MHG39664 - Possible Site of Church, Killianan Graveyard
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Type and Period (1)
- CEMETERY (Undated)
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Full Description
NH53SE 4 5716 3466.
(NH 57163466) Killianan Grave Yard {NAT}
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1905)
The old burial-ground of Killianan, Abriachan (Cill Fhionain - after St. Finan, 550-600 AD (W J Watson 1926)) is considered by the NSA. to be the probable site of the original church of Bona. There can be no doubt that formerly a church existed here, and a church at Aberihacyn (Abriachan) is mentioned in 1239 (Aitken 1893)
The graveyard is a square enclosure (W Jolly 1885 from which several tombstones have been removed to the churchyard of Kilmore in Glen Urquhart (J Ross 1888). No very distinct traces of a foundation of a church exist, although Grove ( Grove ) shows a drawing of ruins at Killianan (Aitken 1893).
It is locally believed that there was a church within the graveyard, but there are now no traces of it. The graveyard is disused.
Visited by OS (N K B) 28 April 1970
Sources/Archives (6)
- --- SHG1332 Text/Publication/Article: Jolly, W. 1885. 'Opening address - The scientific materials of the north of Scotland', Trans Inverness Sci Soc Fld Club Vol. 1 1875-1880, p.4-24. Trans Inverness Sci Soc Fld Club. 4-24. 178.
- --- SHG1526 Text/Publication/Article: Ross, J. 1888. 'Some noteable stones and legends', Trans Inverness Sci Soc Fld Club Vol. 2 1880-3, p.257-9. Trans Inverness Sci Soc Fld Club. 257-9. 259.
- --- SHG2597 Text/Publication/Volume: NSA. 1845. The new statistical account of Scotland by the ministers of the respective parishes under the superintendence of a committee of the society for the benefit of the sons and daughters of the clergy. Vol. 14, Inverness-shire, 14.
- --- SHG2918 Text/Publication/Volume: Watson, W J. 1926. The history of the Celtic place-names of Scotland: being the Rhind lectures on archaeology (expanded) delivered in 1916. 285-6, 338.
- --- SHG3551 Text/Publication/Volume: Grove. Beauties of Scotland. Illust.
- --- SHG752 Text/Publication/Article: ISSFC. 1893. 'Excursion to Abriachan', Trans Inverness Sci Soc Fld Club Vol. 3 1883-8, p.162-87. Trans Inverness Sci Soc Fld Club. 162-87. 163-4.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 5716 3466 (200m by 200m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH53SE |
| Civil Parish | INVERNESS AND BONA |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
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External Links (2)
- http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB8052 (Online designation description (Historic Environment Scotland))
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/12619 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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