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Burial Ground, Church Of Scotland, Eigg

A Category C Listed Building in Caol and Mallaig, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.8921 / 56°53'31"N

Longitude: -6.1379 / 6°8'16"W

OS Eastings: 148085

OS Northings: 785492

OS Grid: NM480854

Mapcode National: GBR CB7H.MCN

Mapcode Global: WGZBS.P1D7

Plus Code: 9C8MVVR6+VR

Entry Name: Burial Ground, Church Of Scotland, Eigg

Listing Name: Isle of Eigg, Church of Scotland and Burial Ground.

Listing Date: 29 May 1985

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 347419

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB14133

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200347419

Location: Small Isles

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: Caol and Mallaig

Parish: Small Isles

Traditional County: Inverness-shire

Tagged with: Cemetery

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Description

1862, simple rectangular church with long north and south elevations. Rubble with tooled ashlar dressings, all pale colour washed. Pointed-headed hoodmoulded entrance in SE with double leaf plank door. Long elevations lit by 2 sets of triple pointed-headed lancets flanking centre buttress; lattice pane glazing. 3 long pointed-headed lancets light east gable. Diagonal buttress at each corner; steeply pitched slate roof; apex cross at east gable.

Interior: simple interior; pine lined with some stencil decoration; small gallery across east end; plain panelled Minister's desk/pulpit; rafter and purlin timber ceiling with saltire braces.

Burial ground; rubble walled enclosure with few graves of past Ministers. 2 pedestrian entrances with simple rubble gate piers topped by boulder ball finials.

Statement of Interest

Ecclesiastical building in use as such.

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