Place record 8625 - Loch Mharcoil/Port Mór, Bernera

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Reputed site of religious foundation

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Grid reference NB 18872 34435 (point)
Map sheet NB13SE
Island Bernera
Parish UIG, Western Isles

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According to Rev. Macaulay, a college or early religious establishment and seat of learning had existed here 'in pre-Viking times' on the slope on the north side of the glen below Loch Mharcoil. There are apparently no surviving traces of the buildings or the associated cemetery, beneath the more recent blackhouses and present croft house.
Carol Knott 15.1.2001

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Jan 15 2001 12:00AM

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