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Benbecula, Balivanich, Teampull Chaluim Chille

Building (post Medieval), Causeway (later Prehistoric) - (early Medieval), Church (medieval), Kiln Barn (post Medieval), Mound (later Prehistoric) - (early Medieval)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Benbecula, Balivanich, Teampull Chaluim Chille as Building (post Medieval), Causeway (later Prehistoric) - (early Medieval), Church (medieval), Kiln Barn (post Medieval), Mound (later Prehistoric) - (early Medieval). 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.
Teampull Chaluim Chille, located in Balivanich on Benbecula, is a medieval church traditionally associated with St Columba (Columbkille), a 6th-century Irish missionary and founder of Iona. The site reflects early Christian activity in the Western Isles and may have been a place of pilgrimage or local worship, linked to the spread of Christianity in Scotland.

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