MHG5233 - Teampull Chaon
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- CHAPEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1058 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
See also:
NG61SW0076 Graveyard
NG61SW0002 Church, Holy Well
J Aitken: 17/12/02
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NG61SW 1 6183 1321 and 6171 1340.
(NG 6183 1321) Teampuill Chaon (NR) (NG 6171 1340) Tobar Chaon
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)
Teampuill Chaon or Teampull Chomhghain (Watson 1926), (St. Congan's or more correctly St. Comgan's Church {Forbes 1872}), situated 250 yards SSW of Ord farmhouse. The slight remains comprise the NE corner and the greater part of the N wall, built of stone and shell lime, measuring 2ft 6ins thick, remains to a height of 2ft 6ins at most above the foundation. The others walls are traceable only as grass-grown mounds and the church, which is rectangular and orientated almost E-W, seems to have been about 26ft in length and 18ft in breadth externally. A grass-covered hollow to the N is still called Laggan Teampuill.
A font was discovered many years ago in or near the church, but has since been removed out of the island.
Tobar Chaon, holy well ...... a fine strong spring which flows from the foot of a rock immediately below the farmhouse, a few yards above high-water mark. It lies about 300 yards NNW of the church.
A P Forbes 1872; W J Watson 1926; RCAHMS 1928; W D Simpson 1935.
Teampuill Chaon as described by RCAHMS. It is situated within a disused graveyard 22.0m N-S by about 20.0m transversely, which has been enclosed by a stone wall, traces of which survive on the N, E and S sides, incorporating, in places, outcrops of rock. (Note, a building on the foreshore is apparently shown in error as the Chapel).
Tobar Chaon, a small natural spring at the foot of a slope 60m W of Ord Hotel, beside a footpath to some cottages, is now piped into an iron cistern.
Visited by OS (A S P) 21 June 1961.
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SHG2204 Text/Publication/Volume: Forbes, A P. 1872. Kalendars of Scottish saints, with personal notices of those of Alba, Laudonia and Strathclyde. 310-11.
- --- SHG24430 Image/Photograph(s): Highland Council Archaeology Unit. HCAU Slide Collection Sheet 17. Colour slide. . Digital (scanned). 337.
- --- SHG2656 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1928. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Ninth report with inventory of monuments and constructions in the Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles. . 186, No. 598.
- --- SHG2798 Text/Publication/Volume: Simpson, W D. 1935. The Celtic church in Scotland: a study of its penetration lines and art relationships. 84-5.
- --- SHG2918 Text/Publication/Volume: Watson, W J. 1926. The history of the Celtic place-names of Scotland: being the Rhind lectures on archaeology (expanded) delivered in 1916. 281.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 6182 1321 (40m by 40m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG61SW |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Civil Parish | SLEAT |
Finds (1)
- FONT (Undated)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Investigations/Events (0)
External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/11564 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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