Ecclesiastical

Spoilt for choice I would say - from a famous abbey to a pile of medieval stones via classic 19th century Church of Scotland small churches and just one Roman Catholic chapel (I think, on Canna). So where to begin? I guess with the medieval chapels, some with graveyards, separate burial grounds (or cemeteries), and ancient crosses - there are loads in various states of ruination at the following anchorages:

Ardminish Bay, Gigha; St Catan's chapel and graveyard
Aros Castle, Sound of Mull; very difficult to find Cill an Ailein chapel
Bagh Dun Mhuilig, Loch Craignish; old church of Kilmarie and graveyard
Balnahard Bay, Colonsay; a very ruined chapel and eroded cross
Balvicar, Seil Island, Loch Shuna; Kilbrandon Old Parish Church and graveyard
Canna; graveyard and cross
Chapel Bay, Kintyre; very overgrown St Columba's chapel and burial ground
Craighouse, Jura; Killearnadale burial ground (Cill Earnadail)
Dunstaffnage, Lower Loch Linnhe; rather grand chapel, more of a church really
Eilean Mor, Loch Sween; monkish cave and St Cormac's chapel
Eilean Munde, Loch Leven; the very best of burial grounds, and a chapel
Inch Kenneth, West Mull; chapel and graveyard
Kilchoan, Loch Sunart; chapel and graveyard
Kilnaughton Bay, Islay; chapel and rather interesting graveyards
Loch Aline, Sound of Mull; graveyard, and grave slabs in the Victorian church
Loch Beag, Loch Craignish; old parish church of Kilmarie and graveyard
Loch Buie, South Mull; St Kenneth’s Chapel and graveyard
Loch na Cille, Kintyre; grave slabs, chapel
Loch Stornoway, Kintyre; burial ground
Nave Island, Islay; chapel
Port Mor, Aros Bay, Glas Uig, Islay; Kildalton old parish church, and cross
Toberonochy, Loch Shuna; chapel with graffiti, and graveyard

Some later churches, many of which are very serene and rather nice to visit even if you are of no particular religious persuasion but need a sit down and think include:

Ardchattan Church, Loch Etive
Ardfern, Loch Craignish; Craignish Parish Church
Arinagour, Coll; Parish Church
Bowmore, Islay; Kilarrow Parish Church - the round one
Canna; round tower church and the Roman Catholic Chapel
Craignure, Sound of Mull; Parish Church
Kilchoan, Loch Sunart; old and new Parish Churches, graveyard
Loch a Coire, Lower Loch Linnhe; Kingairloch Church
Loch Cuan, West Mull, Kilmore (Dervaig) Parish Church, another round tower
Ulva Ferry, West Mull; Parish Church

And then some grander stuff:

Ardchattan, Loch Etive; ruined Priory
Iona, West Mull; Abbey and Nunnery - a magnet for tourists, but remarkable
Port na Moralachd or Achnacroish Lismore; Clachan Kirk, surprising previous cathedral
Oronsay, Colonsay; extensive and well preserved ruin of a priory

And finally, there is a great monastic site with monkish beehives - more or less unique to the area - on the Garvellach Islands

Loch Stornoway 1

The Gaelic Bible in the Parish Church at Loch Stornoway

Ecclesiastical

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Graveslab, Bagh Dun Mhuilig chapel, Loch Craignish