What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Barra, North Bay, St Barr Roman Catholic Church as Church (early 20th Century) (1906). 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.
St Barr is a local saint associated with the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, and the church is named in his honour; traditions link him to early Christian activity in the region, though specific folklore or miracles connected to the site are not widely recorded.
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Places near here
Cut benchmark on St Barr Church, Northbay, BarraChurch, cross or graveyard · 8 yd
St Barrs' Church, North BayChurch, cross or graveyard · 11 yd
Barra, North BayBlackhouse (post Medieval) · 357 yd
Woodland on BarraForest or wood · 548 yd
Walkway through woodlandForest or wood · 689 yd
Buaile Nam BodachRoundhouse (prehistoric)(possible), Shieling (post Medieval)(possible) · 1008 yd
Clach Mhòr nan GleannanNamed rock · 1.0 mi
Very rough grazing above beach below Beinn EireabhalBeach · 1.0 mi_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1877330.jpg?width=1280)
Overgrown wall at Beinn Bhaslain by Barra Airport (the beach)Beach · 1.3 mi
Beinn BheireasaighMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
BarraighIsland · 1.5 mi
Control Tower, BarraCastle, fort or tower · 1.9 miOther information
Photo: Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0