North Uist, Balranald Church

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records North Uist, Balranald 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.

Balranald Church on North Uist is associated with Saint Ragnald (or Rónán), a 6th-century Irish monk and missionary linked to the spread of Christianity in the Western Isles. Traditionally, the site is connected to healing rituals and pilgrimages, with local folklore suggesting that the nearby well or sacred spring was believed to have curative properties, particularly for eye ailments.