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Yell, Cullivoe

Findspot (20th Century), Lamp (Steatite)

Site Name Yell, Cullivoe

Classification Findspot (20th Century), Lamp (Steatite)

Canmore ID 69

Site Number HP50SW 10

NGR HP 5425 0269

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Shetland Islands
  • Parish Yell
  • Former Region Shetland Islands Area
  • Former District Shetland
  • Former County Shetland

Archaeology Notes

HP50SW 10 5425 0269.

A steatite lamp, found on an old chapel site at Cullivoe, was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) by Mr Sandison, Cullivoe.

Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1932

This lamp was probably found at St Olaf's Chapel at HP 5426 0268, (HP50SW 1) as Mr Sandison, now deceased, lived close by.

Visited by OS 8 May 1969

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