St Oran’s Chapel (Orsay)

St Oran’s Chapel (Orsay) is a ruins in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. St Oran’s Chapel (Orsay) is situated nearby to the islet Sgeir nan Gall, as well as near the island Oversay.

Type: Ruins
Description: church in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Islay, Orsay Island, Chapel”, “Orsay Island,chapel”, and “St Columba’s Chapel”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Oversay and Orsay Lighthouse.

Oversay

Island

Photo: Ron Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Orsay is a small island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It lies a short distance off the west coast of the island of Islay and shelters the harbour of the village of Portnahaven. The Rinns of Islay lighthouse was built on Orsay in 1825 by Robert Stevenson.

Orsay Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Thomas Keetley, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Orsay Lighthouse is situated 890 feet south of St Oran’s Chapel (Orsay).

Eilean Mhic Coinnich

Island

Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Eilean Mhic Coinnich, also known as Mackenzie Island, is an uninhabited island of 17.3 hectares, lying off the southern end of the Rinns of Islay peninsula on the Inner Hebridean island of Islay, Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Port Wemyss and Portnahaven.

Port Wemyss

Village

Photo: C Michael Hogan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Port Wemyss is a village.

Portnahaven

Village

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Portnahaven is a village on Islay in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland. The village is within the parish of Kilchoman. It was founded by Walter Campbell of Shawfield after he purchased the Sunderland estate in 1788 and it was further developed in the 1820s by his son Captain Walter Campbell of Foreland and Sunderland.