Cille Mhaodain, eccles. Ardgour

Grid reference

NN 012 656 (accurate position)

Six-figure easting & northing

201200 765600

Latitude

56.73971827593772

Longitude

-5.250898030057187

Altitude (metres)

15

County

Argyllshire

Nearby places

Kilbodane, settelement, Ardgour (0.39 miles)

Ardgour, modern parish (0.94 miles)

Lag nam Mòrag, Kilmallie (2.61 miles)

Tom Iain, Kilmallie (3.92 miles)

St John's Church, episcopal Lismore & Appin (5.62 miles)

Object Classification

Antiquity

Ecclesiastical

Is linear feature?

No

Notes

OS Name Book states that it was erected by Ailean nan Creach, chief of Locheil. There is no trace of the church now, nor local knowledge of one. There are two eighteenth-century tombs (NMRS). Nearby are Beinn na Cille, Allt Coire na Cille, Camas na Cille, Allt a' Chleirich (OS 6 inch 1st edn). Note that the modern spelling of the name is deceptive, since it implies that the underlying saint's name is Modan. This appears to be a nineteenth-century attempt to understand a name whose pronunciation was clear, but ambiguous in terms of what saint was represented. But the early forms of the adjacent settlement-name, Kilbodan, which date back to the sixteenth century give much earlier and more reliable insight into the name. The saint is Báetán not Modan.

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Relationships with other parishes

Within Ardgour, modern parish

Within Kilmallie, parish INV (formerly)