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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Graeme Murray

Village consumed by sand in just one night - with only the chapel remaining

A village was swamped by sand in just one night - with just one chapel now remaining.

St Mary’s Chapel dates back to at least 1220, and miraculously survived a historic storm that wiped out the surrounding settlement 500 years later.

The remnants of became part of a 'Historic Kirkyards' project in Aberdeenshire, Scotland in 2006.

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