to the remnants of a 12th-century chapel where a legendary hoard of silver Pictish treasure was discovered. The treasure is presently maintained in Edinburgh's Museum of Scotland, with copies in Lerwick’s Shetland Museum.
St. Ninians Isle beach is a wide tombolo (a natural sand causeway with sea on each side) on Shetland's west coast that connects the South Mainland with the Isle. Bigton, the neighboring settlement, is easily accessible. The beach itself is lovely, and it is frequently included in Shetland advertising materials and images. You may wander around the island and take in the scenery, or you can visit the ruins of the little chapel.
