
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records North Uist, Carinish 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.
North Uist, Carinish Parish Church is associated with Saint Caran, a 6th-century Irish missionary linked to the spread of Christianity in the Western Isles. Local tradition holds that the church site may have stood on an earlier Celtic foundation, though specific folklore or healing traditions connected to the location are not well documented.
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Places near here
Free Church at CairinisChurch, cross or graveyard · 272 yd
North Uist, Carinish, Teampull Na TrionaidBurial Ground (medieval), Church (14th Century), House (16th Century) · 427 yd
North Uist, Teampull Na TrionaidUnidentified Pottery (iron Age) · 437 yd
The ruins of Trinity Temple (Teampull na Trianaid)Old home or work place · 443 yd
Eilean nan CàrnanIslet · 1.2 mi
Mini sometime island off Baile SearIsland · 1.2 mi
Beinn na CoilleMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
CraonabhalMountain / peak · 1.7 mi
Òban na CurraBay · 2.0 mi
Stony beach Baile SearBeach · 2.2 mi
'Busy' beach at Baile SearBeach · 2.3 miOther information
Photo: Hector Davie · CC BY-SA 2.0