Archaeology Notes

Event ID 699957

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS09NW 3 0071 9658.

(NS 0073 9660) Chapel of Kilbride (NR) (Site of)

OS 6" map (1900)

The chapel at Kilbride is within a circular enclosing wall which is far too massive for a garth wall. Many of the stones measure about 4' x 3' x 1 1/2'. The wall stands up to 8' high in places and is 8' broad. It encloses a circular area 80' in diameter and there is an entrance in the W. The 'dun' stands on a rocky bluff c.100' above the sea and the hill above may retain the dun's original name - 'Barr an Longairt'.

Information from E B Rennie letter to OS, 27 November 1967.

'The old fortalice of Kilbride' on the shore of Loch Fyne is noted by R MacLachlan who also note that "the remains of the old chapel of Kilbride, now grassed over, lie within half a mile of the old castle" (presumably NS09NW 1). He makes no suggestion that the fortalice and the chapel are one and the same.

Orig Paroch Scot 1854

NS 0071 9658. In a non-defensive position is a large enclosure measuring 35.0m N-S by 32.6m over boulder-faced walls varying from 1.8m - 2.6m thick and 2.5m high. There are probable entrances on the NE and W. Within this enclosure are the probable remains of the chapel, measuring 7.0m E-W x 4.4m over walls 1.2m wide and 0.5m high, with an entrance in the N. A possible grave-slab 1.5m x 0.5m x 0.1m thick lies within the enclosure, which is probably contemporary with the chapel.

Revised at 1:10560.

Visited by OS (DWR) 29 September 1972.