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Skye, Tobar Kiltavie, Flodigarry
Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Chapel (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Well (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Skye, Tobar Kiltavie, Flodigarry
Classification Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Chapel (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Well (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 11387
Site Number NG47SE 5
NGR NG 4645 7185
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11387
- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmuir
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG47SE 5.00 4645 7185
NG47SE 5.01 centred on 4645 7190 Buildings; Enclosure
(NG 4645 7185) Kildorais in Flodigarry is noted by the NSA (1845) as one of the Cills of Kilmuir, and of pre-Viking date. It is listed by Cockburn (J H Cockburn 1954), as Kildavie Chapel, Flodigarry. There is a Tobar Kiltavie at NG 464 718 (OS 6"map, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., 1904).
Flodgery is noted as a village in Martin's time (M Martin 1934)
NSA 1845; M Martin 1934; J H Cockburn 1954.
At NG 464 718, immediatley to the E of the Flodigarry House Hotel, in a littel hollow in the hillside, is the spring known as Tobar Kiltavie. The hotel proprietress confirmed the name of the spring, but could not indicate the site of the chapel. A perambulation of the area was negative.
No depopulation in the form of ruined houses was seen in the area.
Visited by OS (A S P) 22 April 1961.
