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No. 163 -- ECCLESIASTICAL MONUMENTS -- No. 163

[Diagrams Inserted]
Fig. 59. Church, Inchcailleach (No. 163); coped stone (i) and recumbent slabs (ii, iv, v) after R. Brydall, with interlaced
patterns restored on iv

jamb 17 ft. 10 in. from the E. end. ¹ He tentatively
ascribed the building to the end of the 12th or the
beginning of the 13th century, a conclusion which is
supported by the arch and doorway mouldings which he
recovered from the ruins.
The graveyard that surrounds the church is enclosed
by a drystone wall which, however, has taken the place
of an earlier wall, some remains of which can still be seen.
The later wall has contracted the enclosed area by some
6 ft. on either side and by as much as 32 ft. on the NE.,
where in fact it traverses the foundations of the church
itself at an average distance of 9 ft. 6 in. inwards from the
E. (i.e. the NE.) end. Enough traces of the earlier wall
remain to show that it had widely rounded corners, and

1 Compass-points are use in their functional sense here
and elsewhere in the description of this church. It was actually
oriented from SW. to NE.

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