What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Kirkwall, St Magnus Cathedral as Sheela Na Gig (medieval). 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 Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall is dedicated to St Magnus, a 12th-century Norwegian saint and martyr, traditionally believed to have been killed by Norse earls in Orkney. The cathedral, founded in 1137, is linked to local traditions of pilgrimage and healing, and the presence of a Sheela na Gig carving may reflect medieval associations with fertility and sacred wells in the region.
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Places near here
Kirkwall, St Magnus Cathedral, War MemorialsWar Memorial(s) (20th Century) · 14 yd
Kirkwall, Broad Street, St Magnus CathedralCathedral (12th Century) · 21 yd
Kirkwall and St. Ola War MemorialMemorial · 47 yd
Kirkwall Town HallHeritage place · 53 yd
St Magnus churchyardChurch, cross or graveyard · 56 yd
Bishop's PalaceHeritage attraction · 68 yd
Town HallMuseum · 80 yd
Kirkwall, Tankerness HouseNo Class (event) (20th Century) · 109 yd
Kirkwall Tourist InformationVisitor information · 228 yd
Grain Earth HouseVisitor information · 1201 yd
Orkney, KirkwallNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1307 yd
RNAS Hatston MemorialMemorial · 1.1 miOther information
Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0