Kinn Church

Legend has it that the Kinna church was built on the rugged west side of the island because it was here that a group, belonging to the herd, that had escaped from Ireland together with St. Sunniva settled (see Selje monastery and the Sunniva legend ).

One of the boats that set out from Ireland in Sunniva's company drifted ashore at Kinn. Here, like in Selja, there is a stone cave in which the saints are said to have sought shelter. The cave is called Byrjehellaren , and here there is a sign of a building. In the mountain just above Kinna church lies Bornihellaren. Borni is said to have been Sunniva's sister.

The legend of Borni and the kinship with Sunniva probably made Kinn a pilgrimage destination in the Middle Ages. Kinn church is open during summer time .