Old Photograph Kilnave Chapel And Cross Islay Scotland

Old photograph of Kilnave Chapel and Cross, Isle of Islay, Scotland. This medieval chapel stands within a trapezoidal enclosure bounded by a wall of 19th century date, at the edge of a raised beach terrace close to the West shore of Loch Gruinart. The chapel is said to have been burnt by the MacDonalds when a party of MacLeans took refuge there after the battle of Traigh Ghruineard in 1598. This free standing ringless cross, probably of 5th century date, is carved from a thin slab of greenish Torridonian flagstone.



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