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Abune-the-hill
Chapel (Medieval)
Site Name Abune-the-hill
Classification Chapel (Medieval)
Canmore ID 1773
Site Number HY22NE 2
NGR HY 2841 2845
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/1773
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Birsay And Harray
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY22NE 2 2841 2845.
(HY 2841 2845) Chapel (NR) (Site of)
O.S.6"map, Orkney, 2nd ed.,(1900).
'Site of ancient "Romish Church". It is not known whether there was a burial ground in connection. When this piece of ground was cultivated a great number of stones and rubbish was found but nothing to indicate there having existed a burial ground.'
Name Book 1880.
The site falls on a knoll in a pasture field. There is no trace of a chapel or burial ground, and no local information.
Visited by OS(NKB) 31 May 1967.
