Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Walls, former parish, Walls & Sandness (Shetland)
Grid reference
HU 239 496 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
423900 114960
Latitude
60.23055733551841
Longitude
-1.568463115256047
County
Shetland
Nearby places
St Paul's Church, Walls & Sandness (Shetl) (0.2 miles)
Walls and Sandness, modern parish (Shetland) (0.2 miles)
St Mary's Chapel, Sandsting (2.37 miles)
Columbus, settlement, Sandsting (Shetland) (3.17 miles)
Olas Voe (3.2 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR given for the 'chapel' on the shore of the Loch of Kirkigarth (a suggestive name) on the NW edge of the township of Walls. NMRS records 'the site of an ancient chapel and burial ground'. No trace remains, though a local tradition survives concerning its location here.
Relationships with other parishes
Parish details
Walls part of Walls & Sandness WAS
Parish TLA
WSX
Medieval diocese
Orkney
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Walls
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Walls
Place
Walls, former parish, Walls & Sandness (Shetland)
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No