North Clyde Archaeological Society

Welcome to North Clyde photos

The North Clyde Archaeological Society organises, from time to time, excursions. This is a record of some NCAS outings and some individual members outings. The NCAS website at Spanglefish provides more, in depth reports, on a wider range of activities.

The idea behind this website is to give the viewer a flavour of what the North Clyde archaeological Society does. They are recording history in the Helensburgh & Lomond area but do travel further afield to look at other sites of interest.

Kilmory knap chapel

Kilmory Knap Chapel, township of Ardnaw

Details: recorder; 20 August 2022

The second vist of the day was to Keil Knap Chapel. it is situated on the western coast of Knapdale, the medieval chapel of Kilmory lies about 4km south of Castle Sween and stands within a walled graveyard that overlooks the Sound of Jura. The chapel stands within the Township of Ardnaw.

Keils Chapel

Keil Chapel Knapdale

Details: Corvus; 20 August 2022

The second of 2 chapels visited on the Knapdale Peninsula

Dundurn Pictish fort

DunDurn Pictish fort

Details: jim; 13 September 2021

Visit to DunDurn Pictish Fort

It’s easy to see why Dundurn was chosen as the site of a fort, as it rises steeply from the flat ground around it making it easy to defend. The slopes are littered with stones that are from the fort’s walls, which have now tumbled from their original position on the flat summit.

Page 5 of 5

suitable lunch spot

The views from the top are stunning, and show further it’s strategic importance, offering a sweeping vista of the wide flood plain of the River Earn below, and covering several major mountain passes.

Keil Chapel

Keills Chapel was built in the 1100s and was dedicated to St Cormac. It contains almost 40 carved stones, which range in dates from the AD 700s to the 1500s.

Kilmory Knap Chapel

Kilmory Knap Chapel was built in the early 1200s. By the late 1200s it was a dependency of the parish church of Knapdale at Keills. But judging by the early Christian carved stones found here, this was also the site of a much older church.

Links

Copyright © 2024 North Clyde Archaeological Society.