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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| ST BLANE'S CHURCH (In Ruins) | St. Blane's Church St. Blane's Church St. Blane's Church Old Kingarth ch. [church] Church of St. Blane Church of St .Blane |
Estate Map New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] Wilsons Guide to Rothesay. Pennants Tour of 1772. Wilson's Prehistoric Annals Origines Parochiales |
227.03 | This church is supposed to have been founded by the saint whose name it bears, who flourished about the close of the tenth century. That a Church existed here at a period not much posterior, and that he was commonly regarded as having been a benefactor to it, there is evidence still extant to show, In a charter given by Allan, son of Walter the second Great Steward of Scotland, dated before the year 1204, conveying certain grants to the monastery of the Clunian order at Paisley, is contained in the following clause; "Also for the benefit of the Soul of King David, and the Soul of King Malcolm, and the Souls of Walter my father, and Eschene my mother; and for the salvation of our Lord William, King of Scotland, and his heirs, and the Salvation of myself and my heirs; I give, grant, and by this my deed, convey to the said monastery at Paisley, and the monks Serving God therein, the church of Kingaif (Kingarth) in the island of Bute, with all the chapels and the whole parish of that island, together with the whole of those lands of which the boundaries, said to have been fixed by St. Blane, are still apparent from sea to sea" From this charter, it would appear, also, that at the time of its date, this was the Parochial church of the whole island. The church stands on a level space raised by art. considerably above the adjoining ground, and enclosed by a wall of massy stones rudely piled one over another, 500 feet in cirfumrence. The whole of this space is found arched or built with mason work underneath, at a distance of two feet from the surface. Connected with it by a |
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