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Latitude: 55.7083 / 55°42'29"N
Longitude: -6.4186 / 6°25'6"W
OS Eastings: 122541
OS Northings: 654948
OS Grid: NR225549
Mapcode National: GBR BFJM.JSR
Mapcode Global: WGYH4.CSS9
Entry Name: Nereabolls Northern Churchyard, Islay
Scheduled Date: 17 October 1963
Last Amended: 3 June 1999
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM272
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Ecclesiastical: chapel
Location: Kilchoman
County: Argyll and Bute
Electoral Ward: Kintyre and the Islands
Traditional County: Argyllshire
This monument consists of the remains of a medieval chapel and burial ground.
The chapel is built into the slope with numerous terraces of several periods allowing burials down the slope. This gives the west gable an external height of approximately 2m. There is no visible trace of the east end of the church and the north and south walls are evident only by their footings at the west end. There are three late medieval grave slabs (one very worn) lying near the west gable.
When originally scheduled in 1963, only the cross head and shaft, which are now in the Museum of Islay Life, were included in the designation. This revision incorporates the other visible remains.
The area to be scheduled is defined by the inner face of the walls of the burial ground. Excluded from the scheduling are the boundary walls and those lairs where burial rights still exist. The area to be scheduled measures 80m N-S by 30m E-W at its greatest extent and is marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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