Uyea, Unst
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- See also: Uyea, Northmavine, Shetland
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  Uyea, Unst
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| Uyea, Unst shown within Scotland. | |
| OS grid reference: | HU600994 |
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| Area: | 205 ha |
| Area rank (Scottish islands): | 106= |
| Highest elevation: | The Ward 50 m |
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| Population (2001): | 0
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| Island Group: | Shetland |
| Local Authority: | Shetland Islands |
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| References: | [1][2][3][4] |
Uyea is an uninhabited island in Shetland, Scotland, lying south of Unst.
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[edit] History
The island was inhabited as early as the Bronze Age, and a chambered cairn can still be seen here.
In the 12th century, Saint Olaf's chapel overlooking Brei Wick was built.
In the 18th century, two girls from Uyea rowed to the small island of Haaf Gruney to milk some of the cows grazing here. Unfortunately, their return was marred by a strong storm, and eventually they found their tiny boat blown to Karmøy in south west Norway. The Uyea girls ended up marrying Karmøy men, and their descendants still live there.[2]
Jack Priest, in his evocative memoir of the isle during WW2, describes it as "a beachcomber's dream - washed as it is with a westerly Atlantic tide through Bluemull Sound, fed from the east by waters of the Norwegian basin and finally the North Sea pressing up from among the isles through the narrow channel between Yell and Fetlar and feeding Colgrave Sound on the south side of Uyea Isle." [5]
The island was the home of Sir Basil Neven-Spence, MP for Orkney and Shetland
[edit] Gallery
 Uyea Hall |
 View over Uyeasound from Uyea |
[edit] References
- ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
- ^ a b Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004) The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh. Canongate.
- ^ Ordnance Survey
- ^ Anderson, Joseph (Ed.) (1893) Orkneyinga Saga. Translated by Jón A. Hjaltalin & Gilbert Goudie. Edinburgh. James Thin and Mercat Press (1990 reprint). ISBN 0-901824-25-9
- ^ Priest, Jack Island at War (1994)
[edit] External links
- "Brochs and photos from Shetland, UK" Licenced under the GNU Free Documentation License
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