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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST MARY'S CHAPEL (Site of) | St. Mary's Chapel St. Mary's Chapel St. Mary's Chapel St. Mary's Chapel St. Mary's Church |
New Stat [Statistical] Acct. [Account] McArthur's Antiquities John Speirs Bennecarrigan Duncan Cook Bennecarrigan Origines Parochiales |
254.13 | "In the year 1357. John of Menteith Lord of Arane and Knapdale granted to the monks of Kybrynnyne the advocation of the church of St Mary in the island of Arane and of its chapels", This name is written from the Stat [Statistical] Acct [Account]. None of the present inhabitants can tell whether it was the original Parish Church of St Mary, but the traditions and legends relative to it are very numerous, it seemed to be a place of much veneration. It is said that a quantity of its clay was carried and strewn over the burying ground of the present parish church at Kilmory; There is a legend relating to a stone having extraordinary healing powers in connection with this but it is too obscure. There was a well of much esteemed sanctity in the neighbourhood of the Chapel, but it has been drained and ploughed over; even the burying ground has been much encroached on by the plough; It is still occasionally used as a burying ground, but chiefly for that of infants, |
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" The ruins of another chapel are to be seen on the farm of Binnicarragan. This seems to have been in former times the place of worship for the district, and around it that for internment, till the removal of the former to Kilmorie. Infants are still buried in it, & the wall that enclosed it may still be traced by its ruins, but the only monument of them which lie beneath, is a stone beautifully carved. A well once celebrated for its miraculous sanatory virtues, stands at a short distance from the Chapel " New Stat. [Statistical] Account.
"The Church is believed to have originally stood at Binnicarragan to the westward of Kilmorie, where are the remains of a Church, with a burying ground still in use, & near it a well of Miraculous fame"
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