Unst, Lund, St Olaf's Chapel And Churchyard (original) (raw)
Burial Ground (Medieval), Chapel (Medieval), Church (12th Century), Churchyard (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Digital Images
SC 1922395
General view from SE.
Papers of Dr Raymond G Lamb, archaeologist, Keith, Moray, Scotland
1971
© Courtesy of HES (Papers of Dr Raymond G Lamb, archaeologist, Keith, Moray, Scotland)
DP 418074
Shetland, Unst, Lund, St. Olaf's Chapel. Top half of inscription on memorial stone for Segebad Detken.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1930
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 418075
Shetland, Unst, Lund, St. Olaf's Chapel. Lower half of inscription on memorial stone for Segebad Detken.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1930
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 418073
Shetland, Unst, Lund, St. Olaf's Chapel. Inscription on memorial stone for Hinrik Segelcken.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1161156
Scanned ink drawing of cross-shaped stone at Lundawick, Unst.
Papers of Ian G Scott, archaeological illustrator, Edinburgh, Scotland
2/12/2000
© Copyright: HES, Copyright: HES (Ian G Scott Collection)
SC 1161157
Scanned ink drawing of cross-shaped stone at Lundawick, Unst.
Papers of Ian G Scott, archaeological illustrator, Edinburgh, Scotland
2/12/2000
© Copyright: HES, Copyright: HES (Ian G Scott Collection)
SC 1161159
Scanned ink drawing of cross-shaped stone at Lundawick, Unst (stone now lost - drawing from photograph).
Papers of Ian G Scott, archaeological illustrator, Edinburgh, Scotland
2/12/2000
© Copyright: HES, Copyright: HES (Ian G Scott Collection)
SC 1161160
Scanned ink drawing of cross-shaped stone at Lundawick, Unst (stone now lost - drawing from photograph).
Papers of Ian G Scott, archaeological illustrator, Edinburgh, Scotland
2/12/2000
© Copyright: HES, Copyright: HES (Ian G Scott Collection)
DP 082017
Oblique aerial view across the bay towards the Ness of Vinstrick, looking NE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
15/6/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1135114
Drawing of carved stones one with cross detail. Lundawick Unst, Framgord, and Fetlar.
Papers of Ian G Scott, archaeological illustrator, Edinburgh, Scotland
12/11/2008
© Copyright: HES (Ian G Scott Collection)
SC 1135144
Drawing of a carved stone showing the edge of a lintel. Lundawick Unst.
Papers of Ian G Scott, archaeological illustrator, Edinburgh, Scotland
11/2007
© Copyright: HES (Ian G Scott Collection)
DP 260501
Oblique aerial view.
Historic Environment Scotland
25/8/2017
© Copyright: HES
SC 2336011
Unst, Lund, St Olaf's Chapel And Churchyard, HP50SE 6, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England
c. 1958
© Crown Copyright: HES (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division)
SC 2336013
Unst, Lund, St Olaf's Chapel And Churchyard, HP50SE 6, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England
c. 1958
© Crown Copyright: HES (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division)
DP 418072
Shetland, Unst, Lund, St. Olaf's Chapel. Coat of arms on memorial stone for Hinrik Segelcken.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1930
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1161162
Scanned ink drawing of cross-shaped stone at Lundawick, Unst.
Papers of Ian G Scott, archaeological illustrator, Edinburgh, Scotland
2/12/2000
© Copyright: HES, Copyright: HES (Ian G Scott Collection)
SC 2336009
Unst, Lund, St Olaf's Chapel And Churchyard, HP50SE 6, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 1, Recto
Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England
c. 1958
© Crown Copyright: HES (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division)
SC 1161158
Scanned ink drawing of cross-shaped stone at Lundawick, Unst.
Papers of Ian G Scott, archaeological illustrator, Edinburgh, Scotland
2/12/2000
© Copyright: HES, Copyright: HES (Ian G Scott Collection)
SC 2336010
Unst, Lund, St Olaf's Chapel And Churchyard, HP50SE 6, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 2, Recto
Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England
c. 1958
© Crown Copyright: HES (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division)
SC 2681794
Shetland, Unst, Lund, St. Olaf's Chapel. Detail of inscription on memorial stone for Hinrik Segelcken and field notes by J. M. Corrie.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1930
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2681795
Shetland, Unst, Lund, St. Olaf's Chapel. Detail of inscription on memorial stone for Segebad Detken and field notes by J. M. Corrie.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1930
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 145659
General oblique aerial view of St Olafs Chapel, Lund, Unst, looking NE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
22/9/2012
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2336012
Unst, Lund, St Olaf's Chapel And Churchyard, HP50SE 6, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England
c. 1958
© Crown Copyright: HES (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division)
SC 1161155
Scanned ink drawing of cross-shaped stone at Lundawick, Unst.
Papers of Ian G Scott, archaeological illustrator, Edinburgh, Scotland
2/12/2000
© Copyright: HES, Copyright: HES (Ian G Scott Collection)
SC 1161161
Scanned ink drawing of cross-shaped stone at Lundawick, Unst (stone now lost - drawing from photograph).
