<p>This book is a dramatically told and visually stunning account of a ninth-century hermitage discovered on the South Peak of Skellig Michael, an island off the west coast of Ireland. It is the story, pieced together from fragmentary remains, study, and conjecture, of a man's attempt to live on a tiny ledge some 700 feet above the Atlantic on the outer edge of the European land mass, alone, as close to God as possible, in what is perhaps the ne plus ultra of ecstatic monastic solitude.<br><br>Richly illustrated with maps, plans, and photographs that capture both the astonishing beauty and isolation of the hermitage, the text also includes reconstruction drawings of the site that combine a surveyor's accuracy with an artist's imaginative response to the hermit who found spiritual refuge on a pinnacle.</p>

The Forgotten Hermitage of Skellig Michael

Arts & Photography

Walter Horn

Jenny White Marshall

Grellan D. Rourke

Paddy O'Leary

Lee Snodgrass

Individual Artists

University of California Press

History

Europe

Duchas/ The Heritage Service

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