
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Tankerness, St Andrew's Kirk as Church (early 19th Century) (1801). 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.
St Andrew's Kirk in Tankerness is associated with St Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland, and may have been linked to early Christian traditions and local pilgrimages. While specific cures or folklore connected to the site are not well documented, such churches often served as focal points for religious observance and community rituals in rural Scottish parishes.
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Places near here
Sheila Fleet Jewellery and ResturantHeritage attraction · 6 yd
St Andrew's Church TankernessChurch, cross or graveyard · 79 yd
Mill SandNaust(s) (post Medieval) · 323 yd
Tankerness MillGrain Mill (19th Century) · 726 yd
Hall of TankernessGrave(s) (period Unknown) · 951 yd
Stem Howe Cemetery, War MemorialCemetery (post Medieval), War Memorial (first World War), War Memorial (second World War) · 1.1 mi
Control Tower at Kirkwall AirportCastle, fort or tower · 1.6 mi
Captain EE Fresson MemorialMemorial · 1.8 mi
JuniataWreck · 2.3 mi
Juniata: Point of Grimsetter, Inganess Bay, Orkney, North SeaTanker (20th Century)-(1939) · 2.3 mi
Inganess beachBeach / strand · 2.3 mi
Beach and Deer Sound from DeernessBeach · 2.4 miOther information
Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0