A blog that backs a bi-monthly magazine covering all the islands of Scotland
Sunday 16 August 2015
Change of Use
The church on Nave Island, to the north of Islay, dates back to the 13th Century. However, the fragment of an arm of a cross could well have come from the 5th Century for this was probably an island with a long monastic tradition. By 1785 the building was in a ruined state and became converted to industrial use by a group of kelp-burners who constructed a furnace and chimney within its north-east corner.
Scottish Islands Explorer - occasionally used for fire-lighting
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