- Uyea, Unst
Infobox Scottish island |
latitude=60.6667
longitude=-00.900
GridReference=HU600994
celtic name=
norse name=
meaning of name=
area=205 ha
area rank=106=
highest elevation=The Ward 50 m
Population=0
population rank=
main settlement=
island group=Shetland
local authority=Shetland Islands
references= [2001 UK Census perList of islands of Scotland ] Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004) "The Scottish Islands". Edinburgh. Canongate.] [ [http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ 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]Uyea is an uninhabited
island inShetland ,Scotland , lying south ofUnst .History
The island was inhabited as early as the
Bronze Age , and achambered cairn can still be seen here.In the 12th century,
Saint Olaf 'schapel overlookingBrei 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 toKarmøy in south westNorway . The Uyea girls ended up marrying Karmøy men, and their descendants still live there.Haswell-Smith, Hamish. (2004) "The Scottish Islands". Edinburgh. Canongate.]Jack Priest , in his evocative memoir of the isle duringWorld War II , describes it as "a beachcomber's dream - washed as it is with a westerlyAtlantic tide through Bluemull Sound, fed from the east by waters of theNorwegian basin and finally theNorth Sea pressing up from among the isles through the narrow channel betweenYell andFetlar and feeding Colgrave Sound on the south side of Uyea Isle." Priest, Jack "Island at War" (1994)]The island was the home of Sir
Basil Neven-Spence , Member of Parliament (MP) for Orkney and Shetland from 1935 to 1950.Gallery
References
External links
* [http://www.rockstanza.info/northmavine/uyea "Brochs and photos from Shetland, UK"] Licenced under the
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