Strathclyde - Historic Churches

Near the southern tip of the Knapdale peninsula stands an isolated 12th-century chapel of a type once common throughout the West Highlands. Within the chapel is a remarkable collection of 12th and 13th-century grave slabs gathered from the churchyard and brought inside to protect them from the elements.
Keills, Strathclyde, Scotland

Attraction Type: Church - Early Christian Cross
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Heritage Highlight: Keills Cross, a 7th century carved cross

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An early 13th-century chapel stands on a hill overlooking Kilchiaran Bay. Inside the chapel are grave slabs from the 13th-16th century. Outside the chapel is an ancient Cup Stone, carved wing cup and ring marks, used by islanders as a wishing stone.
Port Charlotte, Islay, Strathclyde, Scotland

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Heritage Highlight: 13th-century effigy of a priest

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Surrounding the ruined 19th-century church at Kilchoman are a pair of medieval crosses, one 9th century and one 14th century. In addition, there are several medieval grave slabs carved with effigies and interlace patterns. Nearby is a military cemetery for sailors who died in the wreck of the HMS Otranto in 1918.
Kilchoman, Islay, Strathclyde, Scotland, PA49 7UY

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Heritage Highlight: Superb 14th-century carved cross

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A magnificent 8th-century high cross stands outside the ruined church at Kildalton, on the south coast of Islay. The Kildalton Cross is considered one of the best high crosses in Scotland and is similar in style to several crosses of a similar age on Iona, suggesting that it was made by a stonemason from Iona. The cross has a central boss with a ring around the cross head in a style often called a Celtic cross.
Islay, Kildalton, Islay, Strathclyde, Scotland

Attraction Type: Church - Early Christian Cross
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Heritage Highlight: Perhaps the finest early Christian cross in the West Highlands

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A 13th-century ruinous church stands on the site of a 7th-century chapel founded by (or for) St Kevin. There are ten 14th and 15th-century carved grave slabs in West Highland style in the graveyard and inside the chapel.
Trodigal, Machrinhanish, Strathclyde, Scotland, PA28 6PT

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Heritage Highlight: 14th-century West Highland grave slabs

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Most people come to Kilmartin village to see the wonderful collection of carved grave slabs in the churchyard and in a small mausoleum at the back of the churchyard. However, the church itself harbours even more interesting historic remains in the shape of a pair of carved crosses.
Kilmartin Glen, A816, Kilmartin, Strathclyde, Scotland

Attraction Type: Church - Early Christian Cross
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Gathered together at Kilmartin church are 80 sculpted stone grave slabs gathered from around the Kilmartin region. The earliest of the slabs dates to the 13th century, and the latest to 1712. Most of the stones (those thought to be most at risk from weathering) are protected under cover of a former mausoleum building at the rear of the churchyard. A few others still lie 'in situ' within the churchyard.
Kilmartin Glen, A816, Kilmartin, Strathclyde, Scotland

Attraction Type: Church - Carved Stone
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Remains of a late medieval chapel stand in a burial ground, near an 1828 church designed by Thomas Telford. Outside the chapel is what appears to be part of a churchyard cross, and there are several carved medieval grave slabs.
Ballygrant, Strathclyde, Scotland, PA45 7QW

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The 18th-century church at Kilmodan boasts some of the finest carved stones in Argyll. Many of these have been placed in a small building at the rear of the churchyard to protect them from the elements. The building probably belonged to the Campbells of Auchenbreck and was used as a burial enclosure.
Clachan of Glendaruel, Colintraive, Kilmodan, Cowal, Strathclyde, Scotland

Attraction Type: Church - Carved Stone
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Kilmorie Chapel is a medieval burial aisle, all that remains of a much larger church, on the shore of Loch Fyne. The chapel is the traditional burial place of the chiefs of Clan Maclachlan. In the burial ground stands a Celtic cross.
B8000, Garbhallt, Cowal, Strathclyde, Scotland

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Heritage Highlight: Celtic cross

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