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. http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/37846/details/colonsay+colonsay+house/. 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 187474419X.
• Kevin Byrne (1997), Colkitto! A Celebration of Clan Donald of Colonsay 1570-1647 ISBN 1899863192

Coordinates: 56°05′33″N 6°11′24″W / 56.09262°N 6.18996°W / 56.09262; -6.18996