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Skye, Kilvaxter

Chapel (Medieval)(Possible)

Site Name Skye, Kilvaxter

Classification Chapel (Medieval)(Possible)

Alternative Name(s) Kilvakisa

Canmore ID 11189

Site Number NG36NE 4

NGR NG 38 69

NGR Description Centred on NG 38 69

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Kilmuir
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Skye And Lochalsh
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

NG36NE 4 centred 38 69.

There was a chapel at Kilvaxter, or Kilvakisa, probably belonging to the nuns of Iona, who held land here in the 16th century.

Visited by OS (C F W) 10 November 1960; Orig Paroch Scot 1854; RCAHMS 1928.

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