Old Parish Church, Arisaig

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 05/10/1971 Local Authority Highland Planning Authority Highland Parish Arisaig And Moidart NGR NM 65887 86916 Coordinates 165887, 786916 — Church; probably late medieval. Simple rectangular church orientated east/west with small burial enclosure at west gable. All rubble; entrance in SW and in SE (former priest's entrance); also very low doorway to west burial enclosure of the Macdonalds of Morar. Roofless; some damage to east gable wall. Small roofless burial enclosure continuous with church with semi-circular chamfered mural recess in north wall with carved, crested stone dated 1641 and initialled MRGM. Mural memorial tablet above dated 1843. Burial ground; church stands in simple drystone walled burial ground. At least 3 medieval or late medieval tomb stones; also 18th, 19th and 20th century head stones. — RC Chapel superceded by 1849 church close by. Appears on 1st OS, 1873, as dedicated to St. Mary of Iona. 1843 mural memorial to Amelia McDonald of Morar and her 3 daughters. Simple bronze plaque to Alexander McDonald, Clanranald bard 1704-80, buried somewhere in burial ground. Burial enclosure possibly chancel of even earlier church, wall tomb in traditional site in north wall of chancel. Burial ground abuts RC church.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.