
What is recorded here
Barra Parish Church stands in Castlebay, a nineteenth-century building on the western edge of Scotland. It is the kind of place where wind enters through every crack and prayer competes with the sound of the sea. People may have knelt there during storms, asking for nothing more than the return of a boat. The church still belongs to Barra, unchanged in its purpose even when the island disappears into fog.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Barra, Castlebay, Barra Parish Church as Church (19th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
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Places near here
Barra, CastlebayFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 127 yd
Ruined Church, CastlebayChurch, cross or graveyard · 134 yd
Castlebay from the Parapet of Kisimul CastleCastle, fort or tower · 501 yd
Boat to Kisimul CastleCastle, fort or tower · 528 yd
Bàgh BeagBay · 762 yd
Heaval Island of BarraIsland · 854 yd
Seat at the Barra War MemorialHeritage place · 1363 yd
Barra War Memorial - WWIHeritage place · 1378 yd
Rough hill ground east of CastlebayMountain or hill · 1581 yd
Beinn na MòineMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
HeabhalMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
Conifer PlantationForest · 1.3 miOther information
Photo: Hugh Venables · CC BY-SA 2.0