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There are the ruins of a small 14th century chapel at the south end of the island at An Teampuill.

The structure, probably a monk's cell, is enclosed by a wall within which is the island's only gravestone.

In the 16th century Rona became a refuge for pirates who made a base at Acarsaid Mòr, then known as Port nan Robaireann-" port of the robbers ".

Murray ( 1973 ) presumes that they confined their attacks to foreign vessels as they seem to have been tolerated by the local clan chiefs.

One such pirate chief is said to have been Calum Garbh MacLeod, son of a chief of Clan Macleod of Lewis who based himself at Brochel Castle on Raasay in 1518 and used Rona as raiding base.