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Ordnance Survey - Argyll county, OS Name Books - Argyll county - Volume 57 - Parishes found on OS 6-inch map sheets CLIX, CLX, CLXIX, CLXX, CLXXIX, CLXXX and CXC, OS1/2/57

Continued entries/extra info

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Argyllshire South Knapdale Ph [Parish] Sheet 190

[Chapel (In Ruins) Cill Mhic-Charmaig (Eilean Mor)] the walls are entire & half the roof still remains

"The Chapel at "Ellanmore" was built by Mac O'Charmaig, an Ancient proprietor of these islands;
it is arched over & covered with flags, and notwithstanding its antiquity is in a wonderful
state of preservation" ..."On an eminence not far off "The Chapel" is a pedestal, with a Cross,
and near to this Cross is a Cave, which as tradition says, at one time produced
wonderful effects upon such as had the hardihood to enter it",
"Saint Comaig also founded the Church of Kilvie O'Charmaig, the mother Church of
the two Knapdales, and after a life spent in acts of piety & devotion, he wasburied in his
native island, His tomb, a little oblong building, (written Grave on Trace), is elevated about three
feet above ground remains (partly) uninjured by time.

Transcriber's notes

Note: the descriptions for the "Chapel", "Grave", "Cross", and "Cave" are all part of the one entry.

Ordnance Survey - Argyll county, OS Name Books - Argyll county - Volume 57 - Parishes found on OS 6-inch map sheets CLIX, CLX, CLXIX, CLXX, CLXXIX, CLXXX and CXC, OS1/2/57

This volume contains information on place names found in the parishes of Kilmichael Glassary, North Knapdale and South Knapdale.

Ordnance Survey - Argyll county

Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Argyll, which is in the west of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.

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