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St Olaf's Church, Unst

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of Lund, on the island of Unst in the Shetland Islands, UK. The roofless building is a single-chamber rectangular structure, measuring 14.5 m (48 ft) by 6.76 m (22.2 ft). The thickness of the walls range from 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in) to 1.37 m (4 ft 6 in).
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over one of the windows was created before the stone's current use in the church. The graveyard surrounding the church has expanded over the years and is still in use. It includes eight small
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Approximately 5.19 m (17.0 ft) of the eastern section of the building has been rebuilt. The fabric of the building is made of local rubble in
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A covered-up rectangular doorway at the west end of the south wall of the church can still be seen. The current entrance, an
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marking the grave of Segebad Detkin. A decorative carving of either a fish or serpent on a
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The ruins of St Olaf's church are located 0.5 km (0.31 mi) northwest of the
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Medieval church located on the island of Unst in Shetland, Scotland
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first listed the site as a scheduled monument in 1957.
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first listed the site as a scheduled monument in 1957.
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is a ruined medieval church located on the island of
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Canmore: National Record of the Historic Environment
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Unst
Shetland
Scotland
Historic Environment Scotland

hamlet
lime mortar
arched
gable
jambs
slab
lintel
stone crosses
Historic Environment Scotland
Eynhallow Church
St Magnus Church, Egilsay
St Oran's Chapel



"Unst, Lund, St Olaf's Chapel And Churchyard"


ISBN
978-1851583904
ISBN
978-0300096255
"St. Olaf's Church, church, enclosure and tombstones, 500m N of Wick"
60°42′56.1″N 0°57′49.3″W / 60.715583°N 0.963694°W / 60.715583; -0.963694

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