Sceilg Mhichil, Ireland - UNESCO World Heritage Site

 Place: Sceilg Mhichil, Ireland

Weather: Partly cloudy skies, 52/57F.

Route: From Dublin 364 km SW on M7 and then boat 12km to island.

Significance: Imagine being a monk in the 8th century - wanting to find an isolated place, away from everyone in order to focus on the monastic life. You couldn't do any better than Sceilg Mhichil - an island off the southwest coast of Ireland.

Website: UNESCO World Heritage Site

Images:

The saddle of the island with stairs to the monastery (from whc.unesco.org)

One of the pyramidal stone huts built by the monks (from whc.unesco.org)