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Taransay, St Taran's Chapel

Cross Slab (early Medieval)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Taransay, St Taran's Chapel as Cross Slab (early 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.
Probably dating to the early medieval period, the cross slab at St Taran's Chapel on Taransay may have been associated with a small Christian place of worship or burial site. It likely served a religious or commemorative function, possibly linked to the veneration of St Taran, a local or regional saint.

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