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Pupils from King’s former school discover ‘1,000-year-old Viking church’ on uninhabited island
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A group of students from the school The King attended, have discovered the remains of what is thought to be a medieval Viking church on an uninhabited Scottish island. The remains of the church, including what is thought to be the foundation for its altar, were found beneath a more recent building on the island.
He said: “The only real hint about a church being on the island is a map reference to a ruin known locally as the ‘Twinly Kirk’. “Once I had identified the site, it first appeared that the remaining church walls were of a more recent building, as they have been added to over the years.
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- A group of students from the school The King attended, have discovered the remains of what is thought to be a medieval Viking church on an uninhabited Scottish island.
- The remains of the church, including what is thought to be the foundation for its altar, were found beneath a more recent building on the island.
- He said: “The only real hint about a church being on the island is a map reference to a ruin known locally as the ‘Twinly Kirk’.
- “Once I had identified the site, it first appeared that the remaining church walls were of a more recent building, as they have been added to over the years.
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- politicslink