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Fort Augustus, Church
Church (Period Unassigned), Shop (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Fort Augustus, Church
Classification Church (Period Unassigned), Shop (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) The Millshop
Canmore ID 332809
Site Number NH30NE 94
NGR NH 37912 09236
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/332809
- Council Highland
- Parish Boleskine And Abertarff
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
External Reference (15 October 2013)
Corrugated Iron church in Fort Augustus, now a shop.
Pevsner: Opened 1906 and United Free Church though I was told that all denominations had used the building.
Information from M Briscoe, 15 October 2013
Field Visit (6 February 2014 - 6 February 2014)
Church
A corrugated iron church, now a “Mill Shop”, next to the canal and on the north side of the road swing bridge, is on a NNW-SSE alignment. The main part of the church is c15m x 7m but there is an extension at the NE corner and a wooden porch at the south end. A bell tower sits atop the south gable. The eleven stained glass windows become much more evident from the inside and are mostly in good order. There is a single original pew at the back/south end. The people running the shop provided the information that it was built in 1906 and was originally a Free Church but there was a union with the United Free Church and in 1929 it became a Church of Scotland (Inveroich C of S). In 1934 when the parish combined with Abertarff parish it became Fort Augustus C of S. It later became the Mackay Hall and has been a shop since the 1970s.
