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Yell, Cullivoe, St Olaf's Church

Church (19th Century), Churchyard (19th Century), War Memorial(s) (20th Century) (1921)
Yell, Cullivoe, St Olaf's Church
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Yell, Cullivoe, St Olaf's Church as Church (19th Century), Churchyard (19th Century), War Memorial(s) (20th Century) (1921). 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 Olaf's Church on Yell is associated with St Olaf, a 10th-century Norse king and Christian martyr, venerated in the Shetland Islands for his role in the Christianization of the North. Local tradition holds that St Olaf's influence extended to the Northern Isles, and his name is linked with several holy sites and wells in the region.

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