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West Highland Effigy (KK1), Kilnaughton Old Parish Church. View of effigy from above.

SC 423664

Description West Highland Effigy (KK1), Kilnaughton Old Parish Church. View of effigy from above.

Date 1981

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

Catalogue Number SC 423664

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of AG 11796

Scope and Content Detail of West Highland effigy from Kilnaughton Old Parish Church, Islay, Argyll and Bute A 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. 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. This 14th- or 15th-century tapered slab bears an effigy of a man in armour. The figure wears a conical helmet, a coat of mail under a knee-length tunic, and holds a sword. Above his left shoulder (right) is a small robed figure holding shears and a book. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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