Achlauchrach, Glen Spean Roman Catholic Church Of St Cyril
Cemetery (19th Century), Chapel (20th Century), Church (Medieval)
Site Name Achlauchrach, Glen Spean Roman Catholic Church Of St Cyril
Classification Cemetery (19th Century), Chapel (20th Century), Church (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) St. Cyrils; Church Of Cille Choirill
Canmore ID 23907
Site Number NN38SW 1
NGR NN 30695 81213
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/23907
- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmonivaig
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
Church of Cille Choirill (RC), medieval and 20th century. Chapel/monk's cell, rebuilt from a state of ruin, 1933. Only one opening - the round-arched window with moulded jambs on the southeast - is genuinely medieval, possibly 13th century, re-used. Others, and the bellcoted, swept roof date from the work of 1933, funded by subscriptions from Canadian descendants of Lochaber emigrants; shoring up and renovation in 1991 by the Scottish Churches Archaeological Trust. Breasting Tom Aingeal, with a bird's eye view over Glen Spean and the Monessie Gorge, this solitary chapel is dedicated to the Irish missionary, St. Cyril.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2007. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NN38SW 1 307 812.
(NN 307812) Cille-Choril (NAT)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 1st ed., (1872)
Cille Choiril (NR) (Ruins of R.C. Chapel)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)
Kil-a-Choireil (church of St. Cyril); a Roman Catholic church and burying - place, the latter containing the graves of the bards Iain Lom anad Domhuill Mac Fhuinlaidh, and also the graves of the priests of the glen.
D B MacCulloch 1938; Information from Celtic Monthly, June 1901 and November 1903.
The church and its burial ground are still in use.
Visited by OS (A C) 10 July 1961.
