Kilnaughton Chapel, Kilnaughton. View from West South West.

Description Kilnaughton Chapel, Kilnaughton. View from West South West.

Date 1981

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number SC 423663

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of AG 11904

Scope and Content View from west-south-west showing chapel and burial-ground at Kilnaughton, Islay, Argyll and Bute This late medieval chapel and burial-ground stand at Kilnaughton, c.2km west of Port Ellen on Islay's south coast. The chapel was dedicated to the 7th-century Scottish saint, St Nechtan, and remained in use until the end of the 17th century. This view shows the chapel in the middle of the burial-ground. Rubble-built, the chapel has been roofless and 'much decayed' since the late 18th century. Two 18th- or 19th-century burial-enclosures added to the chapel's north wall are also just visible. There are a number of medieval grave-slabs within the chapel, some of which have been removed to the Museum of Islay Life in Port Charlotte. The burial-ground contains many post-Reformation (1560) grave-slabs which are still in their original positions. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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