Inchkenneth, island KKV Mull

Grid reference

NM 437 357 (accurate position)

Six-figure easting & northing

143700 735700

Latitude

56.44375998707729

Longitude

-6.159076811616569

Altitude (metres)

30

County

Argyllshire

Nearby places

Inchkenneth, former parish, KKV (0.19 miles)

St Cainneach's Chapel, KKV (Inchkenneth) (0.19 miles)

Uamh Beathaig, KKV (Mull) (1.9 miles)

Suidhe Choluimcille, KKV (Mull) (2.2 miles)

Cille Mhic Eoghainn, KKE (Ulva, Mull) (3.23 miles)

Object Classification

Island

Is linear feature?

No

Notes

NMRS records the chapel of Inchkenneth here, actually the former parish kirk, the building possibly of the thirteenth century. Samuel Johnson composed a Latin poem inspired by this place and a supposed 'seminary of ecclesiasticks' of the early Christian Church. But there is no physical evidence for such a community's presence at the site. Several West Highland grave-slabs surviv in the church, and outside is a sixteenth-century cross. Johnson also recorded a little bell on the altar (NMRS).

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