Kilbride Point,church,burial ground and post medieval settlement

Heritage listing

Date Added 09/10/1992 Supplementary Information Updated 11/11/2019 Type Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard; church, Secular: settlement, including deserted and depopulated and townships Local Authority Highland Planning Authority Highland Parish Kilmuir NGR NG 37360 66056 Coordinates 137360, 866056 — The monument is situated on a coastal promontory. It consists of the remains of a late medieval church which has been partly overbuilt by a dwelling house, also ruined. Also included is an oval enclosure immediately to the N of the church, which is probably the burial ground. The church is rectangular-plan, orientated and measures 12.6m by 6.1m over walls 1.2m thick and about 0.9m high. The masonry is a mixture of rubble and worked local stone with coarse shell-lime mortar. Stretches of inner and outer wall face survive, suggesting the building had square corners and well defined faces. There is a square pillar of dressed stone in the church interior. The burial ground to the N, defined by a line of boulders, measures 21m E-W by 12m N-S. Subsequent to the abandonment of the church the promontory has supported a small settlement consisting of four buildings: two lie to the NE and two are located to the S (one of which is in use as a boat naust). The area to be scheduled is rectangular, measuring a maximum of 70m E-W by 50m N-S to include the church, burial ground and settlement, as shown in red on the accompanying map.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.