Gairloch, Church Of St Maelrubha
Church(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Gairloch, Church Of St Maelrubha
Classification Church(S) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) St Maelrubha's Church; Church Of Gairloch
Canmore ID 11955
Site Number NG87NW 2
NGR NG 8063 7572
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11955
- Council Highland
- Parish Gairloch
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NG87NW 2 8063 7572.
The church of Gairloch was originally dedicated to St. Maelrubha, and perhaps erected by him in the seventh century; it stood near the centre of the burial-ground at Gairloch (NG 8063 7572). There are no remains whatever of it. It was a common kirk of the Canons of Ross.
Little is known of the church history of Gairloch before the Reformation. There was a church here before 1628 which was probably rebuilt in the middle or latter part of the seventeenth century, most likely on the same site as the original church.
A new church is said to have been built in 1751 which was thatched, and had fallen into ruin by 1791, when the present church was built (NG 8071 7559).
J H Dixon 1886.
The parishes of the Diocese of Ross, constituted 1124, include the parish of Gairloch.
N Macrae 1923.
