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Bute, Kilmory Chapel
Chapel (Period Unassigned), Cist(S) (Period Unassigned), Coffin (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Hammer
Site Name Bute, Kilmory Chapel
Classification Chapel (Period Unassigned), Cist(S) (Period Unassigned), Coffin (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Hammer
Alternative Name(s) Kylmor, Killmorey
Canmore ID 40260
Site Number NS05NW 1
NGR NS 04520 59498
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/40260
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish North Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Buteshire
Desk Based Assessment (7 July 1972)
NS05NW 1 04520 59498.
(NS 0452 5948) Kilmory Chapel (NR) (remains of)
OS 6" map (1957)
The ruins of Kilmory Chapel were excavated by the Marquess of Bute. It measures about 35ft by 17ft 6ins over 2ft 6ins thick walls. 30ft from it are the remains of the circular stone cashel wall.
About 50 years ago, during road repairs, a lead coffin and cists were exposed, and an iron or bronze hammer-head found. This is now lost. 'Kylmor' is mentioned in the Exchequer Rolls in 1440.
Information from OS (IF) 7 July 1972
J K Hewison 1893.
Field Visit (15 November 1976)
Kilmory Chapel (name verified) lies on a level terrace on a W-facing hillside. It is oriented NW-SE, and measures 9.1 by 4.8 metres internally. Its coursed dry-stone walls are 0.7 metres wide and up to 1.2 metres high. There is a well-defined 1.2 metres wide entrance off-centre on the NE side. Vestiges of an enclosing bank can be identified 10.0 metres to the east of the building.
There is no evidence of the cists and the lead coffin cannot be traced.
Surveyed at 1/2500 scale.
Visited by OS (T R G) 15 November 1976.
Field Visit (20 May 2009)
Kilmory Chapel is as described by the Ordnance Survey but it is now heavily overgrown with hawthorn. A small settlement known as ‘Killmorey Chaple’ is depicted on Roy's Military Map (1747-55). The chapel was abandoned before 1863 and it is depicted unroofed, along with vestiges of its enclosure, on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Buteshire 1869, Sheet CCXV).
Visited by RCAHMS (GFG,PM) 20 May 2009.
