Iona, Cill Ma Neachdain
Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Chapel (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Iona, Cill Ma Neachdain
Classification Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Chapel (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 21643
Site Number NM22SE 34
NGR NM 2861 2468
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/21643
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilfinichen And Kilvickeon
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
(NM 2861 2468) Cill ma Neachdain (Thomas 1971; Reeves 1857) or Cill mo Neachdain and Cladh mo Neachdain (Ritchie 1934) - "the chapel and burial ground of My Nechtan" - a dedication to St Nechtan who died in 679. Reeves (1857) combines Cill ma Neachdain and Cill ma Ghobhannain
(NM22SE 35) and equates them with Martin's (1934) reference to "a piece of ground between the church and the gardens, in which murderers and children that died before baptism were buried".
Only a spread of stones now remains.
A C Thomas 1971; A Ritchie and E Ritchie 1934; W J Watson 1926; W Reeves 1857; M Martin 1934.
A level platform with a bank on its W side. There is no surface evidence of burials.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (RD) 12 June 1972.
Field Visit (April 1996 - May 1996)
This is a dedication to St Neachten who died in AD 679. Reeves equates this with Martin's reference to "a piece of ground between the church and gardens, in which murderers and children that died before baptism were buried."
In 1972 it was visible as a platform with a bank on its west side, though no surface evidence of burials existed.
(ION96 069)
Information from NTS (SCS) January 2016
External Reference (28 October 2011)
Scheduled as element within 'The monument known as St Mary's Abbey, Iona, monastic settlement [comprising] the remains of the large early historic monastic settlement founded by St Columba in AD 563, St Martin's Cross, and parts of medieval buildings associated with the Benedictine Abbey of St Mary founded around AD 1200.'
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 28 October 2011.
