molana abbey

This Abbey, standing on the site of an island monastery founded in the 6th century by St. Maelanfaidh, was re-founded for the Canons Regular of St. Augustine towards the close of the 12th century. The buildings now form a square around a cloister garth. The church is rectangular, and may contain elements from an older church; it is lighted by 10 fine lancet windows. On the east side of the cloister is the Chapter Room, where Raymond Le Gros is said to have been buried in 1186, while there is a refectory on the south and a kitchen on the west side of the cloister. A two-storey building to the north of the choir of the church was probably the Prior's lodging.