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Orkney Smr Note
Event ID 614213
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Orkney Smr Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/614213
Rebuilt 1781. [R1]
Rebuilt 1818. [R2]
Two graveslabs now at Graemeshall, in the private chapel in the house, were allegedly found in the floor and in the churchyard. That from the church is a sandstone cross-slab with interlace, that from the graveyard is small slab with triple sword motif. [R3, R6]
The parish church - was served by a reader in 1670. [R4]
Some C17th gravestones in the cemetery. [R5]
The church was taken over by the Army in 1939 and not used for worship since then.
Cf OR 77 (alternative site of early church).
OR 80 (prehistoric site under church).
OR 82 (bu of Papuli). OS card.
There is no evidence of a broch. The ring of stones, recorded above is at HY 5101 0065.
The corner of a dry stone building (with walling 1.0m thick) was found during grave digging by Mr Louttit of Woodstock, Holm, Orkney at HY 5105 0064 near the east end of the church. More dry stone walling, 0.8m thick was found in the same way at HY 5101 0064, with many animal bones , and some barrel shaped red clay beads, since lost.
A third dry-stone wall was found about 5 years ago by Mr A Tait of Nether Bow, Holm at HY 5101 0066. In this area he removed about 40 trailer loads of stones, including a red sand- stone block bearing about 6 cup marks, and many sea shells. These he dumped on the shore at HY 5088 0075, but there is now no trace of the cup-marked stone. The church was taken over by the Army in 1939 and has not been used as a church since then.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (NKB) 28 August 1964.
Information from Orkney SMR
Church visible on air photograph (OS 63/45/140, flown 1963).
(Undated) information in NMRS.
