Orphir, on Orkney's Mainland, is home to the remains of the only surviving circular mediaeval church in Scotland.
It was built in the first half of the 12th century and dedicated to St Nicholas. Although it's now quite ruinous, it stood mostly complete until the 18th century when the walls were torn down to use as building material for the new parish church.
1/22
2/22
3/22
4/22
5/22
6/22
7/22
8/22
9/22
10/22
11/22
12/22
13/22 Looking southwest
14/22 Looking south
15/22 Looking north
16/22 Looking southeast
17/22 Looking north
18/22 Looking east
19/22 Looking southwest
20/22 Looking west
21/22 Looking north
22/22 Looking northwest
Nearby Sites
8km Barnhouse Neolithic Settlement Neolithic Settlement
8km Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn
8km Maeshowe Chambered Cairn
8km Stones of Stenness Stone Circle
8km Watch Stone Standing Stone
9km Ring of Brodgar Stone Circle
9km Unstan Chambered Cairn Chambered Cairn
10km Rennibister Earth House Souterrain
10km Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn
11km Ring of Bookan Chambered Cairn; Henge
13km St Magnus Cathedral Cathedral
18km Skara Brae Neolithic Village Neolithic Settlement
(NB: All distances are as-the-crow-flies. Lochs, mountains and beautiful winding roads will make it further. Sometimes much further.)