Inchkenneth, former parish, KKV

Grid reference

NM 437 354 (accurate position)

Six-figure easting & northing

143700 735400

Latitude

56.44107155784274

Longitude

-6.158782707164226

County

Argyllshire

Nearby places

St Cainneach's Chapel, KKV (Inchkenneth) (0 miles)

Inchkenneth, island KKV Mull (0.19 miles)

Uamh Beathaig, KKV (Mull) (1.72 miles)

Suidhe Choluimcille, KKV (Mull) (2.06 miles)

Cille Mhic Eoghainn, KKE (Ulva, Mull) (3.35 miles)

Object Classification

Parish (non-extant in 1975)

Is linear feature?

No

Notes

NGR for the site on Inchkenneth island, q.v. Monro reports (Description, 500): 'a paroch kirk, the maist of the parochin being upon the mayne shoar of Mull, being only ane half myle distant from the said ile, and the haill parochin of it pertains to the prioress of Colmkill.' 'The old parish of Inchkenneth included the island of that name, the island of Eorsa, and a small portion of the peninsula of Mull named Ardmanach, off the north coast of which the islands lie' (OPS ii, 1, 316).

Relationships with other parishes

Within Kilfinichen & Kilvickeon, modern parish

Parish details

Inchkenneth now part of Kilfinichen and Kilvickeon KKV

Parish TLA

IKX

Medieval diocese

Isles

Parish notes

It belonged to the nunnery of Iona (OPS ii, 1, 316)