Burravoe

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Burravoe
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The harbour of Burravoe
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Burravoe
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OS grid reference HU520798
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town SHETLAND
Postcode district ZE2
Dialling code 01957
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60°29′56″N1°03′14″W / 60.499°N 1.054°W / 60.499; -1.054

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.

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]

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Wreckage from the Catalina crash

References

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