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Rousay, 'st Colm's Kirk'

Chapel (medieval)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Rousay, 'st Colm's Kirk' as Chapel (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 Colm's Kirk on Rousay is traditionally associated with St Columba (or Colm), a 6th-century Irish monk and saint linked to the spread of Christianity in northern Britain and Scotland. The site may have been a place of pilgrimage and local veneration, with holy wells or associated rituals possibly connected to healing or spiritual renewal in the surrounding area.

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