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Skeabost Island is a site of medieval ecclesiastical remains located in Inverness-shire, Scotland, centring on the ruins of St Columba's Church. The church dates to the medieval period and represents an important example of island-based religious settlement in the Scottish Highlands. The site comprises the church structure alongside other ecclesiastical remains that reflect the religious use and development of the island over time. St Columba's Church stands as evidence of the Christianisation of the region and the significance of island locations for monastic and parochial communities in medieval Scotland.
Skeabost Island,St Columba's Church & other ecclesiastical remains is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM947. View the official record →
Skeabost Island is a site of medieval ecclesiastical remains located in Inverness-shire, Scotland, centring on the ruins of St Columba's Church. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM947.
Skeabost Island,St Columba's Church & other ecclesiastical remains dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a st columba's church & other ecclesiastical remains. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Skeabost Island,St Columba's Church & other ecclesiastical remains is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM947.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Clach Ard,symbol stone,Tote,Carbost (0.6 km), Kensaleyre Church, cairns and standing stones 1200m SSE of (2.2 km), Carn Liath,chambered cairn 380m SW of Kensaleyre Church (2.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Skeabost Island,St Columba's Church & other ecclesiastical remains's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Skeabost Island,St Columba's Church & other ecclesiastical remains stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Palaeogene, bedrock that formed in the Paleogene. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.