Scheduled Maintenance
Please be advised that this website will undergo scheduled maintenance on the following dates: •
Tuesday 3rd December 11:00-15:00
During these times, some services may be temporarily unavailable. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Bay Of Myre
Chapel (Medieval)
Site Name Bay Of Myre
Classification Chapel (Medieval)
Canmore ID 1974
Site Number HY30SW 6
NGR HY 3248 0400
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/1974
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Orphir
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY30SW 6 3248 0400.
A chapel at Bay of Myre is listed by the Commission but is derived from Clouston. (Also from Mr I Omand, Orakirk in the Orkney Herald, 29 August 1906).
RCAHMS 1946; J S Clouston 1918.
Mrs Craigie of Myre, Orphir, indicated where she had been told that there had once been a chapel, at HY 3248 0400, and added that the spot could not be ploughed because of the large amount of stone in the soil. The site, an amorphous grass-covered platform in a level pasture field close by the Bay of Myre, merges with the surrounding field on its S. and W. sides, but forms a distinct corner, 0.7m. high, at the NE. A scatter of large stones lies on and around the platform.
Visited by OS(RL) 10 May 1966.
Field Visit (1998)
A lumpy amorphous mound, up to 0.5m high, is located in one corner of a pasture field. It lies 5m from the coast edge, from which it is separated by a trackway. Up to 15% of the surface of the mound, on the east side has been damaged by cattle poaching. It is alleged that a chapel was once located in this area and that the mound may represent the remains of this structure. Previous recorders have noted the presence of stone in the area and report that, according to a local informant, the ground could not be ploughed on account of this stoniness. The area is now very overgrown and while there are no indications that the mound is of archaeological interest, survey and assessment would be required to determine the nature of remains which are present.
Moore and Wilson, 1998
Orkney Coastal Zone Assessment
