Arran Memorial Garden, Shiskine, Isle of Arran, Scotland
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A Brief History of
The Clachan Church & Burial Ground
The
building is known today as Clauchan or Saint Molios chapel but is
referred to as a preaching or a meeting house in earlier documents from
the time of its construction (1805) as was its predecessor Duchess
Anne's Chapel (1708)..
Hugh
McKerrell writing in 1994 tells us that beside the churchyard at
Shiskine are the substantial remains of a simple building. He goes on
to say that there is a written a account, still readable in the session
minutes for Kilmory of the 23rd December 1708 regarding the building of
a preaching house at Clachan by the inhabitants of Shiskine at their
own expense.
The Old Clachan Church is of great historical importance.
The Arran Trust contributed to the restoration of the Old Clachan Church.
Old Clachan Church
