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Lerwick, Gremista Road, Bod Of Gremista

Fishing Bothy (18th Century), House (18th Century), Museum (20th Century)

Site Name Lerwick, Gremista Road, Bod Of Gremista

Classification Fishing Bothy (18th Century), House (18th Century), Museum (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Grimista

Canmore ID 1058

Site Number HU44SE 26

NGR HU 46447 43127

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Shetland Islands
  • Parish Lerwick
  • Former Region Shetland Islands Area
  • Former District Shetland
  • Former County Shetland

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Photographic Survey (1967)

Photographic survey by the Scottish National Buildings Record in 1967.

Publication Account (1997)

The Bod of Grimista is most famous as the birthplace in 1792 of Arthur Anderson, co-founder of the P and O Line, MP for Shetland and initiator of the Shetland Fisheries Company aimed at improving the lot of Shetland fishermen. His father was in charge of fish-curing at Gremista. The Bod is a large rectangular building facing the shore, two storeys high with an attic, with white harled walls and a roof of Caithness slates. Restoration has included external wooden storm shutters to the windows. It was at one time the office and stores for a company who dried fish on the shore. The ground floor provided storage space, with accommodation for the family on the upper floors. It is now a museum, and one room explores Arthur Anderson's role in what was originally the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.

Information from ‘Exploring Scotland’s Heritage: Shetland’, (1997).

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