View SW over the remains of Cladh an Disirt (Burial-place of the Hermitage) to Iona Abbey & the Sound of Iona with Mull beyond.

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View SW over the remains of Cladh an Disirt to Iona Abbey & the Sound of Iona with Mull beyond. Burial-place of the Hermitage consisted of a small; rectangular C12th chapel within a walled enclosure, the entrance to which consisted of two upright stones (one still standing) topped by a stone lintel. Disirt (or Diseart) comes from the Latin for 'a desert': disertum meaning a place of Christian retreat.

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Size: 4891px × 3609px
Location: Cladh an Disirt & Iona Abbey, Iona, Argyll, Scotland, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
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