Burravoe

Burravoe

Burravoe

Human settlement in Scotland

Burravoe is a community on the north shore of Burra Voe, in the south-east part of the island of Yell in the Shetland Islands, Scotland.

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The name Burravoe is derived from the Old Norse Borgavágr, meaning broch bay.[1][2]

The most notable building is the Old Haa Museum which dates from 1637 (and may have been completed in 1672) and is the oldest house on Yell.[3][4] On 19 January 1942, a Catalina aeroplane crashed on the hill above Burravoe. Seven of her ten crew were killed, and one of the propellers can be seen outside the Old Haa Museum.[5]

Wreckage from the Catalina crash

References

  1. [1]
    "Place Names" (PDF). Shetland Heritage.
  2. [2]
    "Shetland Place Names - Signposts to the Past". 22 March 2011.
  3. [3]
    "Your Paintings - Old Haa Museum". Art UK. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  4. [4]
    "Canmore - Yell, Old Hall of Brough, including Walls site record" Canmore. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  5. [5]
    Penrith, James & Deborah (2007) Orkney & Shetland (part of The Scottish Islands series). Richmond. Crimson Publishing.
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