Oronsay Priory, interior. View of East end of interior of church.

Description Oronsay Priory, interior. View of East end of interior of church.

Date 1976

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number AG 7439

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 536316

Scope and Content Interior view of priory-church, 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. The church was probably built in the late 14th or early 15th century. In the late 15th century the window in the east gable was put in to replace an existing one. The pattern of arches which would have held the glass in place is known as Y-branch tracery. Beneath the window is the medieval altar, faced with blocks of sandstone. The altar-table, decorated with five incised equal-armed crosses, probably has been reassembled. The gable-wall was partially restored in the 19th century. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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