What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Garvellachs, Eileach An Naoimh 3 and 4 as Cross Incised Stone(s) (early Medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Linked to Saint Kessog, these early medieval stones on the Garvellachs are associated with Christian monastic activity and may have been used as boundary markers or ritual objects. Local tradition suggests the area was a site of pilgrimage and spiritual significance in the early Scottish church.
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Places near here
Garvellachs, Eileach An NaoimhBurial Ground(s) (early Medieval), Chapel (11th Century) - (12th Century), Church (medieval), Cruck Framed Barn (18th Century) - (19th Century), Cultivation Remains (post Medieval), Farmstead (post Medieval), Holy Well (medieval)(possible), Leacht(s) (ea · 85 yd
Eileach an NaoimhIsland · 105 yd
Sgeir nam MaragIslet · 1.0 mi
GarvellachsGeneral View (21st Century) · 1.7 mi
Eilean Dubh BeagBuilding (period Unassigned) · 3.6 mi
Dùn a' GhaillMountain / peak · 3.8 mi
Creag an EasCliff · 4.0 mi
Port nan UrrachannBay · 4.0 mi
Scarba, Port Nan UrrachannShieling Hut(s) (post Medieval) · 4.1 mi
Cruach ScarbaMountain / peak · 4.6 mi
Uamh BhreacainCave · 6.3 mi
Atlantic Islands CentreMuseum · 6.4 mi