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Killantringan, St Ninian's Chapel
Chapel (Early Medieval)
Site Name Killantringan, St Ninian's Chapel
Classification Chapel (Early Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Blackness
Canmore ID 60333
Site Number NW95NE 9
NGR NW 981 564
NGR Description NW c. 981 564
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/60333
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Portpatrick
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NW95NE 9 c. 981 564
(Area: NW 981 564) 'At Killantringan, on Blackness, was once a chapel dedicated to St Ninian.'
E M H M'Kerlie 1916
Watson states that this dedication to St Ninian probably dates from the 12th century, but W Nicolaisen (School of Scottish Studies) is of the opinion that the element 'Kil' went out of use about AD 850. (Information from A MacDonald, MoPBW, 10 August 1967)
W J Watson 1926
Site not located. No further information.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 19 February 1968
The words used to form the name 'Killantringan' indicate 12th- or 13th- century date. It possibly indicates the site of a chapel erected for the use of pilgrims on their way to Whithorn in the period from the 12th to the 16th century.
J MacQueen 1973
A chapel dedicated to St Ninian is said to have stood at Killantringan.
H Scott 1915-61; E M H M'Kerlie 1916; RCAHMS 1985, visited (IMS) August 1984.
