What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Applecross, St Maelrubha's Monastery as Cross Slab (early Medieval), Monastic Settlement (early Medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Early Medieval cross slabs at St Maelrubha's Monastery, Applecross, are associated with the spread of Christianity in the Scottish Highlands, likely dating to the 7th–9th centuries. They may have served as grave markers or preaching crosses, linked to the monastic foundation attributed to the Irish saint Maelrubha.
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Places near here
Applecross, Parish ChurchChurch (early 19th Century) - (20th Century) (1817) · 10 yd
Applecross, Parish Church, ChurchyardChurchyard (medieval), Cross Slab(s) (early Medieval) · 22 yd
Applecross Heritage CentreMuseum · 74 yd
Applecross, ChapelChapel (15th Century), Cross (early Medieval)(possible), Font (medieval)(possible), Pot (period Unassigned) · 76 yd
Applecross House, Walled GardenWalled Garden (period Unassigned) · 732 yd
Rubha Na GuailneCave (period Unassigned) · 1.4 mi
Beinn a' ChlachainMountain / peak · 2.1 mi
Poll CrèadhaBay · 3.0 mi
Eilean nan NaomhIslet · 3.0 mi
Ard-dhubhCave (period Unassigned) · 3.4 mi
Poll DomhainBay · 3.8 mi
Bealach na BàViewpoint · 4.2 mi