
What is recorded here
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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Places near here
Culli VoeBay · 351 yd
Yell, Cullivoe, PierPier (period Unassigned) · 418 yd
Papil BayBay · 1422 yd
BackhouseFarmstead (period Unassigned)(possible) · 1512 yd
Ward of GrimsetterMountain / peak · 1716 yd
Yell, PapilStructure (period Unassigned) · 1.3 mi
Unst, Snarra VoeCairn(s) (period Unassigned)(possible) · 1.3 mi
Moss HoullMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Unst, Ayre of BelmontNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.6 mi
Lund BeachBeach / strand · 1.9 mi
Breckon BeachBeach / strand · 2.1 mi
Yell, Sands of BreckonNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.2 miOther information
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