Monument record 866 - TEAMPUILL ORAIN, ORONSAY, VALLAY, NORTH UIST

NF77NE 11 7725 7712.

(NF 7725 7712) Teampull Orain (NR) (Remains of)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)

Near the west side of Oronsay are the foundations of a rectangular structure standing E and W, its walls nearly 4ft thick, built without lime, and the interior of which is 24ft by 17ft.
The dedication of this chapel is not known. Adjoining it, to the south, is what appears to be a semi-circular enclosure, and many large stones lie scattered at the west.
E Beveridge 1911; RCAHMS 1928.

The walls of this chapel are ruinous and rise only a little above ground-level. Much scattered stone lies about the site but no trace was found of a semicircular enclosure. One or two small sheilings lie to the north and west of the chapel.
Revised at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (W D J) 22 June 1965.

Erskine Beveridge, 1911, North Uist: its archaeology and topography, 297 (Bibliographic reference). SWE12876.

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 50, No. 166 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.

Centre for Field Archaeology, 2005, Coastal Zone Assessment Survey, North Uist (Bibliographic reference). SWE41070.