MHG4102 - Cladh a' Mhanaich
Summary
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Type and Period (2)
- CHAPEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1058 AD to 1900 AD)
- CEMETERY (Undated)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
Cladh a' Mhanaich {NAT} Site of St Columba's Chapel (NR)
OS 6" map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)
On Fladda-Chuan there was a chapel dedicated to St. Columba. The monk O'Gorgon, a contemporary of St. Columba who had a cell here, is buried near to the chapel and there is a stone 5' high at each end of his grave. The chapel was probably one of three, whose cemeteries still remain, and its burying ground bears the name Cladh Mhanaich (the monks burying place). RCAHMS list the chapel as a site only. NSA 1845; Orig Paroch Scot 1854; T S Muir 1885; W D Simpson 1927; RCAHMS 1928; M Martin 1934; S Gordon 1950
At the OS siting is a low turf-covered mound of loose stones and rabbit scrapings reveal quantities of limpet, snail shells, rabbit and sheep bones, and black earth. The enclosure shown to the W has now gone and is indicated by a raised platform of turf-covered loose stones only. To the north of the site of the chapel are three strips of run-rig.
Visited by OS (A S P) 6 May 1961.
Sources/Archives (7)
- --- SHG2275 Text/Publication/Volume: Gordon, S. 1935. Highways and Byways in the Western Highlands. 113.
- --- SHG2494 Text/Publication/Volume: Macleod, D J (ed.). 1934. A description of the Western Islands of Scotland circa 1695. 4th. 216-17.
- --- SHG2550 Text/Publication/Volume: Muir, T S. 1885. Ecclesiological notes on some of the islands of Scotland. 37.
- --- 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, 265-6.
- --- SHG2656 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1928. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Ninth report with inventory of monuments and constructions in the Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles. . 176, No. 557.
- --- SHG2796 Text/Publication/Volume: Simpson, W D. 1927. The historical Saint Columba. 65.
- --- SHG341 Text/Publication/Monograph: OPS. 1854. Origines parochiales Scotiae: the antiquities ecclesiastical and territorial of the parishes of Scotland. 2/1. 350.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 3638 8091 (200m by 200m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG38SE |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Civil Parish | KILMUIR |
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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/11214 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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