Monument record 455 - TEAMPULL RONAIDH, LEWIS

NB56NW 2 5229 6542.

(NB 523 654) Teampull Ronaidh (NR) (Site of).
OS 6"map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1898)

The ruin of Teampull Ronaidh, listed as the Church of St Ronan by Martin (M Martin 1934) and locally believed to be much the oldest church in northern Lewis (W C Mackenzie 1919), is an irregular rectangular stony mound about 24ft long by 18ft broad and oriented almost ESE and WNW, on the summit of a slight elevation.
W C Mackenzie 1919; RCAHMS 1928, visited 13 July 1914; M Martin 1934.

Not visited in Lewis Coastal Chapel Sites Survey 2004-5.
Barrowman 2005, 8

Teampull Ronaidh, at NB 5229 6542, is generally as described by the Commission, although traces of the footings of the west end of the church can be seen.
Revised at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (R L) 16 June 1969.

'The monument...comprises the remains of a chapel called Teampull Ronaidh. The area to be scheduled is square with sides measuring a maximum of 20m, to be centred on the chapel.'
HS Scheduling Document 6 April 1992.

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

W C Mackenzie, 1919, The Book of the Lews: the story of a Hebridean Isle, 136 (Bibliographic reference). SWE12815.

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 2, No. 7 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.

Rachel Barrowman, 2005, Lewis Coastal Chapel-sites Survey 2004/5 (Unpublished document).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