Cill Chaluim-chille (Jura)

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Loch Tarbert

The place Chaluim-chille in Tarbert is a site near Loch Tarbert on the island of Jura in Argyll and Bute in Scotland . A menhir stands by the roadside, about 290 m northwest of the chapel Cill Chaluim Chille.

description

The menhir ( English standing stone ) is about 2.4 m high, 22 cm thick and 0.6 m wide at the bottom. ( Location ) The cuboid stone tapers at the top and has a sharp point. He stands on a slight elevation with a group of smaller stones around his foot.

The remains of a St. Columban's chapel lie on a plain about 130 m north of Tarbert Bay. ( Location ) The interior of the chapel ruin measures around 7.8 × 3.4 m. The walls, around 1.0 m thick, have been preserved on the inside up to a height of 0.9 m. In the south wall there was a 0.8 m wide door and the remains of an altar on the east wall.

About eight meters west of the ruins of the chapel there is a cross stone made of local green slate . It is 1.9 m high and measures 0.43 × 0.13 m at the base. Both sides bear recessed Latin crosses that are about 1.0 m high with a raised boss at the intersection of the arms . The entire area has been placed under protection.

Places of the same name with chapel ruins are on Islay and the uninhabited tidal island Eilean Chaluim Chille on the east side of the Isle of Lewis .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Entry on Cill Chaluim-chille  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  2. ↑ Entry on Cill Chaluim-chille  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btF2y5s8wV8 Video

literature

  • RCAHMS - The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland: Argyll. An inventory of the monuments. Volume 5: Islay, Jura, Colonsay and Oronsay. HMSO, Edinburgh 1984, ISBN 0-11-492345-0 .
  • E. Hardwicke Rideout: Standing Stones and other Antiquities in Jura. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 66, 1931, pp. 146-151.
  • Clive LN Ruggles (Ed.): Records in Stone. Papers in memory of Alexander Thom. Cambridge University Press, 1988, ISBN 0-521-33381-4 , p. 82.

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