What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sanday, Tres Ness, Kirk Banks as Chapel (medieval)(possible), Mound (prehistoric)(possible), Structure (prehistoric)(possible). 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.
Linked to a medieval chapel, the site may have been associated with local Christian worship, possibly connected to St Ninian’s broader sphere of influence in Orkney and northern Scotland. No specific saint or cure is recorded, but such sites often became focal points for healing traditions and seasonal rituals over time.
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Places near here
Sanday, Tresness HouseFarmstead (17th Century) - (19th Century) · 170 yd
Sanday, Tresness House, HorsemillHorse Engine House (period Unknown) · 195 yd
Sanday, TresnessMound (period Unassigned) · 302 yd
Cata SandsAnimal Burial(s) (19th Century), Artefact Scatter (neolithic), Building (neolithic), Hearth(s) (neolithic), Midden (neolithic), Pit(s) (period Unknown) · 1089 yd
Bay of NewarkBay · 1392 yd
Cata Sand Dunes and BeachBeach · 1476 yd
Sty WickBay · 1.1 mi
Cata SandBeach / strand · 1.3 mi
Sanday Heritage CentreMuseum · 1.7 mi
The CroftMuseum · 1.7 mi
Mid HolmIslet · 2.3 mi