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Mountrich
Burial Ground (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Church (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Mountrich
Classification Burial Ground (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Church (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Killechoan
Canmore ID 12914
Site Number NH56SE 5
NGR NH 56238 60435
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12914
- Council Highland
- Parish Kiltearn
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH56SE 5 5623 6043.
(NH 56246042) Cille a'Choan {NR} (Site of)
OS 6"map, (1938)
'Cill Chomhghain' commemorates St. Comgan, active between 700 and 750 AD.
The church, with the burial-ground which was in use until the 19th c., was destroyed by the cutting of the railway in 1862-3
W J Watson 1926; N Macrae 1923; F H Groome 1901.
No further information.
Visited by OS (N K B) 30 June 1965.
St Comgan's Chapel (NR) (site of)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1971)
No change to previous field report.
Visited by OS (J B) 18 November 1976.
Chapel; burial ground (sites of) - No trace.
CFA/MORA Coastal Assessment Survey 1998.
Field Visit (September 1978)
Mountrich, Church NH 562 604 NH56SE 5
It is recorded that the church of Killechoan or Cille a' Choan was destroyed during railway construction in 1862-3.
RCAHMS 1979, visited September 1978
(Macrae 1923, 281; Watson 1926, 281)
