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Canna, Sgor nam Ban-Naomha, monastic settlement (possible). View from NE.

C 45358 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 45358 CN

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies G 83774 CS, SC 442881

Scope and Content The monastic enclosure at Sgorr nam Ban-naomha, Canna The stone-walled enclosure lies at the foot of the steep cliffs named Sgorr nam Ban-naomha - the cliff of the holy women - on a remote, rock-bound terrace on the south-west coast of Canna. The monastic enclosure lies at the foot of the steep scree slope below the cliffs. It is the best-preserved site of this type in the Hebrides. A survey of Canna and Sanday was undertaken by the Royal Commission to record all the archaeological sites and monuments and the landscape within which they lie. This landscape is published as RCAHMS Broadsheet 5. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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