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St Oran's chapel
St Oran's chapel — chapel building in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK.
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St Oran's chapel is a chapel in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1200. Built in the Romanesque architecture style. Heritage designation: part of a Scheduled Monument. Part of St Mary's Abbey, Iona, monastic settlement. Wikidata describes it as: "chapel building in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK". Coordinates: 56.3344°, -6.3928°.
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St Oran's Chapel (Odhráin/Orain/Odran) is a medieval chapel located on the island of Iona in the Inner Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. Built in the 12th century, the chapel was dedicated to St Oran. St Oran's Chapel was in ruins until it was restored at the same time as Iona Abbey. The chapel is protected as a part of the Iona monastic settlement scheduled monument.
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- Coordinates
- 56.3344, -6.3928
- District
- Argyll and Bute
- Postcode
- PA76 6SQ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
- Established
- 1200
Sources
- wikidata: Q211888 (CC0)
- wikipedia: St Oran's Chapel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: St. Oran's Chapel - geograph.org.uk - 742960.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is St Oran's chapel?
- St Oran's chapel is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.3344°, -6.3928°.
- When was St Oran's chapel built?
- St Oran's chapel dates to 1200 — the Norman & medieval period.
- Who founded St Oran's chapel?
- St Oran's chapel was founded by Somerled.
- Is St Oran's chapel a listed building?
- St Oran's chapel carries the heritage designation "part of a Scheduled Monument" — a protective status under UK heritage law.