Best of Scottish Islands
The 20 best historic churches in Scottish Islands
Our curated top 20 historic churches in Scottish Islands, ranked by quality rating, image richness and content depth. For the complete list of 143 historic churches see the full historic churches index for Scottish Islands.
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St Magnus Church (Egilsay)
St Magnus Church is a ruined medieval round-tower church located on the island of Egilsay, in Orkney, Scotland. The site is recognized as the place of execution of Saint Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Ork
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Eynhallow Church
Eynhallow Church is a ruined medieval church located on the uninhabited island of Eynhallow in Orkney, Scotland. The church dates back to the 12th-century and is thought to have originally been a mona
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Thurso, Wilson Lane, Old St Peter's Church And Burial-ground
Auld St Peter's Kirk is a ruined parish church on Wilson Lane, in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. Dedicated to Saint Peter, it dates to at least 1125, and at one time was the principal church for the cou
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St Peter's Parish Church and Church Rooms, Princes Street, Thurso
St Peter's and St Andrew's Church is located on Princes Street in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. The church was built to a design of William Burn in 1830–2, a simplified version of the Church of St John
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Reay Parish Church
Reay Parish Church is a Church of Scotland parish church serving Reay, Caithness. It is one of the most northerly communities on the Scottish mainland, located several miles to west of Thurso. The lar
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Round Kirk, Orphir
The remains of the Orphir Round Church (or Round Kirk), also St Nicholas's Church, are located in Orphir Parish on the Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It has been part of a scheduled monument since 2014.
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St Colmac's Church, Bute
St Colmac's Church is a ruined 19th-century church in St Colmac, north-east of Ettrick Bay, on the Isle of Bute, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Built in 1835, it is now a Category B listed structure, as a
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Glenelg Church
Glenelg Church is a Category B listed building in Glenelg, Highland, Scotland. Of Church of Scotland denomination, the church dates to the 18th century. It is within the presbytery of Clèir Eilean Ì,
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St Magnus' Church, Cleatfurrows, Birsay
St Magnus Church, Birsay is a 17th-century church located in the parish of Birsay on Mainland, Orkney in Scotland. Built in 1664 on the site of an earlier, 11th-century church, St Magnus was later exp
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St Columba's Church, Canna
St Columba's Church is a Category B listed building on the isle of Canna, in the Small Isles, Highland, Scotland.
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Scalasaig Parish Church, Scalasaig, Colonsay
Colonsay Parish Church is a Category B listed Church of Scotland parish church in Scalasaig, Colonsay.
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