Monument record MHG43350 - Kilmory, Rhum

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Location

Grid reference Centred NG 3614 0369 (80m by 79m)
Map sheet NG30SE
Old County ARGYLL
Civil Parish SMALL ISLES
Geographical Area LOCHABER

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Full Description

Ruined, in rough pasture on moderate hillslope, with NE-E-SE aspect and altitude of 10-20m OD.
SMR card

The settlement of Kilmory was evacuated in 1828 and the ruins of blackhouses exist today.
K Williamson and J M Boyd 1963 A Mosaic of Islands

St Mary's Church stands immediately N of graveyard and is a ruinous drystone building c. 39' E-W by 19' with 3.5' thick walls reduced to an average height of 4'. S entrance is apparently the only one.
RCAHMS:1928:Hebrides, Skye & Small Isles Inventory:HMSO:p63

The building noted by RCAHMS as St Mary's Church is still known locally by that name, but does not appear to be a church. It is a ruinous blackhouse oriented N-S, one of a group forming the depopulated hamlet of Kilmory. RCAHMS's measurements are correct, but doorway is in centre of E wall. The walls stand to the wall head. There is no building in area oriented E-W and none that can be recognised as a church.
OSFI:AA:16.5.1972


Depopulated Landscape, Kilmory, Isle of Rhum (Image/Photograph(s)). SHG9350.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Image/Photograph(s): Depopulated Landscape, Kilmory, Isle of Rhum. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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