Site Name: Cove, St Columba's Chapel
Alternative Name(s):
Monument Type: Chapel
Council: Argyll and Bute
Parish: South Knapdale
Map Sheet: NR77NE
Grid Reference: 175138, 676760
Canmore Number: 39011
Non-Statutory Register Code: V
WoSASPIN 3602
NR77NE 1 7512 7676.
(NR 7512 7676) Chapel (NR) (Ruins)
OS 6" map, Aberdeenshire, 2nd ed., (1924)
This ruined chapel measures 36' x 17' within 2'4" thick walls. An altar-base of large flags, with traces of cement, has been cleared at the E end, and the floor near is paved; at the W, the floor is cobbled. The bases of sandstone mouldings have been found at the S door; a gap in the wall opposite at N has a large flagstone, apparently a doorstep, possible for access to St Columba's Cave (NR77NE 10). A local tradition suggests that this chapel was dedicated to St John.
M Campbell and M Sandeman 1964.
As described. The dedication could not be confirmed.
Visited by OS (IA) 18 June 1973.
NR 7513 7676. No change to the previous reports.
Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (BS) 27 January 1977.
Scheduled as 'St Columba's Cave, cave and chapel, Knapdale', 31/10/13
Entered WoSAS (MO'H) 08/11/2013
Campbell and Sandeman, M and M , 'Mid Argyll: an archaeological survey', PSAS, Vol 95, 1961-2, pp.1-125.(1964)