What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Taransay, St Keith's Chapel as Chapel (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
St Keith's Chapel on Taransay is associated with St Kessog (or Keith), a 6th-century Pictish saint known for his ascetic life and miracles. Local tradition links the chapel to healing practices, and nearby holy wells may have been used in rituals for physical and spiritual cure.
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Places near here
Taransay, PaibleMan-made underground passage (prehistoric) · 209 yd
Paible, TaransayMound (period Unassigned) · 221 yd
Old Mill, Allt a'Mhuilinn, TaransayOld home or work place · 1.1 mi
Beinn na h-ÙidheMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
Old Mill, Allt na Muilne,TaransayOld home or work place · 1.1 mi
Corran RàBeach / strand · 1.2 mi
Surf Pounding the Rocks North of Horgabost BeachBeach · 1.3 mi
Loch na h-UidheBay · 1.4 mi
TarasaighIsland · 1.4 mi
Cave and Natural Arch, TaransayCave · 2.0 mi
RoaghBay · 2.1 mi
Cleit NiosaboistMountain / peak · 2.1 mi