What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Stronsay, Kirbuster as Chapel (medieval)(possible). 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.
Stronsay, Kirbuster is associated with Saint Butharic, a 7th-century Pictish saint linked to the founding of early Christian sites in Orkney. Traditionally, the site may have been a place of pilgrimage and healing, though specific cures or rituals connected to the well are not well documented.
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Places near here
Burgh Hill, Stronsay's "summit"Mountain or hill · 942 yd
Stronsay, CleatChapel (medieval)(possible), Settlement (later Prehistoric)(possible) · 1620 yd
Stronsay, Burgh HeadTreb Dyke (later Prehistoric)(possible) · 1675 yd
Former school, StronsayHeritage place · 1719 yd
Bay of HousebyBay · 1.4 mi
Cemetery at Holland FarmChurch, cross or graveyard · 1.8 mi
Stronsay, Sand of the CrookWall(s) (post Medieval) · 1.8 mi
Seals on the beachBeach · 2.2 mi
Grice NessHeadland · 3.0 mi
Holms of SpurnessIslet · 7.1 mi
Noust Geo beach rocks, ShapinsayBeach · 8.9 mi