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St Magnus churchyard

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St Magnus churchyard
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A named place photographed at this map point in Orkney Islands.
St Magnus Churchyard is associated with St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, Orkney, which was founded in the 12th century, likely between 1137 and 1153, by Olaf the Black, King of Mann and the North. The cathedral and its churchyard are dedicated to St Magnus, a 12th-century martyr and saint, and are significant as the largest and finest example of medieval church architecture in the Northern Isles.

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