Hall Of Tankerness, St Andrew's Burial-ground
Burial Ground (Medieval), Church (Medieval)
Site Name Hall Of Tankerness, St Andrew's Burial-ground
Classification Burial Ground (Medieval), Church (Medieval)
Canmore ID 2978
Site Number HY50NW 2
NGR HY 52327 08857
NGR Description Centred HY 52327 08857
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/2978
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish St Andrews And Deerness
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY50NW 2 centred 52327 08857
(HY5233 0886) Church (NAT) (site of)
OS 6" map, Orkney, 2nd ed., (1903).
See also:
HY50NW 43 HY 52330 08851 Baikie Mausoleum
(HY52330886) Church (NAT)
(site of) Graveyard (NAT).
(No symbol, but 'Graveyard' is printed where the symbol is shown on OS 6" map, Orkney 2nd ed.)
OS 25" map, Orkney, 1st ed., (1881).
'Midway between the house and steading, and surrounded by a stone wall, is the Parish Grave Yard, supposed to be of ancient date, but no authentic information can be obtained, as to whither it is an antiquity or not. In the grave-yard is the tomb or vault of the late Mr and Mrs Baikie, and on the north side of the tomb, where marked on trace, is the site of the old Parish Church'.
OS Name Book 1880.
No trace of the church was found at the OS siting on the north side of 'Baikies Tomb'.
Visited by OS (RD), 8 April 1964.
Orkney Smr Note (April 1979)
Midway between the house and steading and surrounded by a stone wall, is the Parish Grave Yard, supposed to be of ancient date, but no authentic information can be obtained as to whether it is an antiquity or not . . . on the N side of the (Baikie) tomb (OR 48) . . . is the site of the old Parish Church.[R1]
No trace of church to be found to N of Baikie Tomb.
OS visit April 1964
This Parish derives its name from the parish church,dedicated to St Andrew, which was located at the home of Erling of Tankerness, and his successors. This explains why, for centuries, the only place of worship was situated away from the centre of the parish at the Hall of Tankerness.[R2]
No trace.
Information from Orkney SMR (RGL) April 1979
