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Historical Archive: Inchcolm Abbey Inchcolm Island, Firth of Forth, Scotland walls of hermitage (hermit's cell) possibly 10th-11th century, vault 15th c. or later first donatio 1123, endowment charter 1163 first surviving church (now ruins): 1120s to mid 12th c. chapter house: first half of 13th c., upper floor 14th c. bell tower added above old chancel, church extended to east: mid 12th c. to c.1200 eastern end of church doubled in length, 1260s priory; then Augustinian abbey from 1235; formally dissolved 1609 Scottish-English armed conflict; partly demolished by 1581, materials reused elsewhere "discreetly restored" by John Wilson Paterson, 1920s; Georgian alterations removed from east/northeast; church outline in foreground, with high altar platform on left; behind that south transept, on center right bell tower from east from southeast; foreground: living quarters above bakery/brewery undercroft from southeast, slightly farther to east from south/southwest; on left 16th-c. stair tower (top above corbels restored) abbey and Firth from west from west; windows mid 19th c. from northwest wall opening bell tower from east; lower part is east screen (possibly chancel screen); bottom arch 15th c., infill 16th c. south transept vault springing to southeast, early 15th c. south transept; center right: wall cupboard, basin view from south transept facing north (over nave foundations) tomb recess in south wall of choir west of transept funeral procession, probably from 1266 re-burial of Bishop John de Leicester (d.1214) figure in funeral procession cloister courtyard to northwest cloister north wall at northeast corner cloister courtyard to southeast; above walks: monastic accommodations cloister south wall, southeast corner refectory above cloister south walk, to east (set up for a wedding) refectory to northeast refectory to west refectory west end: 16th-c. fireplace of kitchen, formerly partitioned off north side of cloister: cellar on footprint of original nave, to southeast; with architectural fragments from whole site cellar to northwest cellar opening into bell tower cellar to northwest cellar with west door of original 12th-c. church cloister west and south walks, incorporating earlier masonry; on corner lamp bracket cloister west walk, vaulting 1420s-40s cloister east walk portal from cloister east walk to chapter house chapter house from southeast chapter house from south; weather vane 1931 chapter house to west/northwest, first half 13th c. chapter house vault chapter house vault, opening for lamp rope chapter house to east; on left: northeast window, 14th c. chapter house to east, wider view chapter house seats for abbot, prior, sub-prior chapter house engaged column between north and northeast sides chapter house west wall with portal to cloister chapter house west portal to eastern cloister walk southeast undercroft: bakehouse and/or brewery to west/northwest bakehouse/brewery to northwest bakehouse/brewery to east bakehouse/brewery to northeast bakehouse/brewery bread oven bakehouse/brewery window on the Firth and Edinburgh hermitage from south hermitage, doorway rebuilt prob. 1560-1600 hermitage interior to west hermitage interior to northwest hermitage doorway from inside, to south hermitage from northeast hermitage and abbey from west/northwest hermitage and abbey from west hermitage and World War I drying hut (Nissen hut, 1914-16) from east view from abbey to northwest (Braefoot Bay) abbey plan, after Richard Fawcett, David McRoberts, and Fiona Stewart