⚓ Scottish AnchoragesCharles Warlow

Chapel Bay

55.9292, -5.60262 Locate on map
A cross carved on the wall of the largest cave
A cross carved on the wall of the largest cave

The name is apt. From the anchorage you can just about see the ruined 13th century St Columba's chapel submerged in the bracken just across the small road running along the shoreline. Apart from the slab at the east end (I presume covering a grave) the interior is so overgrown that you can't see anything else. Just behind the chapel are a couple of caves, the largest with an altar of some sort, and a cross which is carved on the wall above it. Maybe St Columba himself hid in this cave, who knows. Further to the left is a rather charming, mossy and secretive waterfall tumbling down through the trees — it has a charming sound too. If you walk along the road heading south, in a short while you get to Ellary House, or you can up anchor and move to Ellary itself.

The waterfall outside the cave
The waterfall outside the cave
The chapel almost buried in the undergrowth
The chapel almost buried in the undergrowth