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[Chapel note]
the plain fabric whose remains are now to be seen.
It may be observed in this place that the Island of
St Munde is the joint property of Sir Duncan Cameron
of Fassfern and Callard on the north side of Loch Leven,
and of Mr McDonald of Glencoe on the south side &
that these gentlemen have within the last few years
planted it, which in a few years hence will give it
an interesting and romantic appearance"
New Statistical Account
"The Church dedicated, as its name implies to Saint Mund
stood on the Island in Loch Leven. Its ruins remain & its
cemetery, still in use consists of two Knolls, one of which
is appropriated to Glencoe, and the other to Lochaber. It has
sometimes been styled a Monastery. Father Hay says that
it was a Monastery of obscure cenobites, who declined intercourse
with society, & preferred the quiet of a solitary life to all
temporal privileges". Origines Parochiales
"Island Mund signifies the Island of St. Mungo, a small
island in Loch Leven dedicated to that Saint. The island has
been long the common cemetery or burying place of the inhabitants
of Glenco." Old Statistical Account