. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Church of St. Carmaig, Eilean M6r. East elevation. an aperture at one side (see plan of chancel, p. 302). In the southernside there is an arched recess in the thickness of the wall, containingthe mutilated effigy of an ecclesiastic. The chancel roof is vaulted,and over the vault is a small chamber with a square-headed aperture onits west gable : the nave is roofless. 304 KOYAL SOCIiriT OF ANTIQaARIES OF IRELAND. South-east of the church Is a small ruined structure, 9 feet 6 inchesin length, known as the tomh of St. Carmaig. At the west
. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Church of St. Carmaig, Eilean M6r. East elevation. an aperture at one side (see plan of chancel, p. 302). In the southernside there is an arched recess in the thickness of the wall, containingthe mutilated effigy of an ecclesiastic. The chancel roof is vaulted,and over the vault is a small chamber with a square-headed aperture onits west gable : the nave is roofless. 304 KOYAL SOCIiriT OF ANTIQaARIES OF IRELAND. South-east of the church Is a small ruined structure, 9 feet 6 inchesin length, known as the tomh of St. Carmaig. At the west end of the church is a cross about 6 feet in height, f onthe east face of which are some carvings, representing a horseman,?anda nondescript animal, resembling an elephant; and on the highest pointof the island is the stump of another sculptured cross. Church of St. Carmaig, Eilean Mor. Chancel-arch, from Nave. At the south-eastern part of the island there is a small rooflessbuilding, internally 11 feet square, said to be the cell erected bySt. Carmaig when he first landed on the island. PROCEEDINGS. 305 GiGHA Island. The visit to this island was made on the recommendation of PrincipalRhys, ,^o». Fellow, Avho was anxious to have the reputed Ogam-stonecarefully examined. The island is about six miles long by about oneand a-half miles broad, and is four miles distant from the mainland ofthe Kintyre coast. Gigha belongs to Mr. W. J. Yorke Scarlett ; on
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