Annat
Church (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Annat
Classification Church (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Annat Bay; Lochbroom; Talladh Na H' Annait
Canmore ID 12092
Site Number NH09NW 1
NGR NH 01 97
NGR Description NH c. 01 97
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12092
- Council Highland
- Parish Lochbroom
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH09NW 1 c. 01 97
At Annat Bay on Lochbroom there was the mother church of the district, established by St Donnan who was martyred in 617.
(See also religious centre at Kildonnan - NH09SE 1.)
A C M Mitford 1936.
Annait is a 9th to 10th c. term for a church-site of any kind abandoned during that period, and not subsequently re-used as the site of a focal church. The name 'Annat', (possibly indicating the site of the church) is published on the modern map at NH 019 972 (OS 6" map, 1969), but was actually applied to a house at NH 0185 9751 in 1875 (OS 6" map, 1st ed., 1875) , and a rocky point nearby was named 'Talladh na h' Annait' (Name Book 1875)
A MacDonald 1973.
