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The places of the structures, Nos. I-XI in the foregoing list, are indicated 

 in the map, Plate VII. The Anchorite's Cell is marked " Confessional," that 

 being the name by which it is known locally. No. VI is marked " Cella " 

 for brevity. 



It will be noticed that there is not the slightest trace remaining of the 

 domestic buildings of the monastery. These were, no doubt, of wood, or of 

 wattles and mud, and, being thus of temporary materials, they have vanished 

 without leaving a trace behind. 



I. St. Michael's Church (plan, fig. 1 ; view, Plate VIII, fig. 1). 



This is a small building, ruined almost to its foundations, standing inside 

 a space enclosed by a mound of earth and stones. It is quite inconspicuous ; 

 indeed, a man herding cattle on the island told me that he had never noticed 

 it at all before he saw me engaged in measuring it ! 



Fio. 1. — St Michael's Church and Enclosure. 



The external dimensions of this building are 9 feet 5 inches by 8 feet 

 10^ inches. The magnetic bearing of the long axis is 109°. The doorway 

 faces west, and measures 1. foot 7 inches across. A stone is lost from the 

 outer angle of the northern jamb, giving a fictitious appearance of a rebate. 

 There are no other architectural features in the ruin. It is built of dry 



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