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St Kilda, Hirta, St Brianan's Church

Chapel (17th Century)

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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