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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 676469
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/676469
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.
