Shapinsay, St Salvador's Chapel
Whetstone
Site Name Shapinsay, St Salvador's Chapel
Classification Whetstone
Canmore ID 3080
Site Number HY51NW 23
NGR HY 5 1
NGR Description Unlocated
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Shapinsay
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY51NW 23 unlocated.
A fine grained greenish-coloured stone 2" long and 1 1/2" square on the sides, with a small hole pierced through one end, probably a touch stone was found near the ruins of St. Salvador's Chapel Shapinsay, (HY51NW 22).
It was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) by David Balfour of Balfour in 1862. (AL 20)
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1863; RCAHMS 1987
