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North Uist, Aird A' Mhorain
Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Chapel (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name North Uist, Aird A' Mhorain
Classification Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Chapel (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Ardavoran, Aird A' Bhorain
Canmore ID 10326
Site Number NF87NW 16
NGR NF 8368 7874
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/10326
- Council Western Isles
- Parish North Uist
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
NF87NW 16 8368 7874.
(NF 8372 7874) Burial Ground (NAT)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)
There appears to have been a church or chapel at Ardavoran, where a cemetery remains. (OPS 1854) The old graveyard is still used, but there are no remains of any chapel. It was at Ard a'Bhorain that the Macleans of Boreray had their family burial-ground with two walled tombs, and to the north of these are many other graves, unenclosed.
E Beveridge 1911; Orig Paroch Scot 1854.
At the published site there are the scant remains of a possible building, oriented E to W, immediately east of the fence enclosing the burial ground.
Whether or not this is the site of a chapel cannot be ascertained.
Visited by OS (R D) 20 June 1965.
An oblique aerial photograph (CEU 1980) shows the remains of the two walled tombs, belonging to the MacLeans of Boreray, inside the enclosed burial-ground. The remains of the possible chapel building cannot be identified.
Information from RCAHMS (ALD) 3 June 2004
