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[Margin note] Page in Forms 136

[Chapel of the Culdees - supposed site of. Quotation, Continued]

...[of the Isle] of Lochleven. Kirkness was given to them by McBeth son of Finlay; and their Majesties King Malcolm and his Queen Margaret granted to them the village of Balchristie (or as it has been interpreted by some, the Town of Christian) in this parish. The present proprietor of the village (Mr. Christie of Balchristie) informs me that some year ago he dug up the foundation stones of an old edifice near the western wall of his garden and in the very place according to the best accounts the Church of the Culdees stood. Some say this was the first Christian Church in Scotland and indeed the name Balchristie as above explained and the high probability of the Culdees landing first on the adjacent inviting shore give considerable countenance to the tradition." Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] Vol. [Volume] 16 page 135.

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