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Inishail is a medieval church, cross and burial ground situated on an island in Loch Awe in Argyllshire, Scotland. The site comprises the remains of an early Christian settlement with a small stone church, a carved cross, and an associated cemetery that reflects the importance of this location as a religious centre during the medieval period. The church structure and carved stone cross are characteristic of early medieval ecclesiastical sites found throughout the Scottish Highlands and islands. The burial ground remains in use and continues to be an important site for local communities, preserving evidence of continuous religious significance from the early medieval period onwards.
Inishail,church,cross & burial ground is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4184. View the official record →
Inishail is a medieval church, cross and burial ground situated on an island in Loch Awe in Argyllshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4184.
Inishail,church,cross & burial ground dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a church,cross & burial ground. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Inishail,church,cross & burial ground 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 SM4184.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Loch Awe,Eilean Seileachan,crannog 500m W of (0.8 km), Inistrynich,crannog 300m ESE of (1.4 km), Rockhill Farm, crannogs 750m NE & 200m N of (2.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Inishail,church,cross & burial ground's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Inishail,church,cross & burial ground stands on Argyll Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite, semipelite and pelite.