This rural chapel site survives as a nationally protected but sparsely documented element of the ecclesiastical landscape east of Port Ellen.
Quick facts
- Date
- Undated chapel remains; scheduled in 1963
- Architect / designer
- Builders unknown
- Type
- Scheduled chapel site
- Designation
- Scheduled monument (SM2333)
- OS grid reference
- NR 37368 45807
Architecture and continuing use
The current designation supplies a mapped point and monument type but no modern descriptive account of the surviving fabric. The record therefore does not invent wall dimensions, building phases or a dedication that the official entry does not establish.
Its story
Cill Tobar Lasrach was scheduled in 1963. HES updated supplementary information in 2017, but the current public designation remains an older brief record without bibliography or a statement of national importance.
Why it is included
Its inclusion makes the limits of surviving evidence visible while recognising that Port Ellen’s wider landscape contains protected chapel archaeology beyond the better documented Kilnaughton site.
What to notice
- The site’s relationship to surrounding ground and watercourses from a lawful route.
- Any visible change in vegetation or level without entering the monument.
- How its inland setting contrasts with Kilnaughton Bay.
Reading the surroundings
Do not cross fences, fields or the scheduled area without a confirmed right of access. Avoid livestock and uneven ground, and never disturb soil or stone.
Timeline
- 17 October 1963 Cill Tobar Lasrach chapel was scheduled.
- 24 August 2017 HES updated supplementary information for the designation.
- 2 September 2026 The public record still carried no descriptive text or bibliography.
What we know — and what remains uncertain
The designation confirms a chapel and its mapped location but supplies no description, bibliography or secure date. This account deliberately avoids borrowing details from similarly named sites.
Sources & further reading
- Historic Environment Scotland: Cill Tobar Lasrach Chapel, SM2333 — Current designation status, official mapped location, date, fabric and significance.
- Argyll and Bute Council: Historic Assets Topic Paper — Official wider historic-landscape context for Port Ellen and its conservation setting.
- Argyll and Bute Council: conservation areas — Current council context for historic-environment management; it does not establish public access.
- Trove search: Cill Tobar Lasrach chapel — National collection search for site records, surveys and archive material.
Location
OS grid reference NR 37368 45807 · Location confidence: High for the current national designation point; public text separately states access, component-identity and current-use uncertainty. · Select the marker to open its satellite view in Google Maps. On desktop, drag Pegman (the yellow figure) onto a blue road. On mobile, turn on the Street View layer and tap a blue road. Other photo markers may be user-contributed.
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