St Kenneth's Church and cross slab, Laggan

Heritage listing

Date Added 19/07/1993 Last Date Amended 26/09/2002 Supplementary Information Updated 20/02/2019 Type Crosses and carved stones: cross slab, Ecclesiastical: church Local Authority Highland Planning Authority Highland Parish Laggan NGR NN 53513 89693 Coordinates 253513, 789693 — The monument comprises the remains of a medieval church situated on a plateau above the head of Loch Laggan at c.250m OD, and an Early Christian cross slab which stands within the graveyard. The church was originally scheduled in 1993. The monument is being re-scheduled now to include the cross slab. The church is dedicated to St Kenneth, "Cainnech Mocu Dalon of Achadh Bo", an Irish Saint who founded the monastery of Aghabo in Laois and died about AD 600. The present church is medieval but retains the name of the original foundation, "Laggan-Choinnich", which translates as the hollow of St Kenneth. The site of this earlier building is probably nearby. The existing church is recorded as "Laggan Choinich" on a map of Badenoch and Lochaber by R. Gordon of Straloch in 1641/48. The rectangular church measures 17.5m by 5.75m, within walls 0.9m thick. The W gable is virtually intact, but the E gable and intervening walls are reduced to about 1.9m in height. The walls are rubble-core with random-coursed outer faces. The S wall is strengthened by the addition of an external buttress to the E of the entrance, where there is a recessed font in the jamb. At the E end of the S wall there is a tomb recess with an arched canopy (partly obscured beneath the present ground level). To the S of the church stands an upright, rectangular cross slab, possibly dating to the 10th century. The slab is located some 8m S of the S wall of the church and 22m W of the E boundary wall of the graveyard. It stands about 2m high a

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.