Building record 1322 - 'TEAMPULL', BAILE, BERNERAY

NF98SW 3 9323 8151 and 9322 8153.

An old building at Risgary is locally called a 'Teampull', but was, in 1914, used as a byre. It bears a modern tablet which states in Latin, that this is the birthplace of Sir Norman Macleod of Bernaray (17th c.) The birthplace, however, is said to have been 20 yards N of the present building.
RCAHMS 1928.

The 'Teampull', in use as a byre, at NF 9323 8151, measures 8 x 5m x 2.8m high, and is constructed of roughly coursed masonry with small stone pinnings bonded with shell mortar. It has two slit windows in the S, one in the E and one in the N wall, all of which have been blocked up. On the N side there are three almost square apertures just below the eaves. The tablet mentioned by RCAHMS is above the entrance which is in the N wall. A modern drystone building has been built on to the W end of the 'Teampull' which now has a corrugated iron roof. It is apparently the oldest building on the island.
According to Mr McLeod, Sir Norman McLeod was, in fact, born in the drystone building to the N as stated by RCAHMS, and which is now also used as a byre.
Visited by OS (R D) 20 June 1965.

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 37, No. 114 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.