St Kenneth's Church
Cemetery (Period Unassigned), Church (Period Unassigned)
Site Name St Kenneth's Church
Classification Cemetery (Period Unassigned), Church (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Kinloch Laggan Old St Kenneth's Church And Burial Ground
Canmore ID 24302
Site Number NN58NW 1
NGR NN 53512 89693
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/24302
- Council Highland
- Parish Laggan
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Badenoch And Strathspey
- Former County Inverness-shire
NN58NW 1 53512 89693.
(NN 5361 8969) St. Kenneth's Church (NR) (Rems. of)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)
At the E end of Loch Laggan stand the remains of an old church dedicated to St. Kenneth of Aghabo, a distinguished Irish Pict who visited Scotland in the late 6th century (Simpson 1935).
The greatest part of the walls still stand and its consecrated burying ground remains in use (OSA 1792).
Statistical Account (OSA) 1792; W D Simpson 1935.
The ruined church of St. Kenneth measures internally 17.5m E-W by 5.6m transversely. The walls of stone with shell lime mortar, are 0.9m thick, and stand 1.8-2.1m in height. The west gable is intact but the other is gone. In the S wall 4.5m from the west end, is a door-way, 1.1m wide with a font or stoup within a recess in the east side which is at this point strengthened with an external buttress. There is an arched burial recess further to the east. The burial ground is still in use.
Visited by OS (A S P) 7 June 1961.
No change.
Visited by OS (N K B) 13 October 1965.
