Yell, West Sandwick
Chapel (Medieval)
Site Name Yell, West Sandwick
Classification Chapel (Medieval)
Canmore ID 1237
Site Number HU48NE 1
NGR HU 4522 8883
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/1237
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Yell
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
West Sandwick 1, Yell, Shetland, cruciform stone fragment
Measurements: H 0.34m, W 0.34m
Stone type:
Place of discovery: HU 4498 8368
Present location: in the West Sandwick graveyard, Yell.
Evidence for discovery: recorded in 2000.
Present condition: the shaft has broken away and here is damage to one corner of the upper arm.
Description
This fragment consists of the upper and side-arms of a cruciform stone.
Date: ninth to eleventh centuries.
References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 85 (mistakenly attributed to North Kirk Geo).
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
West Sandwick 2, Yell, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H o.52m, W 0.30m
Stone type:
Place of discovery: HU 4498 8368
Present location: in the West Sandwick graveyard, Yell.
Evidence for discovery: recorded in 2000.
Present condition: part of the shaft is missing and one side-arm is damaged.
Description
This was a slender cruciform stone with short arms.
Date: ninth to eleventh centuries.
References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 86 (mistakenly attributed to North Kirk Geo).
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
West Sandwick 3, Yell, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.64m, W 0.36m
Stone type:
Place of discovery: HU 4498 8368
Present location: in the West Sandwick graveyard, Yell.
Evidence for discovery: recorded in 2000.
Present condition: the base of the shaft is damaged.
Description
This is a cruciform stone with flaring shaft and upper arm and short side-arms.
Date: ninth to eleventh centuries.
References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 87 (mistakenly attributed to North Kirk Geo).
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
West Sandwick 4, Yell, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.72m, W 0.40m
Stone type:
Place of discovery: HU 4498 8368
Present location: in West Sandwick graveyard, Yell.
Evidence for discovery: recorded in 2000.
Present condition: some damage to the base of the shaft.
Description
This is a cruciform stone with flaring shaft and angular upper arm and short side-arms.
Date: ninth to eleventh centuries.
References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 88 (mistakenly attributed to North Kirk Geo).
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
West Sandwick 5, Yell, Shetland, cruciform stone fragment
Measurements: H 0.34m, W 0.28m
Stone type:
Place of discovery: HU 4498 8368
Present location: in the West Sandwick graveyard, Yell.
Evidence for discovery: recorded in 2000.
Present condition: the shaft is missing.
Description
This is the upper part of a cruciform stone with flaring upper arm and very short side-arms.
Date: ninth to eleventh centuries.
References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 89 (mistakenly attributed to North Kirk Geo).
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
West Sandwick 6, Yell, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.56m, W 0.44m
Stone type:
Place of discovery: HU 4498 8368
Present location: in West Sandwick graveyard, Yell.
Evidence for discovery: recorded in 2000.
Present condition: good.
Description
This is a cruciform stone with widely flaring shaft and upper arm and short side-arms.
Date: ninth to eleventh centuries.
References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 90 (mistakenly attributed to North Kirk Geo).
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
West Sandwick 7, Yell, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.60m, W 0.46m
Stone type:
Place of discovery: HU 4498 8368
Present location: in West Sandwick graveyard, Yell.
Evidence for discovery: recorded in 2000.
Present condition: good.
Description
This is a cruciform stone with flaring upper arm, short side-arms and a short shaft.
Date: ninth to eleventh centuries.
References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 91 (mistakenly attributed to North Kirk Geo).
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
West Sandwick 8, Yell, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.62m, W 0.54m
Stone type:
Place of discovery: HU 4498 8368
Present location: in West Sandwick graveyard, Yell.
Evidence for discovery: recorded in 2000.
Present condition: somewhat battered.
Description
This is a poorly formed cruciform stone with short arms and shaft and a flare to the shaft and one side of the upper arm.
Date: ninth to eleventh centuries.
References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 92 (mistakenly attributed to North Kirk Geo).
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
HU48NE 1 4522 8883.
(HU 4523 8886) Chapel (LB) (Site of) Burial Ground
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
The site of what is supposed to have been a pre-Reformation chapel. The burial-ground is still in use.
Name Book 1878.
No trace and no further information. Burial ground still used.
Visited by OS (NKB) 13 May 1969.
