Archaeology Notes

Event ID 642867

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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HU48SE 1 4640 8033.

(HU 4641 8034) Chapel & Burial Ground (LB) (Site of)

OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).

A slight eminence marks the site of this pre- Reformation chapel. 'A few years ago a road was cut through the middle of the Burial Ground when the remains of the chapel, in the shape of stones and rubbish, were removed, also part of the Burial Ground, and some human remains brought to view. The portion of the Burial Ground west of the road is enclosed by an old bank, and cultivated and that on the east is rough pasture'.

Name Book 1878.

No trace of a chapel. There is a small turf- covered enclosure to the W of the site, possibly incorporating part of the old graveyard wall, but there are no remains to the E of the road.

Visited by OS (NKB), 11 May 1969.

HU 464 803 Crucifix medieval grave marker. Dug up in 1970, W of site of medieval church; 380 x 250 x 50mm (lower part broken).

HU 464 804 Presumed pre-Norse house site, at same location as the medieval church site. House may also extend to E side of road. No trace of house discernible, but in 1990s burnt stones and ash were dug up, and a hammerstone was found in 1996.

T Watt and I Tait 1996