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Loch Tay, Priory Island

Barmkin (medieval), Crannog (period Unassigned)(possible), Priory (medieval)
Loch Tay, Priory Island
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Loch Tay, Priory Island as Barmkin (medieval), Crannog (period Unassigned)(possible), Priory (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Loch Tay, Priory Island is associated with the medieval Iona Abbey and later with the Augustinian Canons of Tighnabruaich, who established a priory on the island in the 12th century. The site has connections to early Christian monastic tradition in Scotland, though specific saints or cures linked to the location are not well documented.

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Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0