Saints in Scottish Place-Names

Kilmun, eccles. Inveraray

Grid reference

NN 079 130 (accurate position)

Six-figure easting & northing

207900 713000

Latitude

56.270615055405685

Longitude

-5.102705284447406

Altitude (metres)

180

County

Argyllshire

Nearby places

Kilmun, settlement Inveraray (0.22 miles)

Allt Thòmais, Inveraray (0.83 miles)

Creagan Mhàrtuin, Inveraray (0.9 miles)

Ladyfield, settlement Inveraray (1.75 miles)

Inveraray, parish, aka Kilmalieu, parish (2.58 miles)

Object Classification

Antiquity

Ecclesiastical

Is linear feature?

No

Notes

NSA (1845) states that this place was still being used for the burial of children and infants in the eighteenth century (Argyll, 26). NMRS describes it as a 'small ruined chapel ... the whole enclosed by a low turf dyke. The burial ground, oval on plan with a maximum diameter of 43' contains two low mounds, possibly bee-hive cells or graves, which lie to the NE of the chapel.'

http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/

Relationships with other parishes

Within Inveraray, parish, aka Kilmalieu, parish

Relationships with other places

Adjacent Kilmun, settlement Inveraray

Names

Kilmun

Kilmun 1845, NSA

Saints in this place-name

Fintan, Munnu (ns) (certain)

Munnu m. Tulcháin (certain)

Relationships with other place names

Is source of Kilmun, Kilmun, settlement Inveraray