Hildasay

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Hildasay is an island off the west coast of the Shetland Mainland. It has an area of 1 km², and has been uninhabited since the late nineteenth century.

The island's former industries included curing herring and quarrying granite, and remains of a railway line leading from the quarry to the harbour can still be seen.

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