Papers of Ian G Scott, archaeological illustrator, Edinburgh, Scotland
2/12/2000
© Copyright: HES, Copyright: HES (Ian G Scott Collection)
Collections
Administrative Areas
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Unst
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Lundawick 1 (St Olaf), Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.76m, W 0.14m
Stone type:
Place of discovery: HP 5669 0409
Present location: in the churchyard at Lund.
Evidence for discovery: recorded by RCAHMS in 1930.
Present condition: good.
Description
This irregularly shaped cruciform stone has short arms and a rounded upper arm.
Date: ninth to eleventh centuries.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1541; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 102.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Lundawick 2 (St Olaf), Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.84m, W 0.32m
Stone type:
Place of discovery: HP 5669 0409
Present location: in the churchyard at Lund.
Evidence for discovery: recorded by RCAHMS in 1930.
Present condition: good.
Description
This is a rare example of a cruciform stone with a small pecked cross between the two short side-arms. the upper arm is broad and rounded, while the shaft flares a little and then tapers to a rounded point.
Date: ninth to eleventh centuries.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1541; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 103.
Compiled By A Ritchie 2016
Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Lundawick 3 (St Olaf), Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.94m, W 0.53m
Stone type:
Place of discovery: HP 5669 0409
Present location: in the churchyard at Lund.
Evidence for discovery: recorded by RCAHMS in 1930.
Present condition: good.
Description
This cruciform stone has short squared side-arms, a flared upper arm and a round-footed shaft.
Date: ninth to eleventh centuries.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1541; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 104.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Lundawick 5 (St Olaf), Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.96m, W 0.32m
Stone type:
Place of discovery: HP 5669 0409
Present location: in the churchyard at Lund.
Evidence for discovery: recorded by RCAHMS in 1930.
Present condition: good.
Description
A long triangular slab has been carved into a cruciform stone by creating rounded notches above and below the side-arms, leaving short squared arms.
Date: ninth to eleventh centuries.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1541; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 106.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Lundawick 6 (St Olaf), Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.64m above ground, W 0.32m
Stone type:
Place of discovery: HP 5669 0409
Present location: in the churchyard at Lund.
Evidence for discovery: recorded by RCAHMS in 1930.
Present condition: good.
Description
This slab has been shaped into very short side-arms and a short flaring upper arm.
Date: ninth to eleventh centuries.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1541; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 107.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Lundawick 9 (St Olaf), Unst, Shetland, cross-slab
Measurements: H 1.24m, W 0.32m
Stone type:
Place of discovery: HP 5669 0409
Present location: in the Unst Heritage Centre at Baltasound.
Evidence for discovery:
Present condition: worn.
Description
On the upper part of one broad face of this slab is carved a cross in low false relief.
Date: ninth to eleventh centuries.
References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 124.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Lundawick 10 (St Olaf), Unst, Shetland, carved stone
Measurements: H 1.42m +, W 0.72m +
Stone type:
Place of discovery: HP 5669 0409
Present location: in the church at Lund, re-used as the lintel to a window in the north wall. Although the church dates back to the twelfth century, this window is thought to be a later insertion.
Evidence for discovery:
Present condition:
Description
Incised on this slab are two lines converging towards a diamond-shaped tip. This design perhaps resembles a club rather than either a fish or a serpent and is undatable.
Date: early medieval or later.
References: Gifford 1992, 496-7; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 130.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
Archaeology Notes
HP50SE 6 56693 04094
(HP 5668 0412) Church (NAT) (In Ruins).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900).
A roofless 12th century church, standing in its graveyard. It is oblong and single-chambered, and measures 47'5" (14.5m) by 22'2" (6.76m) over walls varying from 3'6" (1.1m) to 4'6" (1.37m) in thickness. The east portion has evidently been rebuilt upon the old foundation for a length of some 17' (5.19m). The fabric is in an extremely bad state of repair. The masonry, local rubble in lime mortar, is rough.
A built-up doorway can still be traced at the west end of the south wall, but the present entrance is in the west gable and is archaic in appearance, having inclined jambs - a Celtic, not a Romanesque, feature. To the south of the church are eight headstones in the form of rude stone crosses, and within the church are the tombs of two 16th century Bremen merchants.
RCAHMS 1946.
The ruin of an Established church dismantled about 1770. The graveyard is still in use.
Name Book 1878
The roofless shell of a church as described and planned by the RCAHMS. The graveyard, now enlarged, is still used and the headstones as illustrated are in situ.
Visited by OS (NKB) 5 May 1969
One of the window lintels has a fish (or serpent?) carved on it, which clearly pre-dates its use as a lintel stone.
Information contained in letter from V Turner, Shetland Amenity Trust, 14 September 1989.
Activities
Trial Trench (2006)
HP 566 040 A desk-based study and programme of trial trenching were carried out in response to a proposal to extend the existing cemetery at Lund. The site lies adjacent to the 12th-century church, dedicated to St Olaf, and an existing cemetery. Numerous sites of all periods are recorded within the wider hinterland. Trenching covered some 20% of the proposed extension area; localised but ill-defined deposits of an archaeological nature were noted. These consisted of ash-rich soils, a small amount of coarse pottery and some possibly worked quartz flakes.
Sponsor: Shetland Islands Council.
H Moore and G Wilson, 2006.
References
MyCanmore Image Contributions
MyCanmore Text Contributions