South Ronaldsay, Stews, St Ninian's Chapel
Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Chapel (Period Unassigned)
Site Name South Ronaldsay, Stews, St Ninian's Chapel
Classification Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Chapel (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 9530
Site Number ND48NE 3
NGR ND 4656 8900
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/9530
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish South Ronaldsay
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
ND48NE 3 4656 8900
(ND 4656 8900) St Ninian's Chapel and Burial Ground (NR) (site of)
OS 6" map (1900)
Applies to the site of a Romish chapel situated immediately E of the standing stone (ND48NE 1) believed to have been established about the 14th century. Its foundations were removed about three years ago (c. 1876) when the land was cultivated. The outline of the burial ground is now unknown.
Name Book 1879
There are no obvious traces of the chapel or burial ground apart from a roughly rectangular and slightly raised area measuring 12.0m E-W and 6.0m N-S immediately adjacent to the standing stone which could be the site of the chapel.
Visited by OS (IMT) 4 May 1973.
