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The Early Christian and later medieval ecclesiastical site at St Blane’s, Kingarth, Bute

The Early Christian and later medieval ecclesiastical site at St Blane’s, Kingarth, Bute

Laing, Lloyd

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 128 (1998), 551-565

ABSTRACT
A reappraisal of the Early Christian monastic site of St Blane’s, Kingarth, Isle of Bute, began in 1997. Following a week of field survey including geophysical work a limited area was excavated which had previously been investigated in 1896, south-west of the present churchyard, as well as one small cutting adjacent to the south-east corner of the churchyard. The documentary and other evidence for the early monastery is discussed and the results of both episodes of archaeological work – in 1896 and 1997 – are described.

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