Yell, Windhouse, Chapel And Graveyard
Burial Ground (Medieval), Chapel (Medieval)
Site Name Yell, Windhouse, Chapel And Graveyard
Classification Burial Ground (Medieval), Chapel (Medieval)
Canmore ID 1251
Site Number HU49SE 1
NGR HU 4887 9191
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/1251
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Yell
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU49SE 1 4887 9191
For laird's house of Windhouse (HU 4888 9191), see HU49SE 21.
(HU 4886 9193) Chapel & Burial Ground (LB) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
'A green piece of pasture .. known to be the site of an ancient Romish Chapel. There was also a Burial Ground in connection with the chapel but the limits of it cannot be defined but it is supposed that Windhouse is partly built within its boundary which would leave the Burial Ground chiefly on the west of the buildings'.
Name Book 1878.
No trace; and no local information regarding the site of this chapel and graveyard.
Visited by OS (NKB) 18th May 1969.
Standing Building Recording (29 June 2017 - 7 September 2017)
HU 4888 9191 (HU49SE 21) A Level 2 historic building survey and programme of trial trenching was undertaken, June– September 2017, prior to the redevelopment of a house. The former Laird’s House was built in 1707 and remodelled and extended in 1885. The house consists of a L-plan single-storey building extended to the E, N and W. Extensive collapse throughout the building, especially in the upper-storey and roof has occurred in the last decade. The trial trenches revealed human skeletal remains indicating the presence of a burial ground. The partial remains of at least two buildings, one of which may be an early chapel, pre-dating the existing structure, were also identified during the work.
Archive: NRHE
Funder: Bell Ingram Design Ltd
Steven Cox – Headland Archaeology Ltd
(Source: DES, Volume 18)
OASIS ID: headland1-298112
