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External Reference
Date 20 July 1971
Event ID 962199
Category Documentary Reference
Type External Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/962199
Of uncertain date, possibly c.1300. Oblong chamber;
Rubble, partly dilapidated. roofless. Splayed Lancets
at E. end and N. side.
Grass grown floor: grave slabs.
R.S.G. Anderson "Antiquities of Gigha" 1936, pp.55-64
(ill.)
T.P. hite "Archaeological Sketches" 1875. p.27.
T.S. Muir "Ecclesiological Notes" p.55
T. Harvey Thomson "Ancient Churches" 1936 pp.69-71 (ill.)
Argyll C.C. "List of Ancient Monuments" T.S. Muir
"Characteristics" p.126 (ill.)
RCAHMS Vol 1 No 276 (ill).
Ruin. 1st parish church of Gigha and Cara.
Information from Historic Scotland, 20 July 1971
