South Ronaldsay, Kirkhouse Point, St Peter's Churchyard
Burial Ground (Period Unassigned)
Site Name South Ronaldsay, Kirkhouse Point, St Peter's Churchyard
Classification Burial Ground (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 9600
Site Number ND49SE 23
NGR ND 4707 9084
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/9600
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish South Ronaldsay
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
Field Visit (August 1997)
St. Peter's Church (also known as North Kirk) was built in 1642 and renovated in 1801. It is a long, narrow building, harled on the exterior, with a belfry. It has round- headed windows inset (with dates) over the doorway on the seaward side. The graveyard contains several tombstones of mid-17th C date. A Pictish carved stone, now in NMAS, was once built into the window sill of the church.
Moore and Wilson, 1997
Coastal Zone Assessment Survey
Field Visit (24 April 2007)
We were commissioned to conduct an archaeological deskbased assessment and walkover survey of an area, prior to a private dwelling development. This work was undertaken on 24 April 2007. The area lies on Kirkhouse Point, immediately S of a grade A-listed church set in a burial ground (ND49SE 27,
ND49SE 23).
ND 47001 90828 Wall and midden in N end sand quarry
ND 47025 90814 Occupation layers and structures in S end
sand quarry
ND 47164 90920 Mound to NE of cemetery
ND 47127 90892 Wall E of cemetery
The survey noted previously unrecorded extensive and complex archaeology with structures visible in the sand dune W of the church and a low grass-covered mound and a short length of curving rubble wall in the E. In light of these findings the development plans were abandoned.
Reports deposited with Orkney SMR and RCAHMS.
Funder: Mr and Mrs Critchlow
J Robertson 2007
