St Mary’s Chapel

St Mary’s Chapel is a church in Western Isles, Scotland. St Mary’s Chapel is situated nearby to the cemetery Nunton Old Churchyard, as well as near Nunton New Graveyard.

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Type: Church
Description: church in Nunton, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Nunton Church”, “Nunton,St Mary’s Chapel (Cladh Mhuire),chapel,Benbecula”, and “Teampull Mhuire”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Benbecula Airport and Uist and Barra Hospital.

Benbecula Airport

Aerodrome

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Benbecula Airport is located on the island of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides, off the West Coast of Scotland. It is a small rural airport owned and maintained by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited. Benbecula Airport is situated 2 miles northeast of St Mary’s Chapel.

Uist and Barra Hospital

Hospital

Ospadal Uibhist agus Bharraigh is a community hospital in Benbecula which provides services on the islands of North Uist, South Uist and Benbecula in the Western Isles of Scotland. It is managed by NHS Western Isles. Uist and Barra Hospital is situated 1 mile north of St Mary’s Chapel.

Borve Castle

Castle

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Borve Castle, also known as Castle Wearie, and Caisteal Bhuirgh in Scottish Gaelic, is a ruined 14th-century tower house, located at the south-west of the island of Benbecula, in the Western Isles of Scotland. Borve Castle is situated 2 miles south of St Mary’s Chapel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nunton and Balivanich.

Nunton

Village

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Benbecula is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, with a population of 1300 in 2021. The name is a medieval mispronunciation: "pen" meaning flat land turned into "ben" for mountain, which it doesn't have.