I am working on a dram of Lagavulin right now - the perfect drink when writing of Islay... The wind was blowing, but the sun was shining,...

We are now down in the heart of the hermitage. This cluster of stones is what's left of three beehive cells. Their remoteness from mode...

After dropping down the steep ravine we come to a wall with a small entrance. It's built across the path, so perhaps this is where a ga...

On the west coast of Islay, four miles from Kilnave, lies a complex site, part of which may have been a hermitage associated with the monas...

Another Islay cross full of character is this one at Cill Naoimh (Kilnave), seven miles NW of Cill Chomian. Some sources date it to the 5th...