North Ronaldsay, Bride's Kirk
Burial Ground (Medieval), Church (Early Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name North Ronaldsay, Bride's Kirk
Classification Burial Ground (Medieval), Church (Early Medieval)(Possible)
Canmore ID 3657
Site Number HY75SE 10
NGR HY 77198 52233
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/3657
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Cross And Burness
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY75SE 10 7720 5222
(HY 7720 5222) Bride's Kirk (NR)
(Site of) (NAT)
Burial Ground (NR)
OS 6" map, Orkney, 2nd ed., (1900).
Only very indistinct traces of a building and a few rough gravestones remain.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1928.
All that remains at the site of 'Bride's Kirk' is an area of disturbed ground with several rough headstones.
No trace of a building.
Visited by OS (RL) 21 July 1970.
Field Visit (July 1979)
Tulloch refers to this site as prehistoric. [R2]
A low shapeless mound containing one T-shaped alignment of
edge-slabs and one larger erect stone.
Information from Orkney SMR (RGL) Jul 79.
Note (1980)
Brides Kirk, North Ronaldsay HY 7720 5222 HY75SE 10
Low shapeless mound containing one T-shaped alignment of slabs on edge and one larger erect stone.
RCAHMS 1980
(RCAHMS 1946, ii, p. 52, No. 204; OR 192)
Field Visit (1999)
A slight, amorphous mound has several earthfast stones protruding from its surface. The placename may suggest an early church site. Ref.: RCAHMS (1946), #204; RCAHMS (1980), #194.
Moore & Wilson 1999.
Coastal Zone Assessment Survey, 1999
