Quendale

Quendale is a settlement and coastal district in the southwest area of Dunrossness in Shetland.

[2] In 1588, the Captain and crew of the shipwrecked Spanish Armada ship El Gran Grifón were landed in Quendale after having been rescued off the rocks of Stroms Hellier.

[5][6] Cross Kirk, is a formed ruined church site and burial ground located just north of Quendale beach beside the Eel burn.

[9] There is an abandoned farmstead to the north-west of the current farm named East Nifland (beside the valley), comprising several unroofed buildings and a former kiln.

[13] It was restored to working order in the 20th century and became a museum with financial assistance from the Shetland Amenity Trust.