What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Papa Stronsay, St Nicholas' Chapel as Cellular Building (iron Age) - (pictish)(possible), Chapel (11th Century), Cross Slab (early Medieval), Long Cist (medieval), Unidentified Pottery (iron Age). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Papa Stronsay, St Nicholas' Chapel is a 11th-century chapel situated on an Iron Age cellular building, possibly of Pictish origin. Its significance lies in the rare combination of early Christian and prehistoric structures, reflecting long-term occupation and spiritual use of the site.
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Places near here
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Papa StronsayMan-made underground passage (prehistoric)(possible) · 405 yd
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Stronsay, Grice Ness, Cutter's TuoChambered Cairn (neolithic) · 831 yd
Grice NessHeadland · 1103 yd
StronsayIsland · 2.4 mi
Burgh Hill, Stronsay's "summit"Mountain or hill · 3.9 mi
Holms of SpurnessIslet · 4.4 mi
Cemetery at Holland FarmChurch, cross or graveyard · 4.4 mi
Seals on the beachBeach · 4.7 mi
Bay of HousebyBay · 4.8 mi
HowarNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 6.0 mi