[5] He noted that the alarm raised subsequently by the dogs, pigs and children that greeted him upon arrival were daunting.

[8] At that time there were three families who lived in Assater, and their occupations were all recorded by Dunn as fishermen, however they did tend their croft during the winter months.

[9] The breakfast he received on his first morning there is recorded in some detail: it consisted of fresh fish, eggs, cold fowl and coffee with cream.

[12] Dunn's general impression of Assater seemed quite positive - he commented that "if the place itself possesses any virtue, in time it might become the Brighton of Shetland"[10] On the first edition of the Ordnance Survey map of the area in 1881, Assater is shown to have had fourteen roofed buildings (of which two were mills), and six unroofed buildings, of which one was L-shaped.

[13] A burnt mound 0.7 metres (2.3 ft) tall is visible to the 200 yards (180 m) south of the main settlement.