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Innis Draighnich
Monastery (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Innis Draighnich
Classification Monastery (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Canmore ID 23680
Site Number NN12SW 3
NGR NN 1080 2371
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/23680
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Glenorchy And Inishail (Argyll And Bute)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NN12SW 3 1080 2371.
(Area centred: NN 107 236) On a promontory of the mainland, immediately south of Innishail, was a small monastery but the monastic records were destroyed by Atholl raiders in 1685. The name of the promontory is Innis Draighnich - the island of the blackthorn-shrubbery.
(Not mentioned by D Easson 19577; Roy (1747-55) Map of Scotland, shows one building, named 'Inshdrenich').
S P Gordon 1935.
The only traces of building remains, apart from the existing houses, are at NN 1077 2368. Here the ground is uneven and there are fragmentary traces of walling. There is no indication of the origin or purpose of the remains.
Local enquiries were negative. The evidence for the existence of a monastery appears slight.
Visited by OS (E G) 19 April 1962.
NN 1080 2371. No change.
Visited by OS (R D) 4 November 1969.
