Canna, Sgor nam Ban-Naomha, monastic settlement (possible). View from NE.
C 45356 CN
Description Canna, Sgor nam Ban-Naomha, monastic settlement (possible). View from NE.
Date 6/1994
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number C 45356 CN
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 537328
Scope and Content Monastic settlement at Sgor nam Ban-naomha, Canna, Inverness-shire Early monasteries in Britain were often sited in remote or inaccessible places. Sometimes, according to 'Lives of the Irish Saints', land with deserted hill-forts or cliff-castles was made available by native rulers for monastic founders to reuse. The remains of what may be a 7th-century monastic settlement exist at Sgor nam Ban-naomha (Cliff of the Holy Women). The site is very isolated, lying on a rock-platform below steep scree slopes and accessible by sea only in fine weather. It may have been inhabited by hermits, who were probably attached to a larger monastery on fertile ground about 3km to the west. The name 'Cliff of the Holy Women' is likely to relate to a later use of the buildings. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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