Old Photograph Eynhallow Church Orkney Islands Scotland

Old photograph of the church on Eynhallow, a presently uninhabited island in Eynhallow Sound, between Rousay and mainland, Orkney Islands, Scotland. In 1841 the island had a population of 26. It has been uninhabited since the landowner cleared crofters away in 1851. The history of Eynhallow Church is mostly unknown. The church might have been part of a monastery, maybe of the Benedictine order. The church was built in the 12th century. A story is told of Olaf, son of Svein Asleifarson and ward of Kolbein Hruga; who was kidnapped from Eynhallow in 1155, who had been sent to Eynhallow to be educated by the monks.



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