Kilmore, church and burial ground

Heritage listing

Date Added 08/09/2003 Type Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard; church Local Authority Argyll And Bute Parish Kilninian And Kilmore NGR NM 43616 51770 Coordinates 143616, 751770 — The monument comprises the remains of Kilmore Church and burial ground (or the Old Parish Church of Kilcolmkill), which is medieval in date and visible as turf-covered footings. The monument is situated at about 60m OD, on a knoll some 0.6km SE of the small village of Dervaig. The church was one of seven medieval parish churches on Mull and was annexed to Iona Abbey in the early 15th century. The Parish of Kilcolmkill was united with Kilninian in 1628, but Kilmore Church continued in use until 1754 when a successor was built in Dervaig. This was itself replaced in 1905 by the present Kilmore Kirk. On the summit of the knoll, turf-covered footings standing up to 1m high may be identified as the E and S walls of a rectangular structure, Kilmore Church. The burial ground, an irregular trapezoid in shape, is enclosed by a boundary wall. The entrance is currently located at the E corner; evidence of an older entrance is visible midway along the SE wall. Within the burial ground there survives the lower part (about 1m in length) of a 14th- or 15th-century graveslab, decorated with a sword, plant-scrolls and a pair of shears. Two fragments of a free-standing cross of a similar date formerly stood in the burial ground: one fragment is now housed within the present Kilmore Church. Some notable 17th- and 18th-century funerary monuments also survive. The funerary monuments and burial enclosures of greatest antiquity lie along the ridge that forms the highest part of the site. The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described, including the graveyard walls but excluding any b

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.