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Kintail, St Dubhthac's Church
Church (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Kintail, St Dubhthac's Church
Classification Church (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Kintail Old Parish Church; St Duthac's Church; St Dubhtach's Church
Canmore ID 12018
Site Number NG92SW 3
NGR NG 94631 21047
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12018
- Council Highland
- Parish Kintail
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Old Parish Church of Kintail, late medieval A gabled, rectangular ruin, the chamfered doorway in its south elevation possibly 16th century. Damaged by Hanoverian gunfire in 1719, following the Battle of Glenshiel, it was still in use until about 1855. On a knoll above, the Clan MacRae War Memorial, James Gray of Glasgow, 1922 , with a sad kilted soldier stepping out of a hewn granite block.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NG92SW 3.00 94631 21047
NG92SW 3.01 94697 21077 Clachan Duich Burial Ground (Churchyard; Kilduich)
See Also:
NG92SW 20 94572 21089 Macrae War Memorial
(NG 9463 2103) Church (NR) (In Ruins)
OS 6" map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., 1905.
The former parish church of Kintail, dedicated to St. Duthae (D MacDonald, A Polson and J Brown 1931) or Dubhthach (W J Watson 1926), who is thought to have died about 1065. Nothing is otherwise known of the origins of the church.
It was used in 1719 as a hospital for the Jacobite wounded in the Battle of Glenshiel (NG91SE 1) and, in consequence, was burnt by the Government forces, but was later repaired and was certainly still in use in 1836 (NSA [Rev J Morrison] 1845); and probably remained so until the present church (NG 9296 2122) was built in 1856 (Name Book 1874).
The four walls still stand, and the burial ground surrounding it was still in use in 1948 (B G Macrow 1948).
NSA 1845; Name Book 1874; W J Watson 1926; D Macdonald, A Polson and J Brown 1931; B G Macrow 1948; I C Talyor 1965.
As described above, the four walls of this church still stand to roof height. They are 1.0m thick and show indications of recent repair work. The area inside the church walls is the burial ground of the chiefs of the clan Macrae.
The graveyard is still in use, and has been extended to the W.
A plaque, just inside the gates to the graveyard states, 'Kilduich or Clachan Duich'. Ancient Church and Burial Ground of Kintail. Dedicated to St. Dubhthach c.1050, though probably in use three centuries earlier". Date of erection of church not known.
Visited by OS (R L) 26 September 1966.
