Kirkness
Burial Ground (Medieval), Chapel (Medieval)
Site Name Kirkness
Classification Burial Ground (Medieval), Chapel (Medieval)
Canmore ID 1627
Site Number HY21NE 35
NGR HY 2800 1878
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/1627
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Sandwick
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY21NE 35 2800 1878.
(HY 2800 1878) Chapel & Burial Ground {NR} (site of)
O.S.6"map, Orkney, 2nd ed.,(1903).
The site of the chapel and burial ground is marked by a fenced square enclosure, almost a quarter acre in extent, in the middle of a cultivated field, about 240 yds NW of Kirkness farmhouse.
RCAHMS 1946.
There is no trace of a chapel or burial ground at the published site, which is on a low hillock. The fence has been removed and the area has been incorporated in a pasture field.
Visited by OS(RL) 15 May 1967.
Orkney Smr Note
Said to be where a place of worship was, the site still
retains a visible appearance of some large building. It is
supposed there was a burial ground attached. Site of Chapel and
Burial Ground. [R1]
Information from Orkney SMR [n.d.]
