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Crowntakers ruined church5/21/2023 Most graves are connected to Clan MacKinnon, and are from the 18th and 19th centuries. Records from 1913 show that there were a pair of unusual gravemarkers in the graveyard - one dedicated to Chief Lachlan Mor and carrying "obscure hieroglyphics", the other possibly dating from the pre-Christian era. Ĭill Chriosd was replaced by a new parish church in Broadford in 1840. Following this, the preacher allowed them two meals every day. ![]() However, one Sunday two hungry workmen waited until after MacKinnon had finished preaching and had left the church before setting to work with their foot plough. It is recorded that he only allowed his workmen one meal on Sundays (rather than two, as for other days) as they were resting. During his appointment ceremony he "gave his grite and solemn oath that he all treulie according to his knowledge, give up the Clerk of Councell the names of all the Papists he knew within the Isles". On 19 June 1627, Neil Mackinnon became the first Protestant minister of the church. In 1505 the chaplain Kenneth ("Kensoch") Adamson succeeded John MacGillebredison, before being replaced by John Johnson, and then John Ronaldson in 1508 after Johnson's death. Written records for the church date back to 1505, although the earliest records only give a list of the names of the ministers. The present ruined church probably replaced the first medieval stone church in the 16th century. ![]() The original parish church for Strath was located at Ashiag, and was founded by St Mael Ruba in the 7th century the new parish church was relocated to this location in the later Middle Ages. The location is thought to have a heritage of Christian worship dating back to the 7th century, when St Mael Ruba preached from nearby Cnoc na-Aifhreann ("hill of the mass"). ![]() The church is the remains of the parish church of Strath, including the cleared villages of Boreraig and Susinish.
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