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Isbister, St Mary's Kirk

Broch (iron Age)(possible), Chapel (medieval), Site (period Unassigned)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Isbister, St Mary's Kirk as Broch (iron Age)(possible), Chapel (medieval), Site (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
St Mary's Kirk at Isbister is traditionally associated with St Mary and may have been a site of early Christian worship, possibly evolving from an earlier Iron Age broch. Local tradition suggests the site held spiritual significance, though specific cures or rituals linked to it are not well documented.

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