Monument record 1387 - ST MARY'S CHAPEL, EILEAN MHUIRE, SHIANT ISLANDS

NG49NW 1 4306 9860

There is a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary on "Island-More" (Eilean Mhuire) of the Shiant Isles.
M Martin 1934

The remains of this chapel situated at NG 4306 9860 consists of turf-covered wall-footings, indicating internal measurements of 4.8m E-W by 3.6m transversely. The well-built walls, apparently bonded with lime mortar, vary in thickness from 0.9m in the S and E and 1.1m in N to 1.3m in the W. The doorway which appears to have an inward splay, is at the W end of the S wall. There are traces of an enclosure wall to the W, probably the graveyard and about 10.0m to the SE there is what appears to be a later sheep-shelter. Name nor dedication not confirmed.
Visited by OS (N K B) 7 July 1969

desktop assessment
Barrowman 2005, 74

Martin Martin, 1695a, A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland c. 1695, 105 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5082.

Rachel Barrowman, 2005, Lewis Coastal Chapel-sites Survey 2004/5 (Unpublished document). SWE41095.