North Uist, Clachan Sanda, St Columba's Chapel
Burial Ground (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Chapel (Medieval)
Site Name North Uist, Clachan Sanda, St Columba's Chapel
Classification Burial Ground (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Chapel (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Druim Na Croise; Kilchalmkil
Canmore ID 10318
Site Number NF87NE 9
NGR NF 8732 7649
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/10318
- Council Western Isles
- Parish North Uist
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
NF87NE 9 8732 7649.
(NF 8732 7649) St Columba's Chapel (NR) (In Ruins)
OS 6" map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)
St Columba's Chapel is one of the two parish churches of North Uist mentioned by Munro in 1549 (OPS 1854). It is shown on Blaeu's map of 1654 as 'Kilchalmkil' and was in use until c.1794. (OSA 1794)
Indistinct traces of the S wall still remain much embedded in sand at the west side of its unenclosed burial-ground, which occupies the whole of a large mound.
Statistical Account (OSA) 1794; Orig Paroch Scot 1854; E Beveridge 1911.
There are no extant remains of St Columba's Chapel. The burial ground is now walled and still in use.
Visited by OS (N K B) 22 June 1965.
Field Visit (12 August 1914)
St Columba's Chapel (site of), Sand.
The site of St Columba's Chapel lies a few yards west of the modern burying ground known as Sand, about 400 yards from the sea-shore, at the northern end of Machair Robach, about 1 ¼ miles north of Trumisgarry Church. No remains are now visible. The ridge to the north bears the significant name of Druim na Croise.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 12 August 1914
OS map: North Uist xxxi.
