Archaeology Notes

Event ID 693182

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NR39SE 29 c. 372 934.

(NR 3717 9342) Site of Cille Bhride, St Bride's Chapel, whose oriented remains, measuring 38' (J de V Loder 1935) or 27' (S Grieve 1923) by 18', were traceable in 1880, surrounded by its graveyard. A number of uninscribed headstones were also extant. The site is now ploughed, the last traces of the chapel and graveyard having been removed in 1881, and the last remnant of the site is part of a cross-shaft which was removed to serve as a pillory (NR39SE 6) - the second used for such a purpose. Tradition says that this is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, of the Colonsay chapel sites - a tradition which the dedication would tend to confirm.

S Grieve 1923; J de V Loder 1935

The site is now under pasture. No further information.

Visited by OS (BS) 9 April 1974