Líkhús

About 100 m east of the Magnus Cathedral is a ruin of a smaller church building called Líkhús. Presumably this is the remains of a church, which in a written source from about 1420 is referred to as being under construction. The masonry is consistent with the information in the source and is supported by carbon 14 dating of skeletal parts found in the cemetery. According to the source, the church was to be dedicated to the Irish seafarer Saint Brendan. The width of the church is uncertain as most of the building has disappeared into the sea, but the building was 13 m long. Only the metre-thick north wall remains. The church stood in a cemetery that was surrounded by a dyke or fence of stone and earth.

Further reading

• Building style on the Faroe Islands
• Churches on the Faroe Islands
• Havnar Kirkja (Tórshavn Cathedral)
• Museums of cultural history and heritage on the Faroe Islands
• Religion and religious communities on the Faroe Islands
• The bishop’s palace complex
• The Magnus Cathedral
• The parish church in Kirkjubøur
• Tradition and tales on the Faroe Islands

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