Inch Kenneth

One medieval chapel and one strange house. And very quiet - is there anyone around? The anchorage seems quite far out from the shore but is pretty good, even I should imagine in rough weather. There is a very extensive foreshore with loads of pools and patches of sand, ideal for children.

The 13th century and long ruined chapel is perhaps over restored with rather crude pointing but there is quite a lot of it to admire along with the Iona grave slabs, and a graveyard to reflect in as you gaze at the view of the cliffs on Mull.

Inch Kenneth house is famous as having once been the home of the Mitford family with their Nazi and Fascist connections. They sold it in 1967 to Yvonne Barlow, an artist, and her late husband, who in 2011 said she wanted to open the house to the public. She actually lives in London so I imagine the house is unoccupied for most of the year. Apparently it still contains some Nazi memorabilia. It is moderately ugly, a strange battlemented confection originally built in the 1830s and then much altered in the 1930s, rather dull. The flatish roof is designed to collect rainwater.

Inch Kenneth chapel

A grave slab outside the ruined chapel

Inch Kenneth house

Inch Kenneth House

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