(Gaelic: the height of Saint Chattan)
Loch Etive, Argyleshire, Scotland, a house of the Order of Vallis Caulium, founded by Duncan Mackoul, c.1230,later incorporated into the Cistercian Order, and secularized at the Reformation. It is the only ancient monastery in Scotland part of which remains in actual use.
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