Fair Isle, 'spainnarts' Graves'
Burial(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Human Remains (Period Unassigned), Buckle(S), Coin(S) (16th Century)
Site Name Fair Isle, 'spainnarts' Graves'
Classification Burial(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Human Remains (Period Unassigned), Buckle(S), Coin(S) (16th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'South Coast Of Fair Isle'; El Gran Grifon
Canmore ID 229828
Site Number HZ27SW 249
NGR HZ 21 70
NGR Description HZ c. 21 70
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/229828
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Dunrossness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HYZ27SW 249 c. 21 70
See also HZ27SW 8001.
Possibly on map sheet HZ26NW.
(Location not specified). What was probably the communal grave of fifty Spaniards who died of hunger after the sinking (1588) of the Gen Grifon Armada wreck (HZ27SW 8001) was exposed [and presumably destroyed] by marine erosion at the start of the 20th century. Bones, buckles and coins were apparently found at a spot known locally as 'the Spainnarts' Graves'.
C Martin 1975.
