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Oronsay Priory. View from West showing East end wall of North range.
AG 11374
Description Oronsay Priory. View from West showing East end wall of North range.
Date 1977
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number AG 11374
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 536313
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.
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