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St Maelrubha's Church, chapel and burial ground at Loch Eynort is a medieval ecclesiastical site located in Inverness-shire, Scotland. The monument comprises a church, chapel and associated burial ground dedicated to St Maelrubha, the seventh-century Irish monk who founded an important monastery at Applecross on the west Scottish coast. This dedication indicates the site's significance within medieval Christian networks that connected the Hebridean regions to major monastic centres. The church and chapel structures reflect the religious importance of the locality during the medieval period, serving as a focal point for spiritual life and burial practices across several centuries.
The site is situated upon distinctive Palaeocene basalt bedrock that formed during the Paleocene epoch, part of the extensive volcanic geology that characterises much of the Inner Hebrides and adjacent mainland areas. This underlying geology would have influenced both the site's settlement and the character of its landscape, with basalt providing durable stone for church construction and defining the local topography.
St Maelrubha's Church, chapel and burial ground is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under the designation SM5665, recognising its archaeological and historical importance as evidence of medieval religious organisation and community practice in the Scottish Highlands.
Loch Eynort,St Maelrubha's Church,chapel and burial ground is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5665. View the official record →
St Maelrubha's Church, chapel and burial ground at Loch Eynort is a medieval ecclesiastical site located in Inverness-shire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5665.
Loch Eynort,St Maelrubha's Church,chapel and burial ground dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a st maelrubha's church,chapel and burial ground. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Loch Eynort,St Maelrubha's Church,chapel and 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 SM5665.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Kraiknish dun, 200m SW of Laimhrig na Moine, Isle of Skye (3.3 km), Dun Sleadale,broch (6.1 km), Rubh'an Dunain,chambered cairn,Soay Sound (9.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Loch Eynort,St Maelrubha's Church,chapel and 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.
Loch Eynort,St Maelrubha's Church,chapel and burial ground stands on Palaeocene basalt, bedrock that formed in the Paleocene. The rock here is basalt group.