Soroby Cemetery in Isle of Tiree, Argyll and Bute

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Get directions Isle of Tiree, Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Coordinates: 56.47013, -6.89915
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Also know as Cladh Shòrabaidh or Soroby Graveyard.

It was at Soroby, that the first Christian establishment was instituted. It was, during St Columba's time, ruled by St Baithene. Of the chapel that existed at Soroby in post-Columban years not a vestige now appears above ground. There is a record of a monastery being established near here by St Columba's cousin, St Batheine, in 565. There is no trace of the original building but the churchyard there is still in use. There is a record of the destruction of the monastery by fire in 673, but this appeared to be no deterrent. Various medieval artifacts are known to have survived, and several slabs and stones were moved to Cladh Beg – Kirkapol – burial ground.