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Kilneuair, St Columba's Church And Churchyard, Oratory

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Burial Aisle (18th Century), Folly (18th Century)

Site Name Kilneuair, St Columba's Church And Churchyard, Oratory

Classification Burial Aisle (18th Century), Folly (18th Century)

Canmore ID 233780

Site Number NM80SE 3.01

NGR NM 88904 03681

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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View of ten small photographs variously identified; the top five images are variously identified buildings or ruins and the lower five images are of highland cattle. Of the identifiable buildings, the upper-left image is a view of the front of Colonsay House, Colonsay, Argyll. The upper-right image is a wide view of the ruins of a medieval parish church, dedicated to St Columba, known as 'Kilneuair Chapel', at Kilmichael Glassary, Argyll. The upper-central left image is a view of a boat moored at the Fincharn Castle ruins on the south end of Loch Awe, Argyll. The upper-central right image is another, more detailed, view of the ruins of a medieval parish church, dedicated to St Columba, known as 'Kilneuair Chapel', at Kilmichael Glassary, Argyll. The central right image is another, more detailed, view of the Fincharn Castle ruins on the south end of Loch Awe, Argyll. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM No. 187, (cf PAs 186 and 188) Rev. J.B. MacKenzie of Colonsay Albums,1870, vol.2.
View of ten small photographs variously identified; the top five images are variously identified buildings or ruins and the lower five images are of highland cattle. Of the identifiable buildings, the upper-left image is a view of the front of Colonsay House, Colonsay, Argyll. The upper-right image is a wide view of the ruins of a medieval parish church, dedicated to St Columba, known as 'Kilneuair Chapel', at Kilmichael Glassary, Argyll. The upper-central left image is a view of a boat moored at the Fincharn Castle ruins on the south end of Loch Awe, Argyll. The upper-central right image is another, more detailed, view of the ruins of a medieval parish church, dedicated to St Columba, known as 'Kilneuair Chapel', at Kilmichael Glassary, Argyll. The central right image is another, more detailed, view of the Fincharn Castle ruins on the south end of Loch Awe, Argyll. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM No. 187, (cf PAs 186 and 188) Rev. J.B. MacKenzie of Colonsay Albums,1870, vol.2. View of burial aisle from SGeneral view of the Oratory, Kilneuair Church.View of Kilneuair Mausoleum, St Columba's Chapel, from SW. Titled: 'Oratory at Kilneuair, Lochawe'.View of burial aisle from SEView of burial aisle from SW

Administrative Areas

  • Council Argyll And Bute
  • Parish Kilmichael Glassary
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Argyll And Bute
  • Former County Argyll

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External Reference (20 July 1971)

Probably 18th century. A 'folly'. Square. Rubble, employing ancient carved

stones (probably from the chapel); roofless. Very curious small windows

formed as acute triangles with slightly curved sides (New built up).

T S Muir "Characteristics of Old Church Architecture" 1861 p 82.

Muir accepts it as an authentic mediaeval oratory.

Information from Historic Scotland, 20 July 1971

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Field Visit (April 1985)

RCAHMS Inventory: Argyll Volume 7; Mid Argyll & Cowal, Medieval & Later Monuments

BURIAL-ENCLOSURE. Some 4m W of the SW angle of the church there stands a roofless structure measuring 4.3m from E to W by 3.1m over 0.5m walls of lime-mortared rubble. The S side-wall is treated as an ornamental facade, having a central acutely-pointed blind arch flanked by two narrow windows of similar form. Alternate blocks of the arch-surround, and also of the angle-quoins of this facade, project boldly and are carved in what appears to be a 'Celtic' equivalent of vermiculated rustication, incorporating rosettes, herring-bone, chevron- and key-ornament, and other fanciful devices. Similar motifs are carved on the sills and jambs of the windows, and of two other windows in the end walls. Apart from these embellishments, it is comparable with other family burial-enclosures in Mid Argyll (e.g. Nos. 32, 48, 63), but no monuments are identifiable. It can hardly be earlier than the end of the 18th century, but knowledge of its origin was lost before 1844 when it was described as an 'oratory' associated with the ruined church, while a photograph of about 1870 shows that it was becoming dilapidated (en.11).

RCAHMS 1992, visited April 1985

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