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Sanday, Buryan
Chapel (Medieval)
Site Name Sanday, Buryan
Classification Chapel (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Bight Of Lotheran
Canmore ID 3601
Site Number HY74SE 6
NGR HY 776 436
NGR Description HY c. 776 436
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/3601
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Lady
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY74SE 6 c. 776 436.
(Area: HY 776 436) A chapel and burial ground are said to have existed about 1/4 mile NE of Buryan, at the Bight of Lotheran, but no remains survive.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1928.
Not located.
Visited by OS (NKB) 12 July 1970.
Note (1980)
Suryan, Sanday HY c. 773 434 HY74SE 6&7
The location has been disputed, but this is probably the site.
RCAHMS 1980
(Marwick 1923a, 26; RCAHMS 1946, ii, p. 171, No. 464. OR 280)
Desk Based Assessment (1999)
This site has been identified in the past as a disused 'ancient' burial ground by local informants, although there was some dispute as to its actual location. There is now nothing to be seen and it has been speculated by previous surveyors that any remains in the area may more likely be associated with a nearby post-broch settlement. The site was not inspected on this occasion.
Coastal Zone Assessment Survey, 1999
