Breckness House and site of chapel

Graham was the last Bishop to build a house on Orkney. Historic Environment Scotland established the site as a scheduled monument in 1957. The monument consists of the 17th century estate and the remains of an earlier chapel and burial ground. A portion of this scheduled area covers a prehistoric settlement. The site of the chapel is visible in a small, elevated area south of Breckness House. East-west lying burials have been identified near the chapel. The broch which lies underneath the site has very little remaining of the original structure. In 2001, a stone was discovered near an old field wall, in an area near the house. The damaged stone contained a portion of a runic inscription,…

Breckness House is the ruined two-storey mansion built by the Bishop of Orkney, George Graham in 1633. It can be found on the southwest coast of Mainland, Orkney, about 3 km west of the town of Stromness. The house is a large L-shaped building and was built with rubble and clay. The remaining walls stand two storeys high. The house's central block measures 6.89 m by 12.67 m. A wing to the central structure extends 8.10 m north at the east end of the central building and is 7.28 m wide. There is an enclosure visible on the south of the house that was most likely a garden. The entrance to the house originally displayed a panel with the arms and crest of Bishop Graham and the date of 1633. The…