Archaeology Notes

Event ID 676469

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NN29NE 1 centred 27864 95743

(NN 2787 9575) Graveyard (NAT)

Mausoleum (NAT)

OS 6" map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)

"A place of burial near the farm-house of Kilfinnan. Interments still take place here; it is believed to be about 250 years old. There was never a church in or near it. The mausoleum which stands in the centre is the property of the McDonells of Glengarry." (The name 'Kilfinnan' suggests that there was a church associated with the area.)

Name Book 1871.

Kilfinnan is for Cill Fhionain - Finan's Church - a dedication to Finan Lobur, who lived in the late 6th century.

W J Watson 1926.

This graveyard, known locally as Kilfinnan, is still in use, situated approx. 150.0m ENE of the farm Kilfinnan at NN 2787 9575, and contains a mausoleum, now roofless. One of the gravestones within the mausoleum is dated 1699. There is no evidence or local knowledge of a church here.

Visited by OS (N K B) 21 April 1964.