Skaill House, Chapel
Chapel (Medieval)
Site Name Skaill House, Chapel
Classification Chapel (Medieval)
Canmore ID 1687
Site Number HY21NW 33
NGR HY 234 186
NGR Description HY c. 234 186
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/1687
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Sandwick
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY21NW 33 c. 234 186.
There is some insubstantial evidence to suggest that an early chapel stood at Skaill, either below the present parish church, as stated by Fraser (see HY21NW 26), or close to Skaill House, according to Clouston. A plan of 1772, in the British Library, shows at 'Skail' a rectangular enclosure with an unlabelled building, with a W tower, which could be a ruined church, though Dr Lamb suggests it may be another structure comparable with the Wirk on Rousay (HY33SE 17).
J S Clouston 1918; C D Morris 1985.
