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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Places near here
Rousay, LangskaillBurnt Mound (prehistoric) · 382 yd
Saviskaill beach (Nousty Sand)Beach / strand · 617 yd
Loch of WasbisterRig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval) · 689 yd
Grassy cliff tops of Leeon on RousayCliff or headland · 768 yd
SaviskaillBuilding (period Unassigned)(possible) · 877 yd
The BurrianIslet · 1183 yd
WhitemeadowsFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1334 yd
Twelve hour tower on RousayCastle, fort or tower · 1.5 mi
James Leonard of Digro MemorialMemorial · 1.6 mi
Faraclett HeadHeadland · 2.5 mi
Blotchnie FioldMountain / peak · 2.7 mi