Skye, Cille Mhaire, Kilmarie
Burial Ground (Medieval), Church (Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Skye, Cille Mhaire, Kilmarie
Classification Burial Ground (Medieval), Church (Medieval)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Kilmarie Burial Ground
Canmore ID 11432
Site Number NG51NE 5
NGR NG 5533 1715
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11432
- Council Highland
- Parish Strath
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG51NE 5 5533 1715
(NG 5533 1715) Cille Mhaire (NR) Burial Ground (NAT)
OS 6" map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1905)
Adjoining the foot of the garden in front of Kilmarie Lodge is the burial ground of Kilmarie. Foundations of a building met with in digging graves in the NW corner of the graveyard are supposed to be those of the old church of Kilmarie (RCAHMS 1928) of which there were apparently, some remains extant in 1854 (OPS 1854).
Although an early account (NSA 1845) gives the dedication as St. Mary, William Reeves in his history of St. Maelrubha (W Reeves 1863) gives the church a dedication to that saint. Subsequent writers such as Gordon (1935), Muir (1885), Lamont (1913) and Simpson (1935) follow Reeves completely in this respect.
NSA 1845; OPS 1854; W Reeves 1863; T S Muir 1885; D Lamount 1913; RCAHMS 1928; S Gordon 1935; W D Simpson 1935.
Kilmarie burial ground is still in use. At the NW corner, the position suggested as the site of the church, there is a marked absence of graves in an otherwise over-crowded cemetry, which suggests the presence of an obstruction, presumably a building.
Visited by OS (A C), 18 April 1961.
Field Visit (14 May 1914)
Cille Mhaire.
Adjoining the foot of the garden in front of Kilmarie Lodge is the burial ground of Kilmarie. Foundations of a building met with in digging graves in the north-west corner of the graveyard are supposed to be those of the old church.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 14 May 1914.
OS map: Skye l.
