
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records South Ronaldsay, Kirk Geo, St Colm's Chapel as Chapel (period Unassigned). 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 Chapel is associated with St Colm (also known as Columba of Terryglass), an Irish monk and missionary active in northern Britain during the 6th century. The site may have been a place of pilgrimage and prayer, reflecting the spread of early Christian monasticism in the Orkney Islands.
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Places near here
South Ronaldsay, Grim NessRadio Station (20th Century) · 917 yd
Lime BanksRuins · 1018 yd
South Ronaldsay, Sheep BightEnclosure (period Unassigned), Mound (period Unassigned) · 1087 yd
Margaret: Ayre of Cara, Water Sound, Scapa Flow, OrkneyCraft (19th Century) · 1.1 mi
Churchill Barrier No. 4, Burray to South RonaldsayCauseway (20th Century) · 1.2 mi
Manse BayBay · 1.4 mi
Newark BayVisitor information · 2.0 mi
Pool of ClettsBay · 2.2 mi
Vensilly HillMountain / peak · 2.3 mi
Fossil and Heritage Centre, shop and cafeHeritage attraction · 2.3 mi
South Ronaldsay War MemorialMemorial · 2.4 mi
Shingle beach northwest of St. Margaret's Hope, South RonaldsayBeach · 2.6 miOther information
Photo: Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0