LINGA-MUCKLE-AND-LITTLE, isles (two), in the
parish of Stkonsay, county of Shetland. These are
small islands, one lying to the north-west of Stronsay;
and the other, which is the larger, and sometimes called
the Holm of Midgarth, situated in the channel of Linga
sound. This channel has two entrances to its convenient
harbour, severally northward and southward; and
through the latter, which is the wider entrance, large
vessels may pass, with the assistance of a pilot, and find
safe anchorage in four fathoms of water. On Muckle
Linga are the ruins of a chapel.