St Monan's Church, Balconie
Church (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name St Monan's Church, Balconie
Classification Church (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Killitiarnan; Kiltearn Church
Canmore ID 13657
Site Number NH66NW 15
NGR NH 61 65
NGR Description NH c. 61 65
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Kiltearn
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH66NW 15 c. 61 65
See also NH66NW 1.
Not far from Killitiarnan (Kiltearn Church) was the Culdee church of St. Monan's.
R Bain 1899.
Ref. in 1546 to the "chaplain of Balkny in the ph. of Kilberne", in 1551 to "the chaplainry of Saint Monan on the lands of Balcony, and to the chaplainry of "St. Monanis" in 1561-6 and 1573; and in 1623 to "the chaplainry or bursary of Balconie named Tomless, with the brewhouse and croft of the same named Brabneris Croft".
Orig Paroch Scot 1855; Reg Magni Sig Reg Scott 1984.
No further information. (But see NH66NW 1)
Visited by OS (R D L) 5 May 1963.
Alleged site of St Monan's Church.
CFA/MORA Coastal Assessment Survey 1998.
Note (1979)
Balconie, Church NH 61 65 NH66NW 10 and 15
The ruins of this church, which was dedicated to St Ninian, were recorded at 'Balcony' in 1909.
RCAHMS 1979
(Bain 1899, 57; Beaton 1909, 72)
