ST. CORMAC'S ISLES, &C. GEN. DESCRIP. 273 



THE ISLES OF ST. CORMAC.* 

 CRAIG DAIMVE. 



A SMALL group of islands lies off the point of Knap, 

 to which I have given this general name from that of 

 the principal one, known to the Highlanders by the 

 name of Inch Cormac more, and improperly entered in 

 the map of Scotland under the title of the More isle. 

 I have not been able to discover the native designations 

 of the smaller, but the omission is not of any moment. 

 They are interesting, although trifling in extent, for the 

 same reasons as the Craignish isles; forming part of 

 the same series, and extending the general connexion 

 of this subdivision, with each other and with the adjoining 

 continent. 



The largest island is scarcely a mile in circumference, 

 and is of a very regular shape. It is perhaps more inte- 

 resting to the antiquary than to the geologist, as it contains 

 one of the most entire of the ecclesiastical remains now 

 to be found in the Western islands. This building is 

 however but little remarkable, except for its preservation, 

 as it consists of a very small chapel only, with a cell 

 attached, probably dependent on lona. The dwelling 

 and the chapel are included in the same building; the 

 stone arch which covered the former being still entire, but 

 the roof of the latter having decayed. The interior of the 

 chapel is nevertheless in a state of preservation unusual 

 among the ruins dispersed throughout these islands. The 

 stone which supported the altar remains in its place ; and 

 in a recess on the south side, is another, covering a stone 

 coffin, and sculptured, in the usual dry manner of the age, 

 with a bas relief of a priest in his cope, but without 



* See the general Map. 

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