Islay, Orsay Island, St Oran's Chapel. Detail of Hugh McKay's Grave.
AG 7056
Description Islay, Orsay Island, St Oran's Chapel. Detail of Hugh McKay's Grave.
Date 1976
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number AG 7056
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 423560
Scope and Content Detail of Hugh MacKay's Grave at chapel on Orsay Island, Islay, Argyll and Bute The small islet of Orsay lies just south-west of the Rhinns peninsula of Islay, opposite the village of Portnahaven. The only buildings on the island are the lighthouse built in 1824-5, and the remains of a medieval chapel and burial-ground. Standing at the north of the island, the chapel is now incorporated within an oblong gable-ended building. The western portion is the original chapel, while the rest seems to have been added in the late 18th or early 19th century to create a storehouse. In the north-east corner of the burial-ground is a late medieval tomb, known as 'Hugh MacKay's Grave'. Closely resembling an Irish mortuary-house, this oblong chamber is composed of rubble with clay mortar and a slab-lintel roof covered with loose stones. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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