Sandwick, St Peter's Kirk, Churchyard

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sandwick, St Peter's Kirk, Churchyard as Churchyard (period Unassigned), War Memorial (20th Century). 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.

St Peter's Kirk in Sandwick is traditionally associated with St Peter, and its churchyard has long been a site of local reverence and burial practices. While specific cures or rituals linked to the site are not well documented, Orkney's Pictish and Norse heritage suggests possible early Christian and pre-Christian influences in its sacred use.