Our Lady of the Isles
Our Lady of the Isles ( Gaelic : Bana thighearna nan Eilean ) is a nine-meter-high statue of the Virgin Mary on the Scottish Hebridean island of South Uist . It stands secluded in the northern part of the island on the slopes of the Rueval near the A865 . From there it can be reached via an asphalt footpath. The statue was in the Scottish 2007 monument list in the category B added.
The sculpture was made from white granite by Hew Lorimer , son of the architect and designer Sir Robert Lorimer , between 1955 and 1957 . John Morrison, a local clergyman, commissioned the statue, which was funded by the islanders. On August 15, 1958, she was finally blessed by Bishop Kenneth Grant. The sculpture shows a standing Madonna holding the baby Jesus at shoulder height. The baby Jesus raises his right hand in blessing while the left rests on the crowned head of the Madonna. Both figures are dressed in suggested simple robes. The Madonna has the typical facial features of an islander and is one of Lorimer's most highly regarded works of art.
Facial features in detail
Isolated location of the statue
Walk to the statue
Web links
- Entry on Our Lady of the Isles in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
- Information from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Argyll - & - the-Isles (English)
- G. Wylie: The Hebrides , Collins, 1978. ISBN 0-004-11156-7 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland .
- ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Entry on Our Lady of the Isles in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
Coordinates: 57 ° 20 ′ 34 " N , 7 ° 21 ′ 39" W.