What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Stronsay, St Margaret's Chapel as Chapel (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Linked to St Margaret, Queen of Scotland (d. 1093), the chapel is associated with early Christian worship and pilgrimage traditions in Orkney. Local tradition may connect it to healing practices or as a site of spiritual refuge, though specific cures or rituals are not well documented.
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Places near here
Stronsay, ClestrainCleared Slipway (period Unknown), Jetty (period Unknown) · 600 yd
Stronsay, John's HillCairn (later Prehistoric)(possible) · 1569 yd
Stronsay, Oyce of HuipArd (period Unknown) · 1.2 mi
Stronsay, Whitehall Village, PierPier (post Medieval) · 1.3 mi
Grice NessHeadland · 1.6 mi
Bay of BomastyBay · 2.8 mi
Holms of SpurnessIslet · 3.6 mi
Cemetery at Holland FarmChurch, cross or graveyard · 3.6 mi
Seals on the beachBeach · 3.7 mi
Burgh Hill, Stronsay's "summit"Mountain or hill · 4.1 mi
Chapel HillMountain / peak · 5.7 mi