MHG5771 - Glen Uig
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (2)
- CHURCH (Post Medieval - 1560 AD to 1900 AD)
- CEMETERY (Undated)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
NG36SE 3 399 638.
(NG 399638) Grave yard (NAT) (Small building shown in SW corner).
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, Isle of Skye, 1st ed., (1878)
Uig church stood at the head of Uig Bay, apparently at the place now known as Clachan, (OPS 1854) in a small burial ground now filled with nettles, but of the church nothing remains (T S Muir 1885). It was possibly swept away in the flood of 1877 (RCAHMS 1928).
Visited by OS (A C) 8 November 1960; Orig Paroch Scot 1854; T S Muir 1885; RCAHMS 1928.
Much of Uig graveyard has been destroyed by the cutting of a flood relief channel and only the NW. portion of its wall, much broken down, remains. Within the undesecrated portion fragments of broken gravestones scatter the ground. The small building shown in the 1st edn. 6" falls within the area destroyed by the flood channel and no trace of it remains. The graveyard is disused.
Visited by OS (C F W) 14 April 1961.
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG2550 Text/Publication/Volume: Muir, T S. 1885. Ecclesiological notes on some of the islands of Scotland. 35.
- --- 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. . 205, No. 643.
- --- SHG341 Text/Publication/Monograph: OPS. 1854. Origines parochiales Scotiae: the antiquities ecclesiastical and territorial of the parishes of Scotland. 2/1. 354.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 3990 6380 (200m by 200m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG36SE |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Civil Parish | SNIZORT |
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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/11197 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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