Oronsay, Inner Hebrides
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Oronsay is a small island south of Colonsay in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. It is linked to Colonsay by a tidal causeway consisting of mud flats.
The name originates from the Old Norse for Oran's Isle. St Oran was the founder of the island's monastery in 563.
The island is best known for its 14th century ruined Augustinian priory, probably on the same site as the original 563 building, and the Oronsay Cross, originally carved on Iona. It is one of several Hebridean islands that have furnished archaeologists with invaluable information about the Mesolithic period of prehistory, particularly about the diet of human beings.
| Islands of the Hebrides |
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| Inner Hebrides |
| Ascrib Islands | Canna | Cara | Coll | Colonsay | Crowlin Islands | Easdale | Eigg | Gigha | Iona | Islay | Jura | Kerrera | Lismore | Luing | Lunga | Oronsay | Muck | Mull | Rùm | Seil | Shuna | Skye | Soay | Staffa | Tiree |
| Outer Hebrides |
| Barra (Isles) | Benbecula | Harris and Lewis | North Uist | South Uist |
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