Monument record MHG14073 - Kildonan, graveyard

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 0782 9097 (59m by 57m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH09SE
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish LOCHBROOM

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Full Description

See also:
NH09SE0001 Church
J Aitken : 12/02/03
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NH09SE 1 0782 9097 to 0789 9094.

Kildonnan in Little Lochbroom marks the earliest religious centre of the parish. It was out of use as a religious centre before the Roman Catholic period, and therefore, marks a foundation and not a dedication… Kildonnan is numbered among the religious sites planted by St Donnan who was martyred in 617 A.D.(A C M Mitford 1936) ) There was a burial place here called "Clach Chill Donnain"(Mitford 1936)
W D Simpson 1935

According to Mr Roger(Dundonnell House, Little Lochbroom) , this 7th century religious foundation was probably situated on a flat plateau at NH 0789 9094. The tradition that St Donnan had a cell here prior to his martyrdom in 617 A.D. is well known locally. There is now no trace of a church or cell. In the roughly circular burial place at NH 0782 9097, called "Clach Chill Donnain", there are several upright unmarked gravestones. There are also three large flat stones which traditionally mark the grave of a "Danish princess" who died here after a period of ill-health, but no further information could be obtained about this. The graveyard probably went out of use in the middle of the 18th cent. (Miss McNorton, Ardnessie, Dundonnell, Little Lochbroom)
Visited by OS (R B) 4 November 1964

(NH 0783 9098) Cladh Cill Donnain (NR)
OS 6"map, (1968)

The site was visited again during the course of a pre-afforestation survey undertaken by J Wordsworth and shows little change.
J Wordsworth 1995; NMRS MS 961/20 <1>

The site was not located during the Highland Kirkyards project, run by Highland Buildings Preservation Trust. The site could well be overgrown. <2><3>

Sources/Archives (7)

  • --- Image/Photograph(s): Burial ground, Kildonan, Little Loch Broom.. Colour Slide. .
  • --- Image/Photograph(s): Kildonan Graveyard from N.. Colour Slide. .
  • --- Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Wordsworth J. 1995. Archaeological Survey of Proposed Plantation at Creag na Ceapaich, Dundonnell. Wordsworth Archaeological Services. 20/12/1995. Digital (scanned as PDF).
  • --- Image/Photograph(s): Highland Council Archaeology Unit. HCAU Slide Collection Sheet 18. Colour slide. . Digital (scanned). 363.
  • <1> Text/Publication/Volume: Wordsworth, J. 1995. Archaeological Survey of Proposed plantation at Creag na Ceapaich, Dundonnell.
  • <2> Collection/Project Archive: Robinson, B; Scott, M; Wright, A. 03/2010. Highland Kirkyards: Ross and Cromarty. Highland Buildings Preservation Trust. 29/07/2010. Paper (Original).
  • <3> Image/Photograph(s): Highlands Buildings Preservation Trust. 2009. Photographs of Ross and Cromarty Kirkyards. Colour. . Digital.

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Record last edited

Jun 29 2016 10:32AM

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