Pricing Change
New pricing for orders of material from this site will come into place shortly. Charges for supply of digital images, digitisation on demand, prints and licensing will be altered.
Upcoming Maintenance
Please be advised that this website will undergo scheduled maintenance on the following dates:
Thursday, 9 January: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Thursday, 23 January: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Thursday, 30 January: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
During these times, some functionality such as image purchasing may be temporarily unavailable. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Archaeology Notes
Event ID 660201
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/660201
NG94SW 2 9140 4123
(NG 9140 4124) Church (NAT) (Ruins of)
OS 6" map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1905).
For successor and present parish church (NG 9151 4139), see NG94SW 15.
The ruins of the parish church erected in 1751 and abandoned about 1845 when the modern church was built.
The church of Lochcarron was dedicated to St. Maelrubha and girth or sanctuary was known as 'Chombrich Mulroy' - the girth of Maelrubha, but the exact site of this early church is not known. (For a possible alternative site for St Maelrubha's Church see NG94SE1)
Orig Paroch Scot 1855; Name Book 1875; W J Watson 1926.
The walls of this 18th century church still stand to roof height with the exception of the north side wall which has been entirely removed taking with it part of the gables. No further information was obtained regarding St.Maelrubha's Church.
Visited by OS (W D J) 19 October 1966.
