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Yell, West-a-firth, Site Of Chapel, Burial Ground
Burial Ground (Medieval), Chapel (14th Century)
Site Name Yell, West-a-firth, Site Of Chapel, Burial Ground
Classification Burial Ground (Medieval), Chapel (14th Century)
Canmore ID 73
Site Number HP50SW 14
NGR HP 50022 04659
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/73
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Yell
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HP50SW14 5002 0465.
(HP 4997 0476) Chapel (NR) (Site of).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
The site of the chapel which is said to date from about the 14th century. It stands in a disused burial ground.
Name Book 1878
No trace of this chapel. The site falls within a ruined enclosure which may be the alleged burial ground but could be an enclosure associated with an old farmstead immediately outside its N side. Tradition of chapel still known locally.
Visited by OS (R L) 11 May 1969
(HP 5002 0465) The enclosure containing the site of the chapel, originally positioned on HP40SE, has been plotted on by Air Machine Plotting.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
