MHG524 - Burial Ground, Cille Mhaodain
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- BURIAL GROUND (Post Medieval - 1560 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
The rectangular burial-ground, measuring 30m NE-SW by 28m, is defined by a lime-mortared wall. Attached to the NE side is the Maclean of Ardgour family enclosure, measuring 18m NE-SW by 10m. The interior of the main enclosure is overgrown with brambles.
Field Verification Project (West Lochaber) - J Robertson, 03/2004
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(NN 0123 6565) Cille Mhaodain (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1974)
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Cille Mhaodain: This church, dedicated to St Modan, was erected in the 15th century by Ailean nan Creach, a chief of Lochiel.
Name Book 1871; Information from Rev A Stewart, Onich.
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No trace and no local, knowledge of a church in the burial ground, which is still known as Cille Mhaodain and is still in use.
Visited by OS (R L) 7 July 1970.
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Burial-ground, Cill Mhaodain: These remains comprise a rectangular enclosure within a lime-mortared wall of 19th century date, to which is attached the MacLean of Ardgour family enclosure of the same period. There are no visible traces of any internal structures, although the dedication to St Baodan indicates a site of considerable antiquity.
(Two 18th-century MacLean table-tombs are also described by the RCAHMS.) RCAHMS 1980, visited 1973.
Photographs were contributed by Martin Briscoe in July 2011 via the Highland HER Flickr group.
Martin Briscoe has submitted photographs of this site to the Highland HER Flickr group. <1>
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SHG23810 Image/Photograph(s): Briscoe, J M. 2008-11. Information and photographs of various sites submitted by Martin Briscoe. Colour. Yes. Digital.
- --- SHG23810 Image/Photograph(s): Briscoe, J M. 2008-11. Information and photographs of various sites submitted by Martin Briscoe. Colour. Yes. Digital. via Flickr.
- --- SHG2660 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1980. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Argyll: an inventory of the monuments volume 3: Mull, Tiree, Coll and Northern Argyll (excluding the early medieval and later monuments of Iona). . 134-5, No. 272.
- --- SHG3374 Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 42, 27.
- <1> SHG23810 Image/Photograph(s): Briscoe, J M. 2008-11. Information and photographs of various sites submitted by Martin Briscoe. Colour. Yes. Digital. via Flickr.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NN 0123 6565 (100m by 100m) (2 map features) |
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| Map sheet | NN06NW |
| Civil Parish | ARDGOUR |
| Geographical Area | LOCHABER |
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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
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External Links (2)
- http://www.flickr.com/groups/her/pool/tags/MHG524 (View images of this site in the Highland HER Flickr group)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/23564 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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