South Ronaldsay, St Peter's Church

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records South Ronaldsay, St Peter's Church as Church (17th Century) (1642). 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.

St Peter's Church on South Ronaldsay is associated with the veneration of St Peter, and local tradition suggests that holy wells or sacred sites in the vicinity may have been linked to early Christian practices or pilgrimage. While specific cures or rituals are not well documented, such sites in Orkney often had connections to healing and seasonal festivals in pre-Reformation times.