Old photograph of Holy Island, located in the Firth of Clyde off the west coast of central Scotland, inside Lamlash Bay, Isle of Arran, Scotland. The island has a long history as a sacred site, with a spring or holy well held to have healing properties, the hermit cave of 6th century monk St Molaise, and evidence of a 13th century monastery. An old Gaelic name for the island was Eilean MoLaise, Molaise's Island; this is the origin, via Elmolaise and Limolas, of " Lamlash ", the name of the village on Arran that faces Holy Island. Some runic writing is to be found on the roof of St Molaise's cave and a Viking fleet sheltered between Arran and Holy Isle before the Battle of Largs.
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