HISTORY & CIVILIZATIONS · 6th–8th C.
Skellig Michael, Ireland
The monastery is reached by steps cut into the rock. The island later appeared as Luke Skywalker's refuge in the Star Wars films.
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The story, as a puzzle
Monks at the edge of the world.
Between the 6th and 8th centuries, monks built stone beehive huts on a steep Atlantic rock about 12 km offshore, about as far from the world as they could get. Pin it.
Where it is
Think you'd have found it on the map?
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