Lismore has attracted people over the centuries, but archaeologists have recently found proof, backed by radiocarbon dating, of burials back in the 7th and 10th Centuries. A tradition maintains that St Moulag founded a monastery there in 562, a year ahead of St Columba doing similar on Iona. A report in The Press and Journal gives full details of the finds.
Scottish Islands Explorer - copies are dated
Digital Edition: does not require radiocarbon
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