St. Nicholas Kirk, Orphir, Orkney

3D Model

The Round Church of Orphir (St. Nicholas), twelfth century. According to Orkneyinga saga:

There was a great drinking hall in Orphir…and a glorious church stood before the hall.

[Þar í Ørfjǫru var drykkjuskáli mikill…ok stóð kirkja dýrlig fyrir skáladurum.]

Orkneyinga saga, ed. Finnbogi Guðmundson, 151.