What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sanday, 'st Mary's Chapel' as Chapel (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
St Mary's Chapel on Sanday is associated with the veneration of the Virgin Mary, a common feature of many early Christian sites in the Orkney Islands. While specific cures or rituals linked to the chapel are not well documented, such chapels often became focal points for local pilgrimage and healing traditions.
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Places near here
Sanday, NewarkTownship (post Medieval) · 616 yd
Sanday, Long Taing of NewarkFish Trap (post Medieval)(possible) · 795 yd
Sanday, Butter KnoweBurnt Mound (prehistoric) · 1624 yd
Cata SandBeach / strand · 1.1 mi
Traditional house on SandayOld home or work place · 1.2 mi
Cata Sand Dunes and BeachBeach · 1.5 mi
Bay of NewarkBay · 1.6 mi
Mid HolmIslet · 1.9 mi
Sanday Heritage CentreMuseum · 2.0 mi
The CroftMuseum · 2.1 mi
Sty WickBay · 3.0 mi