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SCA - Scottish Catholic Archives
GD - Gifts and Deposits
140 - Drawings by Peter Anson
Repository
Scottish Catholic Archives
Ref No
SCA/GD/140/37
Title
St. Brendan’s, Craigston, Isle of Barra
Date
1937
Level
Item
Description
This depiction of St. Brendan’s makes much of its apparent isolation; a skyscape occupies half of the compositional frame, in which drifting clouds are captured with spare, elegant line; the church is situated in a central position, with the modest cross
Physical Description
Pen and ink
Admin_History
This church was built on Barra in 1858. In 1857 the old chapel had been destroyed and a new building begun. Hard-wearing materials were used in the building: whinstone for the walls and a belfry and cross upon the gable made of freestone. Each side of the
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PublnNote
The Catholic Directory for Scotland 1859
Hours of Marie de Rieux, The
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