Monument record 873 - TEAMPULL MHUIR, VALLAY, NORTH UIST

NF77NE 18 7858 7638 and 7857 7638.

There are two stone crosses on Vallay, each of them about seven feet high and a foot and half broad.
M Martin 1934.

There is an open burying-ground on Vallay, "in or near to which are two crosses, one of them in the burying-ground, the other forming a
door-way lintel in an out-house. (Muir's figure {T S Muir 1885} shows two apparently erect crosses although his text only suggests one).
T S Muir 1885.

No trace could be found of the two crosses described by M Martin (1934) "Although we are informed that one of the crosses was taken to Argyllshire within recent times. As a headstone, in the graveyard, stands part of a small rude cross, which however can hardly represent either of those in question "Although it seems to be the smaller cross shown by T S Muir (1885) The other shown by Muir is doubtless the cross reported as having been recently carried away.
The slab which, up to 1904, formed the lintel of the modern burial enclosure (NF 7858 7638 - see NF77NE 6) now stands against the wall of the enclosure and bears two simple incised crosses.
E Beveridge 1911.

The cross-slab measures 4ft 2ins in length, 1ft 10ins in breadth, and 4 1/2ins in thickness. The broken cross recorded by Muir (T S Muir 1885) may be a headstone in the graveyard, 2ft 4ins long and 9ins broad, only one arm and the greater part of the shaft remaining.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 1914.

The cross fragment now used as a headstone is situated at NF 7857 7638. The cross-slab with the two incised crosses lies recombent at the SW corner of the modern burial enclosure.
Visited by OS (W D J) 22 June 1965.

See also NF77NE 6.

The cross slab with the two incised crosses leans against the wall of the modern burial aisle. The broken cross used as a headstone is still in situ. The removed cross has been traced by Iain Fisher to St Margaret's RC church, Lochgilpead.
A levelled area, with traces of walls and small stones sticking through the turf, to the south of the modern burial aisle, is probably the site of the early church. Other structural remains, slight and much denuded, are also visible in the vicinity, though it is very difficult to make any sense of them.
MML 2.11.2000

Martin Martin, 1695a, A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland c. 1695, 67 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5082.

T S Muir, 1885, Ecclesiological notes on some of the Islands of Scotland, 47 fig., 47 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5959.

Erskine Beveridge, 1911, North Uist: its archaeology and topography, 29708 illust. (Bibliographic reference). SWE12876.

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 51, No. 167 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.