MHG4261 - Cladh Chillmonibhaig Cemetery

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Type and Period (1)

  • CEMETERY (Early Medieval to 19th Century - 561 AD to 1900 AD)

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  • None recorded

Full Description

NN18SE 1 1736 8380.

(NN 1736 8380) Cladh Chillmonibhaig (Site of) (NAT)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 1st ed., (1872)

"Applied to the site of the old church and burial ground on Kilmonivaig. English meaning - Kilmonivaig graveyard."
Name Book 1872.

Kilmonivaig Church seems to have always stood on the site which it still occupies in the angle formed by the junction of the Spean and Lochy. A rector is noted in 1449.
Orig Paroch Scot 1854.

'Old Kirk' shown and described at position indicated on OS 6"map. Information from Plan of the Lordship of Lochaber by W Johnson.

There are now no remains of church or burial ground.
Visited by OS (A S P) 12 July 1961.

The site of the church is now covered by the River Lochy.
Visited by OS (N K B) 6 May 1970.

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Location

Grid reference Centred NN 1736 8380 (200m by 200m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NN18SE
Civil Parish KILMONIVAIG
Geographical Area LOCHABER

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