Chapel of St. Oran, Colonsay

The Chapel of St. Oran (Scottish Gaelic: Cill Oran), was a chapel dedicated to Saint Oran at Kiloran located on the Inner Hebridean island of Colonsay, Scotland. It was located at grid reference NR39489678.[1]

A chapel, potentially rebuilt was noticed at the site in 1695.[2] The ruins of the chapel were incorporated into Colonsay House which was built in 1722. A well, known as Tobar Oran (English: The well of St. Oran), is located 90 metres east of Colonsay House.

The chapel had a barn located nearby, which according to tradition was part of a monastic abbey, and was known as Sabhal Bàn (English: White Barn).[3]

Citations
  1. "Colonsay, Colonsay House". CANMORE. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
  2. Martin (1695)
  3. Byrne (1997), p.47.

References
  • Martin Martin: A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland, in A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland Circa 1695, edited by Donald J. Macleod, Edinburgh, Birlinn 1994, ISBN 1-874744-19-X.
  • Kevin Byrne (1997), Colkitto! A Celebration of Clan Donald of Colonsay 1570-1647 ISBN 1-899863-19-2

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