Old photograph of Kilmodan Church and cemetery in Glendaruel, Cowal, Argyll, Scotland. Glendaruel is thought to be one of the glens praised in the Gaelic poem The Lament of Deirdre,in which reference is made to a Glenndaruadh. It is found in the 15th-century Glenmasan manuscript, which may go back to an original written down in 1238. Deirdre is a tragic heroine in Irish mythology, and in the poem she is lamenting the necessity of leaving Scotland to return to Ireland. There are several sculptured gravestones in the parish churchyard of Kilmodan. The sculpturing consists of a monk in the attitude of prayer, a knight in full armour, skull crossbones, and various other objects, partially obliterated. They were removed at various times from the old burying ground of St Modan. The nine sculptured slabs of medieval date are now on display in a small building at the SW corner of the churchyard.
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