Publication Account
Date 1996
Event ID 1016317
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1016317
This typical Romanesque chapel was built in the 12th century to serve the Christian Norse family whose hall or Bu is remembered in the name of the modern farm, the Bu of Wyre, and for whom Cubbie Roo's Castle (no. 36) was built. Although roofless, it is in good repair not only because it is in State care bur also because it was partially restored in the late 19th century by General Traill Burroughs of Trumland House on Rousay.
Consisting of a rectangular nave and a square chancel, both chancel and have a reentered through semicircular arches, and traces of the original plaster may be seen on the inside walls and, beneath modern hariing, on the exterior. A single window survives high in the south wall of the nave and another in the chancel.
Information from ‘Exploring Scotland’s Heritage: Orkney’, (1996).
