St Cathan's Chapel With Music On History Visit To Island Of Colonsay Inner Hebrides Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K short travel video clip, with Scottish music, of St Cathan's Chapel, Scottish Gaelic: Cill Chatan, on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to the east coast of the Island Of Colonsay, Inner Hebrides. The ruins, which date to the pre-Reformation period, perhaps to the 14th century, stand within a walled graveyard which is still used. The structure was built on the site of an even earlier chapel, no trace of which survives. A holy well, known as Tobar Chatten, English: Well of Cathan, is located nearby. It was dedicated to Cathan, an obscure saint once venerated across the western Scottish islands. Saint Cathan, also known as Catan, Cattan, etc., was a 6th century Irish monk revered as a saint in parts of the Scottish Hebrides. He appears in the Aberdeen Breviary, Walter Bower's Scotichronicon, and the Acta Sanctorum, and a number of place names in western Scotland are associated with him. He is said to have been one of the first Irish missionaries to come to the Isle of Bute, then part of the Irish kingdom of Dál Riata. Very little is known of him. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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