What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Westray, Noup as Chapel (14th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Linked to Saint Mary, the site of the 14th-century chapel on Noup, Westray, is associated with early Christian worship in the Orkney Islands. Local tradition suggests the chapel may have been a place of pilgrimage, though specific cures or rituals connected to it are not well documented.
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Places near here
Natural Arch at the foot of North HillMountain or hill · 183 yd
Westray, Russa TaingBank (earthwork) (period Unassigned), Kelp Pit(s) (post Medieval) · 308 yd
Cattle below Couters HillMountain or hill · 488 yd
North HillMountain / peak · 1084 yd
Westray, NoupMound(s) (period Unassigned)(possible) · 1204 yd
Noltland CastleCropmark (period Unknown), Structure(s) (period Unassigned) · 1.3 mi
Beach at GrobustBeach · 1.3 mi
Grobust beachBeach / strand · 1.4 mi
Noup Head lighthouse - full enclosureHeritage place · 1.6 mi
PierowallNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.7 mi
Gallo HillMountain / peak · 1.7 mi
Preserved gravestone in Pierowall cemeteryChurch, cross or graveyard · 1.9 mi