The Chapel of St. Oran ( gd, Cill Oran), was a chapel dedicated to Saint Oran at Kiloran located on the

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Colonsay Colonsay (; gd, Colbhasa; sco, Colonsay) is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, located north of Islay and south of Mull. The ancestral home of Clan Macfie and the Colonsay branch of Clan MacNeil, it is in the council area of Argyll ...

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. It was located at . A chapel, potentially rebuilt was noticed at the site in 1695. The ruins of the chapel were incorporated into

Colonsay House Colonsay House is a Georgian country house on the island of Colonsay, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. It is a Category B listed building, and is now in the ownership of the Barons Strathcona. The gardens are open to the public, and are listed o ...

which was built in 1722. A well, known as Tobar Oran ( en, The well of St. Oran), is located 90 metres east of Colonsay House. The chapel had a barn located nearby, which according to tradition was part of a monastic abbey, and was known as Sabhal Bàn ( en, White Barn).Byrne (1997), p.47.

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*Martin Martin: ''A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland, in A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland Circa 1695'', edited by Donald J. Macleod, Edinburgh, Birlinn 1994, . *Kevin Byrne (1997), ''Colkitto! A Celebration of Clan Donald of Colonsay 1570-1647'' Archaeological sites in the Southern Inner Hebrides Colonsay Churches in Argyll and Bute Former churches in Scotland {{Scotland-church-stub