ST. John’s Kirk, Norwick, Unst .
This is in the north-east part of the island, on the south side of a bay. It is dedicated to St. John.
It consists of nave (Fig. 117), about 26 feet 6 inches and 13 feet 6 inches inside, and chancel about 16 feet by 8 feet 8 inches. The walls are 2 feet 4 inches thick. Only about 2 feet in height of the central portion remains, that is about 12 feet 6 inches of the east part of the nave, and about 10 feet of the west part of the chancel. The chancel arch was equal in width to the chancel. The doorway was probably in the west end.
In the churchyard are several crosses and coped coffins of rude construction. Some also at Sandwick, Unst. The nave equal in length
inside to double its width. Chancel equal inside to vesica piscis.
Plan by Mr. J. T. Irvine in 1863.
When Low visited it, it was nearly entire, and the altar remained.
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