Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Inchcolm

Inchcolm, island, in Firth of Forth, Aberdonr par., Fife, 1½ mile S. of Aberdour, pop. 7. Inchcolm has remains of an ancient monastery, including some conventual buildings, a small church, and an octagonal chapter-house, with stone roof; W. of the church is a very ancient oratory or cell.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "island"   (ADL Feature Type: "islands")
Administrative units: Fife ScoCnty
Place: Inchcolm

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