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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST MICHAEL'S CHAPEL (Ruins) | St Michael's Chapel (Ruins) | Mr Donald Stewart Admiralty Chart Capt Thomas R. N. |
045 | This name is applied to the ruins of an Ancient Chapel, situated on a prominent Knoll on the south east point of "Grimsay Island". "There is a tradition that St Michaels' Chapel was built by the same lady that built Trinity Church at Carinish, and that it was built for the use of strangers and fishermen coming to the port of Kallin." "Vide" Notices of Churches said to have been built in the Fourteenth Century" By F. W. L. Thomas capt. R. N. The north side and west end of this chapel stands about one storey high, which was probably its height when built, the other parts of it are nearly level to the ground. [A separate notation, which starts by almost exactly repeating the second sentence of the above reads as follows:] "There is a tradition that St Michael's Chapel was built by the same lady that built Trinity Church, Carinish, and that it was for the use of strangers and fishermen coming to the port of Kallin." (Martin (p 56. Western Islands) refers to this Chapel as the "Lowlanders Chappel", because seamen who die in the time of fishing are buried in that place". It will be seen that of the three churches ascribed to the Lady Annie, I am willing to suppose that she built St Michael's Chapel (before 1390), repaired and perhaps embellished Trinity Church, and rebuilt the side walls of the Church of St Columba, Benbecula. "Vide" Notices of Three Churches in N. [North] Uist Benbecula & Grimsay", by F. W. L. Thomas Capt R. N." |
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