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Auskerry Chapel and settlement is a medieval religious and domestic site located on the island of Auskerry in Orkney, Scotland. The chapel represents a significant example of early Christian ecclesiastical provision in the Orkney Islands, reflecting the region's Christian development during the medieval period. The associated settlement remains indicate contemporary habitation patterns and the relationship between religious and secular occupation on the island. The site's remote location on Auskerry demonstrates the extent of medieval settlement distribution across Orkney's smaller islands.
Auskerry, chapel & settlement 590m NE of Auskerry Lighthouse is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13521. View the official record →
Auskerry Chapel and settlement is a medieval religious and domestic site located on the island of Auskerry in Orkney, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13521.
Auskerry, chapel & settlement 590m NE of Auskerry Lighthouse dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a chapel & settlement 590m ne of auskerry lighthouse. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Auskerry, chapel & settlement 590m NE of Auskerry Lighthouse is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM13521.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Auskerry, standing stone 160m NW of Chapel Geo (0.1 km), Auskerry, long cist 95m W of Whale Geo (0.3 km), Auskerry, settlement 315m ESE of Loch of Dinnapow (0.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Auskerry, chapel & settlement 590m NE of Auskerry Lighthouse's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Auskerry, chapel & settlement 590m NE of Auskerry Lighthouse stands on Middle Old Red Sandstone (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.