Burravoe

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.

Burravoe
The harbour of Burravoe
Burravoe Location within Shetland
OS grid reference	HU520798
Civil parish	Yell
Council area	Shetland
Lieutenancy area	Shetland
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SHETLAND
Postcode district	ZE2
Dialling code	01957
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Orkney and Shetland
Scottish Parliament	Shetland
List of places UK Scotland 60.499°N 1.054°W / 60.499; -1.054

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. "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.

• This article incorporates text from the corresponding article on Shetlopedia, which was licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence until September 14, 2007.

External links

• Undiscovered Scotland - Burravoe
• Ports and Harbours of the UK - Burravoe