. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. St. Columtas , lona Cathedral, (i^oth size. PKOCEEDIKGS. 151 SECTIOX , JUNE 2 0, 1899. THE ISLAND OF SANDA. The Island of Sanda, at the western entrance to tlie great estuary oftlie Clyde, lies about one and a half miles from the south-east end of thepeninsula of Kintyre (Cantire). Associated with it are several smallerislets and reefs, not very interesting. In the times of the Scandinavian irruptions, it had an importanceas the station of the galleys of the Norsemen during the contests for thepossession of Cantire
. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. St. Columtas , lona Cathedral, (i^oth size. PKOCEEDIKGS. 151 SECTIOX , JUNE 2 0, 1899. THE ISLAND OF SANDA. The Island of Sanda, at the western entrance to tlie great estuary oftlie Clyde, lies about one and a half miles from the south-east end of thepeninsula of Kintyre (Cantire). Associated with it are several smallerislets and reefs, not very interesting. In the times of the Scandinavian irruptions, it had an importanceas the station of the galleys of the Norsemen during the contests for thepossession of Cantire and the Clyde islands. Samoa Island. jcanf 7(ocH C/uninH>rv 5likt £.lbowFbint Bishop Eeevesi tells us the received name of the island is of Norseorigin, but the Irish name is Abhuinn, of which Aven, as it is known Vide an interesting memoir by the late Bishop _Eeeves in the Ulster Journalof Archceology, vol. ii., p. 217. 152 ROYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUAEIES OF IRELAND. among the Highlanders, is merely a variety. Fordun, in the fifteenthcentury, calls it Insula Awyn; and Dean Munro, at the close of thesixteenth, Avoyn ; while George Buchanan latinizes it Avona, which heinterprets portuosa, as if a deflexion of haven. The sand-stone,of which Sanda is composed, is elevated to the north, the dip heing tothe south. At its liilly end, it is about 300 feet high, while onsome of the shores it is broken into cliffs. A large natural arch inone of these cliffs forms a very picturesqueobject. The landing-place is at the pier, in a shinglybay on the nortli side of the island, from whichan ascending path leads directly across to theSh
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