| Kilfinichen Burial Ground | |
Location : 495.284 | ||
| Situated beside the road at the southern end of Gleann Seilisdeir (near telephone box) (B8035). | ||||
| View map of location | ||||
 View of entrance. |
 View above entrance. |
 View from far end back towards enterance. |
| Graveslabs within Kilfinichen Cemetery | ||
| These are the only ones on which there are still legible inscriptions. There are many stones which have never had any inscriptions, there are many graves with no stones. | ||
| Transcriptions of the memorial inscriptions have been kindy supplied by Christine Leach (Pennyghael in the Past | ||
| In / loving memory of / JANET EASTON / Airds of Kinloch / who died 3rd Aug. 1989 / Aged 63 years / Devoted mother of / James, Robert, Kenneth, / Linda and Catherine / and beloved wife of / NEIL MacGILLIVRAY / who died 30th March 2009 / aged 94 years / devoted father / and loving husband | ||
| In / loving memory of / CHRISTINA/ (Chirsty Burg) / who died 14th Oct. 1989 / aged 91 years / loving daughter of / MALCOLM MacGILLIVRAY / 1853-1934 / and / ISABELLA M. S. MacDONALD 1858-1939 / also brothers / NEIL 1884-1950 / DUNCAN 1894-1971 | ||
| In loving memory of / ROBIN SANDLAND BLOCKEY / dearest husband, father / & grandfather / Died at Tiroran / 11th December 1995 / aged 62 | ||
| JOHN EATON / Dec 29 1900 / Nov 8 1978 | ||
| In / loving memory of / ARCHIBALD MORRISON Died 3rd October 1955, / beloved husband of / Christina Lamont / Pennycross, Died 6th May 1980 / and their infant daughter / MARGARET / Died 26th April 1942 | ||
| In loving memory / of / IAN CAISLEY WEIR / Died at Lochgilphead / 28th Nov. 1994 / in his 81st year / beloved son of / the late / SANDY & SARAH WEIR / Tiroran | ||
| In / Loving Memory / of / GEORGE FAIRWEATHER / beloved husband of / CATHERINE MACPHERSON /who died / at Kilfinichen 4th July 1939 / aged 36 years. | ||
| To the memory of / ROBERT S. MUNRO / Died at Ulva May 1931 / and his beloved wife / CHRISTENA McLEAN / died April 1914. Erected / by their family | ||
| In / Loving Memory of / JOHN MACCALLUM / who died at Torrans, / 13th November 1961, aged 81./ Beloved husband of / MARGARET MACLEAN / Died 24th July 1973, aged 91 / Their son DONALD / Died 25th June 1994, aged 73. Erected by their family. | ||
| McC / In memory of / FLORA McGILVRAY / who died at Kinloch / 14th June 1945 / aged 22 years / beloved wife of / HAROLD HATTON / also / JACK FYFE / Died 7th May 1984 / dear husband of / EFFIE McGILVRAY Erected by her parents / and husband | ||
| In / Loving Memory of / JOHN AULDJO LAMONT / Died 23rd Jan.1939 / also his wife ANN McDONALD / Died 13th March 1936 / and their sons ARCHIBALD / Died 14th Dec 1916 / DUNCAN / Died 18th Sep 1973 | ||
| Erected by / Alexander Cowan / in memory of his wife / ANN McLAINE / who died / at Ballygown Torloisk / on 31st March 1921 | ||
| In / Memory of / DUNCAN MACLEAN / Died at Carsaig Mull / 29 April 1945 aged 67 / his wife CHRISTINA MACFADYEN / Died at Lochdonhead Mull / 20 March 1950 aged 75 | ||
| In / Loving Memory / of / JOHN MACGILLIVRAY Died 30th July 1964 / aged 39 years / beloved husband of / MORAG MACFARLANE / died 31st May 1997 / aged 68 years / Postmistress Tiroran / P.O. 34 years / Dearly Missed | ||
