Insh Church And Graveyard With Music On History Visit To The Highlands Of Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K short travel video, clip, with Scottish music, of Insh Church and graveyard on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the Scottish Highlands. A small church which lies on the summit of a wooded hillock overlooking the northern end of Loch Insh, a quarter of a mile South East of Kincraig. The hillock is known as Adamnan's Mound, or Tom Eunan. The church was dedicated to Saint Adamnan and this has been the site of Christian worship since his time. The church comprises a white-harled rectangular building, with granite ashlar dressings, constructed in 1792. It was extended in 1828, possibly by Thomas Telford, born 1757, died 1834, and was altered once again in the later 19th Century. and in 1912, when the galleries were removed, and finally in 1963 by W. Schomberg Scott, born 1910, died 1998. The parish is an ancient one, re-established in 1828 and later united with Kingussie. After the Disruption of 1843 some members of the congregation left to form a Free Church congregation in Insh Village Church, 2½ miles to the South West. Nothing is known of Adamnan’s early life. In 679 he was elected abbot of Iona, the ninth in succession from St. Columba, the founder. While on a visit to Northumbria, England, he adopted the Roman rules on the tonsure and for determining the date of Easter that had been accepted for England at the Synod of Whitby in 663/664. He failed, however, to enforce the changes at Iona. He then traveled much in Ireland to promote the observance of the Roman Easter, but he was never able to persuade his own community. At the council of Birr in County Offaly, he succeeded in ameliorating the condition of women, particularly by exempting them from military service; he also made regulations protecting children and clerics, and these reforms became known as the Law of Adamnan. Loch Insh is situated in the heart of Badenoch and Strathspey, seven miles south of Aviemore and seven miles north of Kingussie. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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