Cill Mo-Neachdain, eccles. KKV (Iona)

Grid reference

NM 286 246 (accurate position)

Six-figure easting & northing

128600 724600

Latitude

56.33587818966526

Longitude

-6.391835179350004

Altitude (metres)

25

County

Argyllshire

Nearby places

St Mary's Abbey / Cathedral (Iona) (0.06 miles)

St Mary's Chapel, KKV (Iona) (0.14 miles)

Reilig Orain, KKV (Iona) (0.14 miles)

St Oran's Chapel, KKV (Iona) (0.14 miles)

Tobar Odhrain, KKV (Iona) (0.19 miles)

Object Classification

Ecclesiastical

Is linear feature?

No

Notes

Reeves states that Cill ma Neachdain is also called Cill ma Ghobhannain, and identifies them with 'an empty piece of ground between the Church and the Gardens, in which Murderers and Children that died before Baptism were buried' as described by Martin Martin (1857, 418). Watson (1926, 308) records a local saying: 'Thiodlaic me mo naoi nighnean mar sheachdnar an Cill Mo-Neachdain ann an I' (I buried my nine daughter as seven (i.e. in seven burials) in Cill Mo-Neachdain in Iona'.

Relationships with other parishes

Within Kilfinichen & Kilvickeon, modern parish