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Latitude: 55.7206 / 55°43'13"N
Longitude: -6.3104 / 6°18'37"W
OS Eastings: 129416
OS Northings: 655879
OS Grid: NR294558
Mapcode National: GBR BFTL.DBH
Mapcode Global: WGYH6.1GBX
Entry Name: Laggan,burial ground 1000m NE of
Scheduled Date: 13 April 1992
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5272
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard
Location: Killarow and Kilmeny
County: Argyll and Bute
Electoral Ward: Kintyre and the Islands
Traditional County: Argyllshire
The monument consists of the remains of an early medieval burial ground.
It is located directly above the N bank of the meandering Laggan River. The S portion of the site which contained a chapel dedicated to St Columba has been eroded away. The remaining half of the burial ground is D-shaped and measures 25m E-W by 6.7m transversely within a bank 1.8m wide and 1.5m high. There are three small earthfast marker slabs on the mound. There are several exposed boulders in the eroding sandy bank.
The area to be scheduled is a quadrilateral measuring a maximum of 50m E-W by 20m, as shown in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because it is an early site of ecclesiastical worship. Although the chapel itself has been effaced its associated burial ground preserves evidence and has the potential to produce further evidence through excavation, for early Christian and medieval art, material culture and settlement.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NR 25NE 1.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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