Two stones & a slight mound in Applecross old churchyard, Wester Ross, mark the traditional burial place (Cloadh Maree) of St Maelrubha in AD722.
Two stones & a slight mound in Applecross churchyard mark the traditional burial place (Cloadh Maree) of St Maelrubha who established a monastery on the site in 673 & died aged 80 in 722. Mound lies S of a ruined C15th chapel, the church, built 1817, houses fragments of cross-slabs from the Early Christian community.
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Location: Cloadh Maree, Applecross Old Churchyard, Applecross, Wester Ross, Highland, Scotland, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
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