Building record MHG8130 - Kiltearn Parish Church
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 6166 6522 (24m by 19m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH66NW |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Old County | ROSS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | KILTEARN |
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NH66NW0098 Graveyard
J Aitken : 12/12/02
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NH66NW 1 6165 6522.
Church (NAT) OS 6" map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1907)
Kiltearn church was built 1791, but its particularly inconvenient situation suggests that site is that of an early church (NSA 1845), possibly Culdee (Bain 1899). Said to be dedicated to St Tighernac (Macrae 1923). (But see NH66NW 15).
NSA 1845; R Bain 1899; N Macrae 1923.
Kiltearn Parish Church has been disused for c20 years. It is still roofed, but slates are soon to be removed for safety (Info from Mr Macrae, Sexton, Kiltearn parish church).
On outside of E wall of church, part of a former arch can be seen, probably belonging to an earlier church. There are several 17th and 18th century gravestones in graveyard. The sexton recalled that former minister, now in Brechin, had said church was on site of a monastery. No confirmation obtained for dedication mentioned by Macrae.
Visited by OS (R D L) 5 May 1963.
Pulpit installed in Lochgoilhead Kirk, Argyll in 1955
See assoc. docs. File (photo).
J Aitken : 12/03/02.
Sources/Archives (13)
- --- SHG1941 Text/Publication/Volume: Bain, R. 1899. History of the ancient province of Ross. 57.
- --- SHG2307 Text/Publication/Volume: Hay, G. 1957. The architecture of Scottish post-Reformation churches, 1560-1843. 89, 194, 272; plan.
- --- SHG2414 Text/Publication/Volume: Leonella Longmore. 2000. Land of Churches.
- --- SHG2489 Text/Publication/Volume: MacRae, N. 1923. The romance of a royal burgh: Dingwall's story of a thousand years. 289.
- --- SHG2597 Text/Publication/Volume: NSA. 1845. The new statistical account of Scotland by the ministers of the respective parishes under the superintendence of a committee of the society for the benefit of the sons and daughters of the clergy. Vol. 14, Ross and Cromarty, 327.
- --- SHG2670 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Easter Ross, Ross and Cromarty District, Highland Region. . 26, No. 225.
- --- SHG3139 Text/Publication/Article: Stell, G. 1986. Architecture and society in Easter Ross before 1707. SHG1943. 99-132. 124-5.
- --- SHG4497 Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG4498 Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG4499 Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG4500 Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG4501 Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG4502 Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .
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Record last edited
Aug 31 2009 4:07PM
