Teampull na Trionaid On Visit To Carinish Island Of North Uist Outer Hebrides Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video, with Scottish music, of Teampull na Trionaid on visit to Carinish on the Island of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. Trinity Temple or Teampall na Trionad is the ruins of a 13th century Augustinian medieval nunnery and " college of learning ". It is written in the Red Book of Clanranald that the nunnery was founded by Bethóc, the Prioress of Iona Nunnery and the daughter of Somerled, the ancestor of the Chiefs of Clan MacDougall, the Lords of the Isles, Clan Donald, Clan MacRory, and Clan MacAlister. After probably being enlarged in the late 14th century by Amy MacRuari, divorcee of John, Lord of the Isles, it was again enlarged in the 16th century, and restored in the 19th century, after it was destroyed during the Scottish Reformation. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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