What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records St Kilda, Hirta, St Brianan's Church as Chapel (17th Century). 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 Brianan's Church on Hirta, part of the St Kilda archipelago, is associated with Saint Brianan, a 6th-century Irish monk believed to have been one of the early Christian missionaries to the Western Isles of Scotland. The site reflects the island's long-standing Christian tradition, though specific local cures or folklore linked to the church are not well documented.
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Places near here
Rubhal from the pier at Village Bay, St KildaHeritage place · 317 yd
St Kilda, Hirta, Clash Na BearnaichCleit (period Unassigned) · 436 yd
The Mistress StoneStanding or carved stone · 446 yd
GiasgeirIslet · 464 yd
RuabhalMountain / peak · 572 yd
Bàgh a' BhaileBay · 643 yd
Southernmost point of Hirta islandIsland · 652 yd
Beach on HirtaBeach · 886 yd
Cùl CleiteHeadland · 944 yd
St Kilda cemeteryChurch, cross or graveyard · 1110 yd
Through cave on DunCave · 1120 yd