Volume 3 - Electric Scotland

392 INSULAR CHURCHES.
Neave, from its name, should also have contained eccle-
siastical buildings. It is equally impossible that Jura
should have contained but one church, while there were
two on the small islands of Cava and Gigha; nor, if eight
were allowed for Jura, would it exceed what might rea-
sonably be admitted for such an extensive tract, since it
must comprise also the islands of Scarba and Lunga. No
notice whatever having been taken of the Slate Islands
of this coast, I M'ill not pretend to allot the number,
though there is one now on Seil, and it is known that
there was one on Kerrera, dedicated to St. Kiaran. But
when the extent and fertility of these islands are con-
sidered, it is impossible that they could have been with-
out numerous places of worship of some kind; and it is
probable that if we could discover them, a considerable
number would be added to the catalogue.
The enumerations that have been given of the
churches and chapels belonging to the islands of the
Clyde, are also imperfect. Arran is said to have con-
tained five parish churches; but were that number far
more than doubled, for the purpose of including chapels,
it would only be consistent with what we know of those
where the records are more perfect. That our know-
ledge of the religious buildings of Arran is peculiarly
deficient, appears probable ; partly from its vicinity to
Lamlash, which was a parental establishment, as it con-
tained a monastery, and partly from the number known
to have existed in the neighbouring island of Bute. In
this there were twelve churches and chapels, besides
thirty hermitages. If these hermitages were like that of
St. Cormac's, of the Shiant Isles, and of the other remote
islands, each cell must have had an attached chapel,
which would therefore add considerably to the number.
Besides these, there were three chapels in this group
one on Inch Marnoch, one on Cumbray, and one on
;