Inch Kenneth
| Inch Kenneth | ||
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| Waters | Atlantic Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Inner Hebrides | |
| Geographical location | 56 ° 26 '40 " N , 6 ° 9' 25" W | |
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| length | 1.8 km | |
| width | 600 m | |
| surface | 55 ha | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Inch Kenneth is a small Scottish island. It is part of the Inner Hebrides archipelago and administratively belongs to the Council Area Argyll and Bute . Inch Kenneth is only separated from the west coast of the island of Mull by a strait a few hundred meters wide . The elongated island has a maximum length of 1.8 km and a width of no more than 600 m.
history
St Kenneth's Chapel , after which the island is named, was probably built on Inch Kenneth in the 13th century . It later became the main church of the Parish and was subordinate to the nunnery on Iona from the 16th century at the latest . The church was probably no longer used from the 1550s and fell into disrepair. Today the ruins are listed in the Scottish monument lists in the highest category A. In addition to the monastery complex on Iona , Inch Kenneth was one of the most important Christian centers in Scotland. The monks of Iona also used the island to grow grain.
Inch Kenneth was owned by Harold Boulton between 1859 and 1935 . She then came to the Mitford family . Unity Mitford , a confidante of Hitler and sister-in-law of the party leader of the right-wing British Union of Fascists , spent the last years of her life on Inch Kenneth after her failed suicide attempt in Munich. In 1961 there were still 17 people living on the island. Ten years later the population had dropped to two, and Inch Kenneth was abandoned during the decade.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Inchkenneth. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 4: (Har - Lib). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1885, pp. 286-287 .
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Entry on St Kenneth's Chapel in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Inch Kenneth. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .