MHG4298 - Church, Cille Choirill

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

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NN38SW0010 Graveyard
J Aitken : 10/12/02
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(NN 307812) Cille-Choril (NAT)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 1st ed., (1872)

Cille Choiril (NR) (Ruins of R.C. Chapel)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)

Kil-a-Choireil (church of St. Cyril); a Roman Catholic church and burying - place, the latter containing the graves of the bards Iain Lom and Domhuill Mac Fhuinlaidh, and also the graves of the priests of the glen.
D B MacCulloch 1938; Information from Celtic Monthly, June 1901 and November 1903.

The church and its burial ground are still in use.
Visited by OS (A C) 10 July 1961.

Martin Briscoe has submitted photos of this site to the Highland HER Flickr group. <1>

Martin Briscoe has submitted photographs of this site to the Highland HER Flickr group. <2>

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Grid reference Centred NN 3069 8121 (17m by 14m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NN38SW
Civil Parish KILMONIVAIG
Geographical Area LOCHABER

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