Museum Represents a museum WC No EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Shetland HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess No Activities <p>BOOKING ESSENTIAL:</p><p> </p> OpeningTime1 Booking Essential OpeningDate1 30/9/2012 IsNewThisYear Yes ID Google Panorama ID 12453 Refreshments No Street The street address Aswick AddressLine2 South Nesting Postcode ZE2 9PP Parking No DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gairdwill Fishing Lodge Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived shetland Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 3391 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.86362,-4.261207; Description An account of the resource <p>Gairdwill Lodge is the only example of a restored fishing lodge in Shetland. During the 19th century huts like this provided the far haaf fishermen with accommodation close to their fishing grounds. This lodge was destroyed by the sea in the great storm of 1900 and lay untouched for 110 years. It has now been fully excavated, rebuilt and restored to how it may have looked at the end of the 19th century. The interior is filled with period objects and finds from the excavation.<br /><br />(about a 10 minute walk from the road, unsuitable for the elderly/infirm/disabled).</p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 19th century