Yell, Kirkabister
Farmstead (19th Century), Pony Pund (19th Century)
Site Name Yell, Kirkabister
Classification Farmstead (19th Century), Pony Pund (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Kirkabister, Sheep Pund
Canmore ID 174702
Site Number HU59NW 20
NGR HU 53981 95539
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/174702
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Yell
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU59NW 20 53981 95539.
A derelict stone-walled farmhouse with an earlier roofless L-plan farmhouse immediately to the N and a pound to the W has been recorded on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 2003). Rectangular stone-walled yards and enclosures lie to the NW and S. The earlier farmhouse is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1881, sheet xi) and the N extension appears on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney & Shetland (Shetland) 1900, sheet xi).
Information from RCAHMS (MMB) 19 February 2004.
This site was visited as part of the RCAHMS Scottish Farm Buildings Survey on 12 October 1994. There is a pond pund and an adjacent cottage at Kirkabister. The buildings were partially roofed but derelict on the date of visit.
Information from RCAHMS (ACD) 16 January 2008: NMRS MS 2560/340
