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Latitude: 55.8665 / 55°51'59"N
Longitude: -5.2964 / 5°17'46"W
OS Eastings: 193839
OS Northings: 668614
OS Grid: NR938686
Mapcode National: GBR FF96.GS1
Mapcode Global: WH1L9.MT41
Entry Name: Stillaig Farm, chapel and burial ground 470m WSW of
Scheduled Date: 2 February 2004
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM11101
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Ecclesiastical: chapel
Location: Kilfinan
County: Argyll and Bute
Electoral Ward: Cowal
Traditional County: Argyllshire
The monument comprises the turf-covered outline of an early medieval chapel measuring 8.2m by 4.4m (interior dimensions) with drystone walls about 0.9m thick. This building lies within a D-shaped enclosure measuring 40m NW to SE by 44m NNE to SSW.
The RCAHMS has drawn attention to similarities in scale between the chapel at Stillaig and that on Eilean Mor, as well as several on Islay, and suggests that it is of 12th-century date.
The area to be scheduled comprises the enclosure walls and the area bounded by them, an area measuring 45m NNW-SSE by 40m transversely, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as an example of an early medieval chapel and burial ground, which has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of early ecclesiastical sites of the west of Scotland.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
The monument is recorded by RCAHMS as NR96NW 6.
References:
RCAHMS 1992, INVENTORY OF THE MID MEDIEVAL AND LATER MONUMENTS OF MID ARGYLL & COWAL, Vol. 7 of the Argyll series, Edinburgh: HMSO, 4-6, 205.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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