Deerness, West Church

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Recorded parish

St Andrews and Deerness

What is recorded here

Deerness, West Church is a church in Orkney Islands, Scotland.

From the Historic Environment Scotland record 179980

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Photo credits

• Mark Crook, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Anne Burgess, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• J M Briscoe, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Maker not stated on source page, www.atlasobscura.com
• Bill Boaden, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Ian Balcombe, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• David Wyatt, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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