
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Yell, Burravoe, St Colman's Episcopal Church and War Memorial as Church (19th Century), War Memorial (20th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
St Colman's Episcopal Church in Burravoe, Yell, is named after St Colman, an early Irish monk and bishop associated with the spread of Christianity in the Northern Isles. While no specific local cures or holy wells are directly linked to the site, the church reflects the historical influence of Celtic Christian traditions in Shetland.
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Places near here
Bobby Tulloch MemorialMemorial · 332 yd
Yell, Burravoe, Pier, Shop and Former BoothStorehouse (period Unassigned) · 471 yd
Yell, Burravoe, PierPier (period Unassigned) · 492 yd
Yell, BurravoeNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 558 yd
Upper NeapabackPlanticrub(s) (period Unassigned) · 611 yd
Little HorseIslet · 1205 yd
Green HolmIslet · 1299 yd
Heights of RamnageoMountain / peak · 1326 yd
Yell, Loch of KettlesterBroch (iron Age)(possible) · 1331 yd
Loch of GaltagarthBay · 1.5 mi
Mossy HillMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
Gossabrough BeachBeach / strand · 2.3 miOther information
Photo: Graeme Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0