St Oran’s Chapel

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St Oran’s Chapel is a small medieval stone church on the island of Iona in Scotland, renowned as one of the oldest surviving ecclesiastical buildings in the Hebrides and associated with early Christian monasticism.

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St Oran’s Chapel canonical 2
St Oran’s Graveyard 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chapel
ecclesiastical building
medieval church
stone building
access open to the public
adjacentTo Reilig Odhráin
architecturalStyle Romanesque
associatedWith Iona Abbey
Saint Columba
surface form: St Columba

early Christian monasticism
conservationStatus protected historic site
country Scotland
dateOfOrigin 12th century
dedicatedTo St Oran
era Middle Ages
hasFeature chancel
simple rectangular plan
small nave
stone slab roof
hasFunction chapel for the monastic community of Iona
hasLegend burial place of St Oran
hasNearbySite Iona Abbey
surface form: Iona Abbey church

Reilig Odhráin burial ground
surface form: Reilig Odhráin royal burial ground

St Martin’s Cross
heritageDesignation Category A listed building
scheduled monument
isPartOf Iona Abbey
surface form: Iona Abbey complex
knownFor being one of the oldest surviving ecclesiastical buildings in the Hebrides
medieval stone architecture
locatedIn Inner Hebrides
Iona
Scotland
United Kingdom
locatedInArchipelago Scottish Islands
surface form: Hebrides
locatedOnIsland Iona
material stone
operator Historic Environment Scotland
ownership Iona Cathedral Trust
partOf historic monastic landscape of Iona
region Argyll and Bute
religiousAffiliation Christianity
Church of Scotland
surroundedBy Reilig Odhráin burial ground
touristAttraction yes
usedFor Christian worship
pilgrimage
tourism

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Iona Abbey hasPart St Oran’s Chapel
Iona hasLandmark St Oran’s Chapel
Reilig Odhráin burial ground hasEnglishName St Oran’s Chapel
this entity surface form: St Oran’s Graveyard