While the beehive-shaped stone huts of St Fionan's monastery on the precipitous and remote island of Skellig Michael are well-known, what is almost unknown, is that an even more remote hermitage once existed on an even higher and more dangerous pinnacle on the same island, the remains of which were excavated and then reported in this handsome volume.  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 such an extreme outcrop.  Large hardback.  112 pages.  In near new unmarked condition.  Cat No 4294