Monument record MHG9923 - Coille Cill A Mhuire
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 9020 2280 (40m by 40m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC92SW |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Old County | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | KILDONAN |
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Full Description
NC92SW 21 902 228.
The place-name Kilmuir, Mary's Church (W J Watson 1926), is contained in Coil Chilmhuir (OSA 1792), Coille Cil-mhuire (J Mackay 1894) or Coille Cill a' Mhuire (OS 6"map, (1963)) (NC 902228) and may indicate possible Early Christian occupation in the vicinity.
A D S Macdonald and L R Laing 1973
No trace and no local knowledge of a church here.
Visited by OS (J M) 8 Feburary 1977
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SHG1593 Text/Publication/Article: Mackay, J. 1894. 'Sutherland place names', Trans Gaelic Soc Inverness Vol. 18 1891-2, p.183-208, 325-40. Trans Gaelic Soc Inverness. 183-208, 325-40. 193.
- --- SHG2606 Text/Publication/Volume: Sir John Sinclair (ed.). 1791-9. The statistical account of Scotland, drawn up from the communications of the ministers of the different parishes. Vol. 3, 405.
- --- SHG2918 Text/Publication/Volume: Watson, W J. 1926. The history of the Celtic place-names of Scotland: being the Rhind lectures on archaeology (expanded) delivered in 1916. 101.
- --- SHG692 Text/Publication/Article: Macdonald and Laing, A D S and L R. 1973. 'Early ecclesiastical sites in Scotland: a field survey, part II', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 102 1969-70, p.129-45. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 129-45. 135.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
