St Boniface’s Church

St Boniface's Church, Papa Westray is a historic church and graveyard located on the island of in , . The site of the church dates back to the Iron Age and was possibly used later as a Christian monastery.
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  • Type: Church
  • Description: Historic church on Papa Westray, in Orkney, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Papa Westray, St Boniface’s Church”, “St Boniface Kirk (Papa Westray)”, “St Boniface Kirk, Papa Westray”, and “St Boniface’s Church, Papa Westray”
  • Address: Orkney, KW17 2BU
  • Roof shape: gabled

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Papa Westray and Papa Westray Airport.

Photo: Kristel Jeuring, CC BY 2.0.
is one of the north of mainland Scotland - nearly the northernmost, but North Ronaldsay edges it by half a mile. measures 4 miles north-south and a mile across, and is more low-lying and fertile than nearby Westray.

Aerodrome
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is located 22 NM north of on , , . The facility is best known for being one of the two airports joined by the shortest scheduled flight in the world, a leg of Loganair's inter-island service, to .

Archaeological site
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The on the island of in , , is a Neolithic farmstead which may be the oldest preserved stone house in northern Europe. is situated 3,400 feet southwest of St Boniface’s Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pierowall.

Village
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is a village of in the Orkney Islands, off the coast of the northern . The village is the island's largest settlement and lies near its northern end, around Bay. is situated 4 miles southwest of St Boniface’s Church.

St Boniface’s Church

Latitude
59.35752° or 59° 21′ 27″ north
Longitude
-2.90197° or 2° 54′ 7″ west
Levels
1
Height
21 feet (6.5 metres)
Open location code
9CFV935X+26
Open­Street­Map ID
way 196209117
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­gabled
Wiki­data ID
Q15129924
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