Old Photograph St Blanes Chapel Scotland

Old photograph of St Blane's Chapel on the southern tip of the Isle of Bute, Scotland. St Blane's Church and Monastery was built at an unknown date prior to 574. There is clear evidence of Christian burial there in the 6th and 7th centuries, also that the monastery became a cultural centre around that time. Its list of abbots extends to 790, when the Viking raids began. St Blane's Church, in use as the parish church of Kingarth until the early 18th century is a fine 12th century Romanesque building consisting of a nave and chancel.



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