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<< Our Photo Pages >> St Ninian's Isle - Ancient Village or Settlement in Scotland in Shetland

Submitted by pab on Saturday, 18 November 2006  Page Views: 9613

Multi-periodSite Name: St Ninian's Isle Alternative Name: St Ninian's Kirk and Burial Ground
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.334 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Shetland Type: Ancient Village or Settlement

Map Ref: HU36852090
Latitude: 59.971370N  Longitude: 1.341718W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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St Ninian's Isle
St Ninian's Isle submitted by pab : St Ninian’s Isle lies off the western coast of the most southerly part of the Shetland Mainland. It is linked to the mainland by a beautiful stretch of sand (called a tombola), which locals advised us would only be covered by the sea in extreme storms every decade or so. It is an absolutely wonderful place. St Ninian’s Isle was the site of a valuable find of a hoard of ecclesiastical sil... (Vote or comment on this photo)
St Ninian’s Isle lies off the western coast of the most southerly part of the Shetland Mainland. It is linked to the mainland by a beautiful stretch of sand (called a tombola), which locals advised me would only be covered by the sea in extreme storms every decade or so. It is an absolutely wonderful place.

St Ninian’s Isle was the site of a valuable find of a hoard of ecclesiastical silver-ware in July 1958, and it was also found to have been in use through the Iron and Bronze ages - and probably for far longer.

The RCAHMS entry for the St. Ninian’s Isle site contains very extensive details of the site and excavations, including over 20 colour photographs of the 1950’s excavations themselves – very well worth looking up on the RCAHMS site.

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St Ninian's Isle
St Ninian's Isle submitted by h_fenton : One of the brooches that forms part if the St Ninian's Isle Treasure. Made in mid-late 8thCenturyAD following Pictish traditions. The St Ninian's Isle Treasure is in the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh. Photographed: 18 May 2011 (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Ninian's Isle
St Ninian's Isle submitted by SandyG : View from the north west. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Ninian's Isle
St Ninian's Isle submitted by SandyG : View from the south west. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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St Ninian's Isle submitted by SandyG : Cists to the south of the church. View from the north. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Ninian's Isle
St Ninian's Isle submitted by durhamnature : 1905 image of St Ninian's Stone from "The Celtic and Scandinavian Antiquities of Shetland" by Gilbert Goudie, via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Ninian's Isle
St Ninian's Isle submitted by pab : St Ninian's Isle RCAHMS notes that “St. Ninian's Church was abandoned at the Reformation, but was venerated locally until its destruction in 1750. The graveyard continued in use until c.1850. The site was recovered by excavation by Prof. O'Dell between 1955 and 1959, revealing the foundations of a 12th century church, overlying a pre-Norse(?) church, which in turn overlay an Iron Age site (...

St Ninian's Isle
St Ninian's Isle submitted by pab : St Ninian's Isle Chapel & Settlement site. As noted on the wonderfully descriptive Interpretation Board at the site, the site was excavated between 1955 and 1959 ‘in order to find the medieval church depicted on maps in 1608 and 1654.’ The very information Interpretation Board at the site is worth reproducing directly, ("as an example to others"!), as it is so succinct!

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