| In / Memory of / our dear parent / HELEN COWAN / Died at Assapol / 2nd Aug 1938 aged 62 / ANGUS CAMPBELL / Died at Aros, Tobermory / 22nd Dec 1949 / our Aunt MARY / died at Bunessan / 5th Feb 1951 aged 87 / also our sister KATE / died in Victoria Infirmary / Glasgow / 11th Aug 1954 aged 56 / interred at East Kilbride / also our sister MORAG / died at Glasgow 30th May 1964 / aged 63 | ||
| In / Loving Memory of / FLORA MACFADYEN / who died 15th Jany 1975 / beloved wife of / ARCHD MACFADYEN / Gribun. / Who died 8th May 1995. | ||
| Erected by the family / In loving memory of / Their Mother / ANN McLEAN / who died at Kinloch / 8th August 1912 aged 67 years / also their father / WILLIAM McDONALD / who died at Kinloch / 25th May 1915, aged 64 years | ||
| In / Memory of / ALEXR MACGILLIVRAY / who died / At Kinloch, April 1905 / and his wife HELEN MACLEAN / who died / At Kilfinichen, March 1933 / Their son DONALD / died 12th Oct.1962 / beloved husband of / CATHERINE CAMERON / who died / At Assapol, Bunessan / 28th Sept.1977 | ||
| In / Loving Memory / of / ALEXANDER MACLACHLAN / who died 23rd April 1912 / also his wife / MARION MACINTYRE / who died 4th April 1884 Cus am bris an la | ||
| In Memory of / our dear parents / DUNCAN MACDONALD / Pennyghael / died 29th January 1947 / FLORA MACLAINE died 7th May 1959 / their son NEIL / died 12th August 1965 | ||
| In loving memory of / MARY BLACKLOCK / Died at Lettermore / 13th October 1950 / Beloved wife of Duncan MacGillivray / Their sons / MURDOCH / Died 16th October 1912 / ALEXANDER / Died in South America / February 1945 / DONALD / Died 15th November 1966 / The above / DUNCAN MACGILLIVRAY / Died 24th November 1968 | ||
| Here lyes the corps / of MURDOCH MCLAINE / who dyed 1738 aged / ?6 years / MA[J]ORIE CAMPBELL his spous | ||
| Erected by / His wife and family / In loving memory / of / ANGUS ROBSON / died 11th Feby,1938 / his wife CATHERINE MACLEAN / died 26th Oct. 1973 / their daughter / SARAH / died 7th Dec.1993 | ||
| In loving memory of / SARAH ROBSON / Died 7th Dec 1993 / Aged 63 years | ||
| In memory of / ANGUS McLEAN / Tavool / Died September 1852 / His wife JANE McLEAN / Died 19th Jany 1901/ Aged 89 years / Also their two daughters / CATHERINE and KATE / who predeceased them. Erected by their daughter / Ann Robson, Gribun. | ||
| A post- reformation free-standing reredos wall with flanking and appical ball-finials is described by RCAHMS Argyll Vol 3. No 296. It displays an illegible inscription and a shield bearing for McLean. It is possible that this is the burial place of early MacLeans of Pennycross. | ||
| Erected by / their son N. McG. / In Loving Memory of /ARCHIBALD McGILVRAY / Died at Kinloch / 27th June 1868 aged 77 / His wife / CHRISTINAMcFADYEN / Died at Kinloch / 22nd March 1871 aged [?66,68,86,88] / HUGH McGILLIVRAY/ Died at Georgetown / 10th May 1925 aged 78 yrs . Their daughter / CATHERINE wife of / Lachlan MacLean / died at Kinloch / 15th July 1880 aged 37 | ||
| In loving memory / of / ANN MACFADYEN / died 10th Jan. 1946 / aged 82 years | ||
