Monument record 323 - CLADH MHUIRE, BARVAS, LEWIS

NB35SE 7 3530 5173.

(NB 353 517) Cladh Mhuire (NR)
OS 6'map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1898)

'Church of St Mary in Barvas' - listed.
M Martin 1934.

No trace of the church can now be found, and the nearby burying ground, unenclosed, on a sandy hillock, contains neither tomb nor headstone. Name Book 1852.

The 'Church of St Mary the Virgin, by the shore at Barvas, is covered with drifted sand.'
RCAHMS 1928.

There is no trace of the church to be seen within the burial ground, enlarged, at NB 3530 5173. The burial ground is still used, and is known as 'Cladh Mhuire'.
Visited by OS (N K B) 20 June 1969.

The chapel is said to have been visible in 1884, following sand storms and movement, though no longer identifiable. Information from local informant.
MML 23 February 1999

There was no walkover survey of Teampall Mhuire as it was not located on the ground. It lies under the sand somewhere in Cladh Mhuire, Barvas.
Barrowman 2005, 30

Martin Martin, 1695a, A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland c. 1695, 27 (2nd ed., 1716) (Bibliographic reference). SWE5082.

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 10, No. 25 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.

J Hogg, 1981, Highland Tours: the Ettrick Shepherd's travels in the Scottish Highlands and Western Isles in 1802,, 113 (Bibliographic reference). SWE11883.

Name Book (County), 1998, Name Books of the Ordnance Survey, Book No. 8B, 35-6 (Unpublished document). SWE4254.

Rachel Barrowman, 2005, Lewis Coastal Chapel-sites Survey 2004/5 (Unpublished document).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