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St Fillan's Church and Churchyard, Kilallan is a medieval ecclesiastical site in Renfrewshire, Scotland, dedicated to Saint Fillan, an early Christian figure venerated across central Scotland. The church and its associated burial ground occupy a landscape underlain by mafic volcanic rocks from the Dinantian period, formed over 300 million years ago during the Mississippian epoch when lava flows and explosive volcanic activity shaped the geology of this region. These ancient extrusive rocks and tuffs provide the foundation upon which the medieval community built their place of worship.
The site represents a characteristic medieval parish church and graveyard, reflecting the spiritual and social role such institutions played in rural Renfrewshire communities. The dedication to Saint Fillan, whose cult was particularly strong in the west-central Lowlands, suggests the church may have been established to serve a scattered agricultural population across several centuries of the medieval period.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9915, ensuring the preservation of this important record of medieval religious life and burial practice in the region.
Kilallan, St Fillan's church and churchyard is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9915. View the official record →
St Fillan's Church and Churchyard, Kilallan is a medieval ecclesiastical site in Renfrewshire, Scotland, dedicated to Saint Fillan, an early Christian figure venerated across central Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9915.
Kilallan, St Fillan's church and churchyard dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a st fillan's church and churchyard. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Kilallan, St Fillan's church and churchyard 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 SM9915.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Gryffe Wraes Cottage, anti-aircraft site 185m WNW of (2.4 km), Houston South Mound, cairn 155m W of Gryffe High School (3 km), Back O' Hill Farm, cup marked stone 235m WNW of (3.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Kilallan, St Fillan's church and churchyard'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.
Kilallan, St Fillan's church and churchyard stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Dinantian, bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.