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Desk Based Assessment
Date 13 January 1966
Event ID 1017852
Category Recording
Type Desk Based Assessment
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1017852
St Donan's Church (Kildonnan) is said to have been erected by John Moydartach, Captain of Clanranald in the 16th century, and is certainly mentioned by Monro in 1549. Now in ruins, the church is utilised as a burial ground, and some of the modern graves are provided with cover slabs and headstones removed from earlier interments. The building was 51' E-W by 18' within walls over 3' thick.
Casts of 4 cross-slabs and a late 14th century cross shaft at St Donan's are in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) together with that of parts of a head and shaft of another cross featuring a hunting scene.
Information from OS (BRS) 13 January 1966
Sources: D Monro 1549; OPS 1854; RCAHMS 1928, visited 1925; M Martin 1934; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1933; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1934.
