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Islay, Callumkill

Chapel (period Unknown)(possible)
Islay, Callumkill
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Islay, Callumkill as Chapel (period Unknown)(possible). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Linked to St. Kilda (Columba's disciple), the site is associated with early Christian worship and may have been a small oratory connected to the spread of Christianity in the Hebrides. Local tradition sometimes connects such sites with healing waters or protective rituals, though specific folklore for Callumkill is not well documented.

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