St Moluag's Chapel

It is a roofless ruin of the 13th century: both gables and most of the south wall still stand to their full height, the north wall is broken down, and the walls are three feet thick. It was a church dependent on Lismore, the chief community of St Moluag, the Irish saint who worked in these islands in the time of Columba.

When Samuel Johnson came to Raasay in 1773 he found the chapel already unroofed and ruinous. The old sanctuary round it was once marked by eight standing stones or crosses, and some still stood then. Look inside for a tomb recess in the south wall and joist holes that show there was once a gallery at the west end. Beside the chapel stands the MacLeods of Raasay's own burial vault of the 19th century, with its stepped gables and crosses; the graveyard is still used by their descendants.