[사진여행] Church of Rodel, Outer Hebrides

[鷗浦 순둥이]

Photo of The Day - NationalGeographic

January 10, 2012

Church of Rodel, Outer Hebrides

Photograph by Jim Richardson, National Geographic

This Month in Photo of the Day: Travel Photos

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The 15th century church of Rodel on the Isle of Lewis, built for the warlike chiefs of the MacLeods, towers over the sea lochs of Scotland's Outer Hebrides. Nothing in early modern Britain, from its cities to its remotest corners, was more political than religion. The church in every parish—nearly always the most imposing building—was as much a symbol of worldly control as a shrine to God.

작은 섬 루이스에 있는 15세기의 로델교회(St Clement's Church)는 스콧틀랜드 아우터 헤브리디스 제도의 좁다란 후미를 굽어보는 망루모양의 교회로,  매클라우드家의 호전적인 지배자들을 위해 세워졌다. 도시나 아주 먼 벽지를 통틀어, 초기 현대 영국에는 종교적이라기 보다 오히려 정치적인 이런 교회는 존재하지 않는다. 모든 지역 교구의 교회는- 거의 언제나 가장 눈에 띄는 건축물로서- 神의 성지로 속세를 지배하는 상징이나 마찬가지였다. ... tranlated by 순둥이

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▲교회 정문으로 이어지는 보도에서 촬영한 Saint Clement's church

St Clement's Church, Rodel

St Clement's Church (Scottish Gaelic: Tùr Chliamhainn, meaning Clement's Tower) is a fifteenth-century church in Rodel, Harris, Scotland, built for the Chiefs of the MacLeods of Harris. It is dedicated to Pope Clement I. It is sometimes known as Eaglais Roghadail or Rodal Church.

Architecture

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The church was built using local Lewisian gneiss rock. Its ground plan is cruciform and there is a tower at the west end, accessible through a door at the west end of the nave and a set of stone staircases and wooden ladders. The choir and the sanctuary with the high alter, which used to be separated by the nave by a wooden screen, are located at the opposite east end of the church. In the transepts leading off from the nave on both sides, there are additional chapels, the entrance door points nord and leads to nave. The architectural style is essentially that of 1520 to 1550.

▲ Alasdair Crotach의 벽부덤(wall tomb)

In 1528, Alasdair Crotach MacLeod, 8th Chief, prepared for himself a magnificent wall tomb on the south side of the choir - possibly the finest medieval wall tomb in Scotland, being crowned by an arch and ornated by carvings of biblical design. The 9th Chief, Alasadair or Alexander's son William, had his grave prepared in the south wall of the nave in 1539. In the south transept, there is a third grave probably belonging to John MacLeod of Minginish, the 10th Chief. There are five more grave slabs leaning against the wall of the north transept. The graveyard surrounding the church contains a number of MacLeod tombs.

History

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According to Dean Donald Munro in his 1549 work about the Western Isles, the church was built for the Chiefs of the MacLeods of Harris, who lived in Dunvegan Castle in Skye, probably from about 1520, and is not considered the first church on the site although there is no clear evidence of an older Celtic church. Munro described the church as a monastery, but as there is no evidence hinting to a monastic community, this expression‎ is believed to refer to a minister, and with it to an important parish church. It was a Catholic church before falling into disuse shortly after its completion around 1560 as a consequence of the reformation, but the churchyard continued to be used as a MacLeod burial site. The church's decayed roof was renewed in 1784 by Captain Alexander MacLeod of Berneray, but burned down shortly after and had to be rebuilt once again in 1787. In the 19th century it was used as a cow byre before being restored by Catherine Herbert Countess of Dunmore in 1873, and in 1913, the tower was rebuilt after being damaged by a lightning stroke six years earlier. Today, the church is under the care of Historic Scotland. A notable 17th-century poetess Mary Macleod (Mairi Nighean Alasdair Ruaidh) is said to be buried here.

▲ 헤리스 섬(Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides) 항구 근처에 있는 Rodel Hotel

Located near the harbour is Rodel Hotel. This was built in 1781 and was originally home to Alexander MacLeod of Dunvegan and Harris who owned the Isle of Harris at the time. It was refurbished in 2001.

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