What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Nave Island as Cross (early 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.
Nave Island is associated with early medieval Christian tradition in Scotland, likely linked to a cross or pilgrimage site. While specific saints or cures are not recorded, such islands often held spiritual significance and may have been sites of monastic or hermitic activity.
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Places near here
Nave IslandBuilding(s) (medieval) - (post Medieval), Burial Ground (early Medieval) - (medieval), Chapel (medieval), Kelp Working Site (19th Century), Monastery (early Medieval)(possible) · 1 yd
Port na h-EaglaiseBay · 82 yd
Ardnave PointHeadland · 1128 yd
Tràigh nam FuaranBeach / strand · 1473 yd
Islay, Sgeir Na NighinnMidden (period Unassigned), Wall (period Unassigned) · 1629 yd
Eilean BeagIsland · 1.1 mi
Tràigh nan CisteachanBeach / strand · 1.4 mi
Islay, ArdnaveLazy Beds (post Medieval) · 1.6 mi
Islay, Ardnave HouseFarmhouse (18th Century) (1750) · 1.8 mi
KillinallanNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.7 mi
Islay, Eas LathanCave (period Unassigned) · 3.1 mi
Islay, Doodilmore RiverCave (period Unassigned), Structure(s) (period Unassigned) · 3.2 miOther information
Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0