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What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Wester Skeld as Chapel (medieval). 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.
Wester Skeld is associated with a medieval chapel and may have been linked to local Christian traditions or pilgrimage practices. No specific saint or cure is recorded, but such sites in Scotland often had connections to early Celtic Christianity or local folklore.
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Places near here
Wester SkeldStructure(s) (period Unassigned) · 450 yd
YahaarwellStanding Stone(s) (prehistoric) · 655 yd
Scarf WaterSheepfold (period Unassigned), Structure (period Unassigned) · 776 yd
Loch of WesterwickBuilding(s) (period Unassigned) · 1527 yd
Aa skerryIslet · 1.2 mi
Hestinsetter HillMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
Drongi FieldMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
Daa skerryIslet · 1.9 mi
Spray: Rea WickSloop (19th Century) · 2.1 mi
Garderhouse VoeBay · 3.1 mi
Sand VoeBay · 3.4 mi
Walls War MemorialMemorial · 4.9 miOther information
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