Kirkhouse, South Ronaldsay, is one of our regular places to visit and walk – either along the Bay
Or in the Kirkyard
We’ve never managed to be there when the Kirk was open but our neighbour, Steve, recently visited the church and sent us some photos of the interior which made us very keen to be able to go inside one day – I can almost feel and smell the wood and the polish.
I thought it had the air of being a very old church, so I looked it up in the ever-reliable Canmore
https://canmore.org.uk/site/9600/south-ronaldsay-kirkhouse-point-st-peters-churchyard
It’s looking so good, thanks to members of the local community working in partnership with a national charity
A similar situation to St. Peter’s, Bay of Skaill – as mentioned in the above article – and also St. Magnus Church, Birsay and St. Ninian’s, Deerness, both of which I wrote of previously here
Thank goodness for volunteers – much history and heritage would be lost without their dedicated work.
NB
Friends of St. Peter’s Kirk are currently holding a raffle with lots of very good prizes. We got our raffle tickets at Sheila Fleet’s shop in Kirkwall. They’re also available at Sheila Fleet’s Gallery & Café…..
The draw will be held on Friday the 1st of November – so there’s plenty of time to get tickets!