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Hermit Dwellings: Catholic (Montserrat, Spain)
provided by a Hermitary friend at Our Lady of Montserrat Monastery, Spain.

1-4. The cave-hermitage of Santa Creu;  5.  View from Santa-Creu
For drawings of Montserrat mountain settings, see Hermit Dwellings in Art.

Hermit Dwellings: Catholic (Aragon, Spain)
brought to our attention by a Hermitary friend in Aragon, Spain.

Medieval hermitages of the province of Aragon, northern Spain:
1-5. Adriande Sasabe, Anies, Busa, Centenero Santa Maria, Iguacel
6-8. Juan de la Pena, Tella Fajanilla, Tella Juan i Pablo, Tella Virgen de la Pena.

Hermit Dwellings: Catholic (England; Ireland)
(1-3. from web document "The Sacristy, Church of St. Mary & All Saints, Willingham, Cambridgeshire: The Case for an Anchorhold, by Jeremy Lander"

1. Anchorhold, Hartlip
2. Anchorhold, St. Julian's, Shoreham (view of door and "squint")
3. Anchorhold (converted to sacristy in 19th century), St. Mary & All Saints, Willingham
4. Anchorhold, St. James, Chester, Wales, 14th century; brought to our attention by a friend of Hermitary
5. St. Mary's, Thirsk, England, where Thomas Parkinson (15th-century) was anchorite.
6. Site of 9th century hermit dwelling, Skellig-Michael, island off County Kerry, Ireland, coast

Hermit Dwellings: Orthodox (Mt. Athos)
(1-5 from Philip Sherrard, Athos, the Holy Mountain. Photographs by Takis Zevoulakos.
London: Alexandria Press; Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, 1982. Captions from book.

1. A hermit outside his isolated dwelling
2. A hesychasterion, or hermitage, on the edge of a sheer cliff
3. A kellion, or cell, at the tip of the peninsula
4. A kellion in the mountains
5. The skete of St. Anne from the sea
6. A hermit dwelling on Mt. Athos.

EAST (1-4)

EAST (5-9

EAST (10)

1. Traditional cave of Milarepa (1052-1135), sheltered within building, Nepal
2. Cave meditation cell, northwestern India (Tibetan Buddhist)
3. Hermitage at Dharamsala, India (Tibetan Buddhist)
4. Terrace garden outside cave of Tensin Palmo, where she spent twelve years; Himalayan Mountains
5. French traveler Alexandra David-Neel (1868-1969) in front of a hermitage at Latchen in the north of Sikkim. ©
6. Hermitage of Japanese Zen poet and hermit Saigyo (1118-1190), Yoshino, Japan
7. "Present incarnation of Stonehouse's hut on Hsiamushan." © Bill Porter
8. Mt. Aranachala, India, where Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950) lived in a cave as a hermit
9. Digambara cave dwellings, Ennayiramalai, south India (3rd century BCE-3rd century CE)
10. Hermitage of a friend of Hermitary in Tasmania, Australia

WEST (1-5)

WEST (6-9)

WEST (10-12)

1. Hermitage at Qadisha, Lebanon
2. Cave hermitage of Daniil Sihastrul, 15th century Romanian hermit
3. Dwelling of John Noah Rondeau, Cold River, New York (Adirondacks), 1920's-1950
4. Hermitage of Thomas Merton (1915-68) on grounds of Gethsemani Abbey, Kentucky, USA
5. Todtnauberg Black Forest, Germany, hut of philosopher Martin Heidegger (1889-1976).
6. Log cabin home of Mason Walton, hermit of Gloucester, Massachusetts (1838-1917).
7. Hermitage in southern France: two huts, garden, beehive; submitted by a friend of Hermitary.
8. Forest hermit cabin in northern Sweden; submitted by a friend of Hermitary.
9. Hermit cave in Saint-Loup, Switzerland; submitted by a friend of Hermitary.
10. Hermitage of the late Fr. Louis Fair, Hawaii; provided by him, a friend of Hermitary.
11. Cave dwelling of Frère Antoine, in Rocher de Roquebrune, southern France; submitted by a friend of Hermitary.
12. Winter cabin in which Jane Dobisz spent 100 days in Zen retreat (U.S.A.), detailed in her book The Wisdom of Solitude.
13. Ocean-front cottage of John McAbery, a wood-carver and recluse, in northern California.