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Lunnasting, Church of Scotland
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This little white kirk at Lunna, dedicated to St Margaret, is the oldest church on Shetland still in regular use, and is known as "The ancient kirk of Lunna" - though it actually only dates from 1753, which is not that ancient for a church, though it stands in the place of far older buildings.
This church was built by the fourth Hunter of Lunna - and the Hunter family mausoleum existed here before this building. It measures 34' x 17' and is mostly constructed of massive volcanic whinstone blocks from the locality with walls up to 3' thick.
Immediately to the north-west are the remains of Chapel Knowe, a possible monastery.
It is located at HU4861369082 (Lat/Lon 60.402713, -1.119532). You can see this on maps provided by:
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