Official Name: | Burravoe |
Label Position: | left |
Country: | Scotland |
Static Image Name: | Burravoe.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | The harbour of Burravoe |
Os Grid Reference: | HU520798 |
Coordinates: | 60.499°N -1.054°W |
Post Town: | SHETLAND |
Postcode Area: | ZE |
Postcode District: | ZE2 |
Dial Code: | 01957 |
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.
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]