Yell, Copister, Nettlehaa
Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Church (Period Unassigned), Gravestone (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Yell, Copister, Nettlehaa
Classification Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Church (Period Unassigned), Gravestone (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 143208
Site Number HU47NE 13
NGR HU 4819 7875
NGR Description HU c. 4819 7875
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/143208
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Yell
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
Coppister, Yell, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.54m, W 0.36m
Stone type:
Place of discovery: HU 4819 7875
Present location: at the Old Haa, Burravoe, Yell.
Evidence for discovery: found during ploughing to the north of Nettlehaa in the 1980s, close to the site of the old burial ground.
Present condition: there is damage to one of the corners of the upper arm.
Description
This is a well-proportioned cruciform stone.
Date: ninth to eleventh centuries.
References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 84.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
HU47NE 13 c. 4819 7875
HU 481 787 Medieval crucifix grave marker was ploughed up to the N of Nettlehaa in the 1980s; 55 x 37cm. The medieval church was situated at Copister; the house named Nettlehaa was built in 1821 to the SE of the burial yard. No visible evidence of church or yard now exists.
T Watt and I Tait 1996
