Monument record 1297 - ENSAY HOUSE, ENSAY

NF98NE 4 9805 8660.

(NF 9805 8660) Chapel (NR)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)

An undistinguished building, single-chambered, oblong on plan (23 x 12ft), built of random rubble in mortar. It was noticed by Martin (M Martin 1934) in the late 17th century, and was later used as a stable, but restored in 1910 as a private chapel. A stone basin (1ft 7ins x 1ft 5ins x 1ft 4ins) lies beside the entrance.
RCAHMS 1928; M Martin 1934.

This chapel, as described and planned by the Commission, was further restored between 1959 and 1961.
Visited by OS (N K B) 4 July 1965.

Martin Martin, 1695a, A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland c. 1695, 124 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5082.

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 37, No. 113 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.