 Eilean Munde in Loch Leven | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
  Eilean Munde Eilean Munde shown within Highland | |
| Coordinates | 56°41′05″N 5°07′46″W / 56.68472°N 5.12944°W |
| Administration | |
| Council area | Highland |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
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Eilean Munde is a uninhabited[1] island in Loch Leven, close to Ballachulish.
It is the site of a chapel built by St. Fintan Mundus (also known as Saint Fintan Munnu), who travelled here from Iona in the 7th century. The church was burnt in 1495 and rebuilt in the 16th century. The last service in the church was held in July, 1653.[2]
The island is the site of a graveyard once used by the Stewarts of Ballachulish, the MacDonalds of Glencoe and the Camerons of Callart. The clans shared the island and the maintenance of the graveyard, even when there was conflict between them.[3] The last burial took place in 1972, of Mrs Christina MacDonald Sharpe, a native of Glencoe.[4]
- ^ "Munde, Eilean". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ "Eilean Munde, St Mund's Chapel". Canmore Database. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Archived from the original on 17 February 2009. Retrieved 7 November 2007.
- ^ Hedderwick, Mairi (1999). Sea Change. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 1-84195-106-4.
- ^ "The Scottish island where Highland clans buried their dead". The Scotsman. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2021.