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Sullom Voe, Chapel And Burial-ground

Burial Ground (Medieval), Chapel (Medieval)

Site Name Sullom Voe, Chapel And Burial-ground

Classification Burial Ground (Medieval), Chapel (Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) Calback; Sullom Voe Terminal

Canmore ID 805

Site Number HU37NE 1

NGR HU 3942 7536

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Shetland Islands
  • Parish Delting
  • Former Region Shetland Islands Area
  • Former District Shetland
  • Former County Shetland

Archaeology Notes

HU37NE 1 3942 7536

See also HU37NE 34.

(HU 3942 7538) Chapel & Burial Ground (LB) (Site of)

OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1903).

'A piece of green rough pasture, used as a stackyard... It is well known to be the site of an ancient Chapel and Burial Ground.'

Name Book 1878.

There are now no traces of this chapel and burial ground. Calback, the adjacent farm, is now deserted and the buildings ruinous.

Visited by OS (WDJ) 28 May 1968.

Activities

Field Visit (10 July 1930)

Chapel and Burial-ground, Calback. No further information.

RCAHMS 1946, visited 10 July 1930.

OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1903).

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