Sanday, Stove
Chapel (18th Century)
Site Name Sanday, Stove
Classification Chapel (18th Century)
Canmore ID 3418
Site Number HY63NW 13
NGR HY 61104 35514
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/3418
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Cross And Burness
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY63NW 13 6110 3551.
(HY 6110 3551) Chapel (NR)
(Site of) (Nat)
OS 6" map, Orkney, 2nd ed., (1900).
This chapel is said to have been erected in 1714, possibly on the site of an earlier foundation. (J B Craven 1883). No remains are visible. (RCAHMS describe this site as unnoted on OS Map, but it seems unlikely that there should have been another chapel 'a little east of Stove farm-house')
J B Craven 1883; RCAHMS 1946, visited 1928.
No trace of the chapel; the site is occupied by henhouses and overlaid by a stone wall. According to Mr J D Mackay, Headmaster, Central School House, Sanday, it is supposed to have been a private chapel of the Sinclairs of Stove and possibly dated from the early 17thc. The dedication is not known.
Visited by OS (RL) 10 July 1970.
Orkney Smr Note (June 1979)
It was a handsome little gothic structure, with nave and chancel, and vaulted roof, supported on 14 pillars. [R1]
Episcopal chapel erected 1714 by James Fea. It was demolished and the site ploughed over c.1830. (The History of Episcopacy at Stove is copiously documented). [R2, R3]
May have been on site of an earlier foundation. No remains visible. [R4]
No trace; site occupied by henhouses and a stone wall. Mr Mackay, headmaster, Central School-house, Sanday, states it is supposed to have been a private chapel of the Sinclairs of Stove and possibly dated from the early C17th.
OS visit Jul 70.
Site occupied by big new steading. It is reported that many bones were turned up in digging the foundations for this.information K H S Foubister, Kettletoft.
Information from Orkney SMR (RGL) Jun 79
Note (1980)
Stove, Sanday HY 6110 3551 HY63NW 13
A large new steading occupies the site of the episcopal chapel built 1714, possibly on the site of an older church; it was obliterated c. 1830. It is locally reported that bones were turned up in making the foundations for the steading.
RCAHMS 1980
(Dennison 1880, 2; Craven 1912, 88-92; RCAHMS 1946, ii, p. 43, No. 181; OR 102)
Field Visit (1999)
The site of an Episcopal chapel (built 1714, demolished 1830) lies beneath modern buildings at Stove. This may have been built on the foundations of an earlier chapel. One local tradition suggests that it may have been a private chapel of the Sinclairs of Stove, dating to early 17th C. Bones are said to have been uncovered during the excavation of foundations in recent times. Ref.: Dennison, WT (1880) 'Orcadian Sketch-book', 2; Craven, JB (1883) ' The episcopal church in Orkney 1688-1882..', 115; RCAHMS (1946), #181; RCAHMS (1980), #188.
Coastal Zone Assessment Survey, 1999
