Hillswick, St Magnus's Chapel And Burial-ground
Burial Ground (Medieval)(Possible), Church (Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Hillswick, St Magnus's Chapel And Burial-ground
Classification Burial Ground (Medieval)(Possible), Church (Medieval)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Chapel Of Saint Magnus
Canmore ID 484
Site Number HU27NE 9
NGR HU 2790 7701
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/484
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Northmavine
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU27NE 9 2790 7701
(HU 2791 7702) St. Magnus's Chapel and Burial Ground (GT) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed. (1900).
The site of the ancient Chapel of St. Magnus, well known locally. 'There is nothing either historical or traditional to show when it was last used as a place of worship. It must have been however over two hundred years ago (i.e. 17th C) as about that time the church of Hillswick was built' (HU27NE 13).
Name Book 1878
No trace and no local knowledge of a chapel. Site now destroyed by erosion.
Visited by OS (NKB) 23 April 1969
Field Visit (4 August 1931)
St Magnus Chapel and Burial-ground, Hillswick.
No further information.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 4 August 1931
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed. (1900)
