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Tag: North Uist

  • Teampull na Trionaid

    A rainbow over Grimsay, North Uist. Outer Hebrides

    Grimsay

    View from my lovely modern cottage in Grimsay. I stayed here for a week and explored Grimsay, North Uist, Benbecula and Berneray.

    A rainbow over Grimsay, North Uist. Outer Hebrides

    I got spoiled by the most stunning rainbow on my first night in Grimsay.

    A rainbow over Grimsay, North Uist. Outer Hebrides

    Teampull na Trionaid

    Visiting Trinity Temple in North Uist, Outer Hebrides

    The next morning I drove over the causeway to get to North Uist – a bit of the usual traffic jam included.

    Visiting Trinity Temple in North Uist, Outer Hebrides

    My first stop of the day was to visit the Trinity Temple – Teampull na Trionaid. I parked my car at the temple parking spot and walked over the grass towards the temple.

    Visiting Trinity Temple in North Uist, Outer Hebrides

    Teampull na Trionaid, the Church of the Holy Trinity, was probably built around 1200 on the site of an earlier site, maybe a monastery.

    Visiting Trinity Temple in North Uist, Outer Hebrides

    The Book of Clan Ranald, written in the 1600s, says that Teampull na Trionaid was founded in the late 1100s by Bethag, daughter of Somerled. It was subsequently enlarged in the second half of the 1300s by Amy MacRuari, the first wife of John, Lord of the Isles, before being reconstructed in the 1500s. (Scotland Undiscovered)

    Visiting Trinity Temple in North Uist, Outer Hebrides

    After the Reformation, the church felt out of use and the building started to decline.

    There are references to Teampull na Trionaid having served as a monastery in its early life, and it is believed to have been an important centre of learning in the middle ages (and possibly until well beyond the Reformation). The early scholar John Duns Scotus, who lived from 1265 to 1308, is said to have briefly studied here. (Scotland Undiscovered)

    Visiting Trinity Temple in North Uist, Outer Hebrides

    Visiting Trinity Temple in North Uist, Outer Hebrides

    Visiting Trinity Temple in North Uist, Outer Hebrides

    Visiting Trinity Temple in North Uist, Outer Hebrides

    Visiting Trinity Temple in North Uist, Outer Hebrides

  • Benbecula

    First view of Benbecula and Cula Bay, Outer Hebrides

    I said goodbye to South Uist and headed North towards Grimsay, but I had to stop in Benbecula. First for the Co-Op but then also to visit my favourite distillery in Nunton. They were closed but I took the opportunity to explore the area a bit.

    First view of Benbecula and Cula Bay, Outer Hebrides

    Baile nan Cailleach – Nunton Chapel

    First view of Benbecula and Cula Bay, Outer Hebrides

    The remains of a small chapel from late Medieval, pre-Reformation, date. This early early Christian site on Benbecula is still in use.

    There was a monastic settlement here in the medieval period, believed locally to be a nunnery associated with Iona. The only remnant of the nunnery, if such it was, is the roofless chapel that now stands within the graveyard. (Britain Express)

    First view of Benbecula and Cula Bay, Outer Hebrides

    First view of Benbecula and Cula Bay, Outer Hebrides

    Cula Bay

    On the other side of the street, behind the dunes, is a stunning beach – one of many that I would discover in these days.

    First view of Benbecula and Cula Bay, Outer Hebrides

    First view of Benbecula and Cula Bay, Outer Hebrides

    First view of Benbecula and Cula Bay, Outer Hebrides