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{{Infobox island parish
|name=Northmavine
|county=Shetland
|picture=Ronashillcairn.jpg
|picture caption=The chambered cairn on Ronas Hill
|os grid ref=
|latitude=60.5
|longitude=-1.4
}}
'''Northmavine''' is a peninsula and parish forming the northernmost part of the [[Mainland, Shetland|Mainland]] of [[Shetland]].<ref>[http://www.shetland-heritage.co.uk/northmavine ''Northmavine'' (Shetland Heritage)]</ref> Its name is from the Old Norse ''Norðan Mæfeið'', meaning ‘the land north of the [[Mavis Grind]]’.

==Summary==
The peninsula includes the northernmost part of [[Mainland, Shetland|Mainland]].  The parish spells its name '''Northmaven''', and this comprises a number of adjacent islands.  The parish extends sixteen miles by eight miles.

The villages of the parish are [[Hillswick]], [[Ollaberry]], and [[North Roe]].<ref>''[http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/shetland/northmavine/index.html Northmavine]'' (Undiscovered Scotland)</ref>

An isthmus, [[Mavis Grind]] ({{lang|non|Mæfeiðs grind}}), about a hundred yards across, forms the sole connection with the rest of Mainland. The coast is indented by numerous bays and consists largely of high, steep rocks. It has a number of high, fissured, cavernous cliffs on the west coast and consists of many skerries, islets, and offshore rocks. The interior has a very small amount of arable land; it consists mostly of rough, rising ground, including [[Ronas Hill]], the [[county top|highest point]] in all Shetland.<ref>[http://www.northmavine.com/node/832 About Northmavine] – Northmavine.com</ref>

Esha Ness Lighthouse stands on the Northmavine peninsula.<ref>[https://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Eshaness/ Eshaness] – The Northern Lighthouse Board</ref>

Tangwick Haa Museum preserves the history of Northmavine. Remains of ancient watch houses and remains of barrows and forts are also numerous.
<ref>[http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/shetland/tangwickhaa/ Tangwick Haa Museum] (Undiscovered Scotland)</ref>

==Outside links==
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*[http://www.northmavine.com/node/1051 Northmavine Up Helly Aa]
*[http://www.tangwickhaa.org.uk/ ''History'' Tangwick Haa Museum]

==References==
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*Wilson, Rev. John ''The Gazetteer of Scotland'' (Edinburgh, 1882)
*Guy, Peter  (2006) ''Northmavine (Walking the Coastline of Shetland)'' (Shetland Times Ltd)  ISBN 978-1904746171

[[Category:Headlands of Shetland]]
[[Category:Prehistoric Shetland]]