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Cill Challuim Chille at Keills is a medieval chapel located on the Kintyre peninsula in Argyllshire, Scotland, dedicated to Saint Columba. The chapel dates from the medieval period and occupies a site of considerable antiquity, reflecting the long ecclesiastical significance of this location. The surviving structure comprises the remains of a small chapel building, representative of medieval religious architecture in the Hebridean regions. The site has yielded carved stones and other artefacts indicative of its importance as a place of worship and pilgrimage during the medieval period.
Cill Challuim Chille, chapel, Keills is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2361. View the official record →
Cill Challuim Chille at Keills is a medieval chapel located on the Kintyre peninsula in Argyllshire, Scotland, dedicated to Saint Columba. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2361.
Cill Challuim Chille, chapel, Keills dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a chapel, keills. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Cill Challuim Chille, chapel, Keills is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM2361.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mulreesh lead mines, Mulreesh, Islay (1.1 km), Cill Sleabhan, chapel and enclosure, Islay (1.5 km), Finlaggan,standing stones 190m E of and standing stone 80m WSW of (2.2 km).
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