church 185m NE of South Aittit

Heritage listing

Date Added 31/08/1953 Last Date Amended 03/12/2014 Type Ecclesiastical: church Local Authority Orkney Islands Parish Evie And Rendall NGR HY 42454 19754 Coordinates 342454, 1019754 — The monument comprises the remains of the former parish church of Rendall, built in 1732, and associated buried deposits. Earlier reports of a Norse hogback stone from the site suggest that this church may occupy the site of an earlier church. The upstanding 18th-century ruin comprises the E gable and part of the N wall, with the outline of the S and W walls traceable through the turf. The E gable is complete almost to wallhead height, standing approximately 3.7m high and up to 0.8m thick; a 2m stretch of the N wall adjoins the E gable. The church is built of squared rubble, coursed and clay-bonded. There are red sandstone quoins on the NE corner and patches of plaster survive on the internal walls. The church stands within an associated burial ground where earlier burials, grave-markers and structural remains are likely to survive. The monument is situated on the NE coast of mainland Orkney, just N of the Bay of Hinderayre and overlooking Wide Firth at around 5m above sea level. The monument was last scheduled in 1953, but the documentation did not meet modern standards: the present amendment rectifies this. The scheduled area is rectangular on plan to include the remains described above and an area around them within which evidence relating to the monument's construction, use and abandonment is expected to survive, as shown in red on the accompanying map. The scheduling specifically excludes all 19th-century and later burial plots and grave-markers and all burial lairs where rights of burial still exist.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.