Scotsman Walking Wearing Kilt By Old Parish Church On History Visit To Kilmore Skye Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K early Autumn travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a Kilt and Sporran and walking by the old parish church on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Kilmore, Isle of Skye, Britain, United Kingdom. It is historically known as A’ Chill Mhòr or the Great Cell located on the east coast of the Sleat peninsula. The earliest recorded church on this sacred ground was built in the early 1200s. It is said to have been founded by a priest named Crotach MacGille Gorm, who was a canon of Beauly Abbey. The visible ruins standing today belong to the second church built on the grounds. It was constructed around 1681at the behest of Sir Donald Macdonald of Sleat. This church served the local community for nearly two centuries before eventually falling into disuse. Long before the stone ruins visible today were constructed, the land was considered a holy site. Local tradition indicates it was originally a pagan or Druid sanctuary. Around 585 AD, St Columba reportedly landed on the shore directly below the churchyard to preach to the local people from a rock. The immediate coastline still features a reef known as Sgeir Chaluim Cille, St Columba's Rock, and the site eventually transitioned into an early Celtic church dedicated to the Virgin Mary. During a fierce clan skirmish fought in a neighbouring field between the invading MacLeods and the local MacIntyres, a sept of Clan Donald, the MacIntyres were overwhelmed and fled into the church for sanctuary. The pursuing MacLeods barricaded the doors from the outside and burned the thatched church to the ground, killing everyone trapped inside. No architectural traces of this original 13th century structure remain. 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. Meteorological Autumn or Fall is different from standard and astronomical Autumn and begins September 1 and ends November 30 All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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