Isbister
Burial Ground (Medieval), Chapel (Medieval), Cross(S) (Early Medieval)
Site Name Isbister
Classification Burial Ground (Medieval), Chapel (Medieval), Cross(S) (Early Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Houll, North Roe
Canmore ID 881
Site Number HU39SE 2
NGR HU 37153 91001
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/881
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Northmavine
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
Field Visit (9 August 1931)
Chapel, Houll, North Roe.
This building formerly stood within the churchyard enclosure at Houll, North Roe, but no remains of it can now be traced. In the churchyard, however, are two rude crosses similar in form to those at Lunda Wick, Unst [HP50SE 6], and Reafirth, Yell [HU59SW 1].
RCAHMS 1946, visited 9 August 1931
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed. (1900)
Field Visit (24 May 1969)
HU39SE 2 3715 9100.
(HU 3714 9102) Chapel (LB) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed. (1900)
No trace of the chapel. According to local information, gravediggers occasionally come across its foundation stones in the area of the O.S. siting.
The two stone crosses noted by RCAHMS are set up against the W wall of the burial ground, which is still in use.
Visited by OS (RL) 24 May 1969.
