Breibister
Burial Ground (Medieval), Chapel (Medieval)
Site Name Breibister
Classification Burial Ground (Medieval), Chapel (Medieval)
Canmore ID 313
Site Number HU24NW 24
NGR HU 2162 4952
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/313
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Walls And Sandness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU24NW 24 2162 4952.
(HU 2161 4955) Chapel (NR) (Site of)
Burial Ground (NR)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900)
A green spot in the burial ground is generally known to mark the site of a chapel, said to be pre-Reformation. It is possible that it belonged to the 13th or 14th century's, and that it fell into disuse at the Reformation.
Name Book 1878
There is now no trace of chapel or burial ground. Tradition of both still known locally.
Visited by OS (R L) 15 June 1968
