View of SE side of chapel from SE Digital image of D 18035 CN

Description View of SE side of chapel from SE Digital image of D 18035 CN

Date 5/6/1997

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

Catalogue Number SC 794268

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 18035 CN

Scope and Content St Columba's Church, Aignish, Lewis, Western Isles, from south-east This is the south-east elevation of St Columba's Church, which was built in the 14th century, altered in the 16th and again in the 17th century. The rubble-built rectangle to the right is the oldest part. It is likely that the original walls were heightened by a metre during the alterations. The building to the left was added around 1500, and a round-headed internal doorway links the two buildings. To the far left is a burial enclosure with battlements, which probably dates to 1823. Lewis and Harris are both parts of the same island, collectively known as 'the Long Island', which is the most northerly in the Outer Hebrides. Together they are about 95km in length and around 32km at the widest point. Most of Lewis is quite low-lying, whereas Harris is mountainous. Aignish is situated near Stornoway on Lewis. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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