Churches, abbeys and chapels
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Kilneuair Chapel

January 01, 2021
Is this the 'lost' chapel of St Columba, dreaming its hours and years away beside the waters of Loch Awe?
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St Conan’s Kirk

June 27, 2019
Nestling by the side of Loch Awe, this extraordinary church was the vision of 19th century architect Walter Douglas Campbell
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The island of Gigha

May 12, 2019
Memories of Viking longships haunt this tiny island of windswept sandy bays and cryptic stones
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Saddell Abbey – in the footsteps of Somerled

January 08, 2019
History? Gravestones? Mysterious phenomena? Appalling weather? Time to go squelching around another ancient ruin!
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The secrets of St Cormac

November 05, 2018
On Eilean Mor in the MacCormaig Isles I found a chapel, a cross, a hermit's cave... and an intriguing mystery
  • Churches, abbeys and chapels , History

Kilmartin church and graveyard

July 24, 2018
In March we braved the wet weather to inspect medieval carved stones in Kilmartin Glen...
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The old chapel of Kilvaree

June 24, 2018
These quiet ruins by Loch Craignish are linked to St Maelrubha of Applecross
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St Bride’s: a history worth saving

June 20, 2018
Plans are afoot to restore this lovely old McKinlay graveyard by the River Teith
  • Churches, abbeys and chapels , History

Kilbride Kirk, Lerags

July 04, 2017
In this mossy graveyard close to Loch Feochan, many generations of MacDougalls have been laid to rest
  • Churches, abbeys and chapels , History

Melrose Abbey

January 09, 2017
Scotland's first Cistercian monastery, Melrose still has an air of faded opulence
  • Churches, abbeys and chapels , History

Kilmorie Chapel by Loch Fyne

October 17, 2016
Carpeted with moss, this ancient burial ground of the Maclachlans could hold distant echoes of an early saint
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Tullibardine Chapel

September 01, 2016
The hopes, prayers and tragic losses of the Murray family are preserved in this wonderful old chapel in Perthshire
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Culross Abbey

July 29, 2016
High on the hillside above Culross Palace are the peaceful ruins of a very old monastery with links to St …
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Ardchattan: in the footsteps of St Baodan

March 25, 2016
Sometimes the most beautiful churches have the least to say: this is certainly true of Kilmodan, high above Loch …
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Rosslyn Chapel: catching the light

March 09, 2016
This extraordinary church was the vision of one man - William St Clair - and mystery seems to ooze out …
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St Moluag’s Cathedral on the Isle of Lismore

March 01, 2016
When it came to choosing an island for his monastery, the 'Apostle of the Picts' wasn't going to let Lismore …
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