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It is thought that the name comes from the Old Norse bygðey meaning "island of the building", which may refer to an old structure. In the southern part of the island, there are an old well, chapel and burial ground. There is a small prehistoric cairn in the north of the island. In the north are the remains of Norrabister, the island's "settlement". The Pribislaw, a 160-year-old German sailing vessel ran aground here in 1870. She had been one of many sailing boats that took German emigrants from Hamburg to Victoria, in Australia, around the middle of the 19th century. Moved to Lerwick, she was used as a store and workshop until the 1950s. In 2005 the remaining timbers were excavated and…