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Spoiled for choice I would say — from a world-famous famous abbey to a pile of medieval stones via classic 19th Century Church of Scotland small churches and a couple of Roman Catholic chapels. So where to begin? I guess with the medieval chapels, some with graveyards, separate burial grounds (or cemeteries), and ancient crosses — there are loads in various states of ruination at the following anchorages:
Ardlussa and Lussa Bays, Jura: burial ground
Ardminish Bay, Gigha: St Cathan's chapel and graveyard
Bagh Dun Mhuilig, Loch Craignish: old church of Kilmarie and graveyard
Balnahard Bay, Colonsay: a very ruined chapel and eroded cross
Balvicar, Seil Island, Loch Shuna: Kilbrandon Old Parish Church and graveyard
Calgary Bay, West Mull: Cladh Mhuire, burial ground
Canna: graveyard and cross
Carsaig Bay, KIntyre: burial ground
Chapel Bay, Kintyre: very overgrown St Columba's chapel and burial ground
Craighouse, Jura: Killearnadale burial ground (Cill Earnadil)
Dunstaffnage, Lower Loch Linnhe: rather grand chapel, more of a church really
Eilean Mòr, Loch Sween: monkish cave and St Cormac's chapel
Eilean Munde, Loch Leven: the very best of burial grounds, and a chapel
Ellary: burial ground
Inch Kenneth, West Mull: chapel and graveyard
Kilchoan, Loch Sunart: chapel and graveyard
Kilnaughton Bay, Islay: chapel and rather interesting graveyards
Loch a'Choire, Lower Loch Linnhe: graveyard
Loch Aline, Sound of Mull: graveyard, grave slabs in the church
Loch Beag, Firth of Lorne: old parish church of Kilmarie and graveyard
Loch Buie, South Mull: St Kenneth’s Chapel and graveyard
Loch na Cille, Kintyre: graveslabs, chapel
Loch Spelve: parish church of Killean
Loch Stornoway, Kintyre: burial ground
Nave Island, Islay: chapel
Port Mòr, Aros Bay, Glas Uig, Islay: Kildalton old parish church, and cross
Toberonochy, Loch Shuna: chapel with graffiti, and graveyard
There is then a gap of several centuries, spanning the destruction during the Reformation, before the sort of churches we are familiar with started to be built in the late 18th/19th century. Many are very serene and rather nice to visit even if you are of no particular religious persuasion, but need a bit of a sit down and a think:
Ardfern, Loch Craignish: Craignish Parish Church
Camus Aiseig, Upper Loch Linnhe: Ardgour Parish Church
Arinagour, Coll: Parish Church
Bowmore, Islay: Kilarrow Parish Church — the round one
Canna: round tower church and the Roman Catholic Chapel
Craignure, Sound of Mull: Parish Church
Drimnin, Sound of Mull: St Columba's chapel
Kilchoan, Loch Sunart: old and new Parish Churches, graveyard
Loch a Coire, Lower Loch Linnhe: Kingairloch Church
Loch Cuan, West Mull: Kilmore (Dervaig) Parish Church, another round tower
Portnahaven: Parish Church
Ulva Ferry, West Mull: Parish Church
And some grander stuff:
Ardchattan, Loch Etive: ruined Priory
Iona, West Mull: Abbey and Nunnery — a magnet for tourists, but remarkable
Oban: St Columba's cathedral
Port na Moralachd or Achnacroish Lismore: Clachan Kirk, surprising previous cathedral
Oronsay, Colonsay: extensive and well-preserved ruin of a priory
And finally, there is a great monastic site with monkish beehives — more or less unique to the area — on the Garvellach Islands
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Graveslab, Bagh Dun Mhuilig chapel,
Loch Craignish
The Gaelic Bible in Kilberry Parish Church, Loch Stornoway
"The whole of Cantyre, indeed the whole of Argyllshire, and all of the Western Isles are monuments of early Christianity. The very names tell you that. You can count the names which begin with 'Kil' by the score, and 'Kil' means 'cell', a place where early missionary priests established themselves...." Heckstall Smith in Isle, Ben and Loch 1933.
"I look with reverence upon every place that has been set apart for religion" Samuel Johnson 1773, quoted by Boswell.
St Columba's Chapel, Drimnin