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Oronsay Priory. View from West showing East end wall of North range.

SC 536313

Description Oronsay Priory. View from West showing East end wall of North range.

Catalogue Number SC 536313

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of AG 11374

Scope and Content Prior's Chapel of Oronsay Priory, Oronsay, Argyll and Bute Oronsay Priory, a house of Augustinian canons, was founded in the second quarter of the 14th century by John I, Lord of the Isles. Unusually for Argyll, it was a medieval foundation on a site where there is no surviving previous Early Christian activity. This is the east end-wall of the north range which leads into the Prior's Chapel. There is a pointed arch, 2m wide, which is constructed of thin slab- voussoirs, or wedge-shaped stones. The archway has been partially blocked to form a lintelled doorway. Above the arch is a first-floor doorway with a drawbar slot which gave access to a partial loft or gallery over the west end of the chapel. The original intentions of the builders in this area are not clear, but the chapel was extended eastwards. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/536313

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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