The ecclesiastical architecture of Scotland from the earliest Christian times to the seventeenth century (1896)
MacGibbon, David · Edinburgh, D. Douglas · leaf 152
begin- ning of the twelfth century. When we contrast it with the Kirkwall Cathedral, begun in 1137, we are forced to give an earlier date .than that to Egilsey. This opinion is corroborated by the churches at Orphir and the Brough of Birsa. The islands were conquered by the Norsemen in 876, and… … Fin. 102.— Church on E^ilspj-. South Elevation. before mentioned, is evidence that there was a church of distinction in Egilsey when they arrived. Neale* supposes that the church to which St. Magnus fled was on the east side of the island ; supposing Haco to have come from Birsay by the north of…
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