Trinity Temple On Visit To Carinish Island Of North Uist Outer Hebrides Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video clip, with Scottish music, of Trinity Temple 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 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. The Battle of Carinish, which was fought between the warriors of Clan MacDonald of Sleat and Clan MacLeod of Dunvegan, took place near the ruins of the nunnery in 1601. The most famous 'graduate' of Teampull na Trionaid was the 14th century scholar and theologian known throughout Europe as Duns Scotus. A short distance away is Teampull Clann Mhic a' Phiocar, the burial ground of the Macvicar family who served the university so well. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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