| Erected by / Donald McFadyen / Balevulin / In loving memory of his son / MALCOLM / Died July 1884, aged 31 years / also his daughter / MAGGIE / Died Jany1893 Aged 20 years / also his brother-in-law JOHN McLACLAN / Died 1844, aged 19 years / Also his mother-in-law / CATHERINE CAMPBELL / Died 1875 aged 80 years / The above / DONALD McFADYEN / who died October 3rd 1889 / aged 81 years / Also his wife / MARY McFADYEN / Died Aug [?19] 1934 aged 70 years Not lost but gone before 1896 W. Martin Glasgow | ||
| Erected / by / William McDonald / in memory of his sister / MARY who died 23rd Sept / 1863 Aged 17 years and / his brother / DONALD died 22nd July / 1870 / Aged 25 years also his / brother / JOHN G. McDONALD / Died 17th March 1884 aged / 30 years / Also his grandfather / ARCHD McDONALD / Died April 1857 Aged 84 / years | ||
| In / Loving Memory of / our father / JOHN McDONALD / Died 2nd May 1942 / Our mother / ANN McLEAN Died 8th Sept.1906 / Our sister JOANNE / Died 10th April 1924 / Our stepmother / PENELOPE McINTYRE / Died 6th May 1939 | ||
| 11837 / In Memory / of / ALLAN McDONALD late / Tenant in Gribun / who died the 7 decem / ber 1808 aged 63 years / Erected by his son / LACHLANMcDONALD / Boat Builder / Gribun | ||
| 1884 / Erected by / Angus McNeill / New Zealand / In memory of his father / NEIL McNEILL Tapul / who died 1846 aged 64 years / FLORA McNEILL / his sister dies 1857 aged / 27 years / also EUPHEMIA McGILLIVRAY / His mother died 1875 aged / 80 years | ||
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| Erected / by / their daughter Isabella, / In loving memory of / my dear father / HECTOR McDONALD, died July 1893 / my dear mother / CATHERINE PATERSON, died May 1895 / and my dear brother / MURDOCH, / Died Sept 1882 Aig fois | ||
| Cus / am bris / an la / In / Ever loving memory of / our dear father / JAMES ROBERTSON / Died 7th June 1924 aged 52 / our dear mother / | ||
| ANN ROBERTSON / died 7th Feb 1945 aged 71 / and our dear sisters / MARY / wife of John McLean / Died at Awe Bridge Taynuilt / 1st May 1948 aged 41 / Also MARY Died in infancy 1897 Erected by their family | ||
| McLean / In loving memory of / MARGARET McLEAN / died 9th Dec. 1907 / aged 77 years | ||
| Erected / by / John Cameron, Knock, / In loving memory / of his infant daughters / JANET SINCLAIR CAMERON Born at Ardvergnish, 8th Septr. 1891 / died 16th Septr 1891 / and DONELLA CHRISTINA CAMERON / born at Ardvergnish, 25th Feby 1896 / died at Ardvergnish 26th May 1896 | ||
| Erected / by / Donald Cowan / in loving memory of / his wife / ANNIE LAMONT / died 1st Oct. 1887 aged 35 years / and his father DONALD COWAN / died July 1858 aged 36 years | ||
| In memory of / NEIL mcNEILL shepherd / who died at Auchnacroish / 8th May 1875 aged 53 years / erected by his brother / . from New Zealand 1883. | ||
| In memory of / COLL MACDONALD / late of Kinloch / died 2nd Jan 1909 aged 73 / his wife JESSIE McLEAN / died August 1869 aged 35 / and their son / NEIL, died in infancy. Erected by / their daughter Margaret | ||
| Duncan / Lamont / died 1892 | ||
| Erected by / Allan MacDonald / in memory of / his beloved wife / CATHERINE DOW / born at Rannoch / died at Dubh Eartach / Lighthouse station / Novr 6th1881 / aged 35 | ||
| [Recorded in RCAHMS] Here lyeth the corps / of ANGUS McDONALD tac / ks man of Ardvergnish / who dyed 17 May 1741 / aged 60 years . KHATR / INA McKINNON his spouse / here . lyeth . ALEXANDER / McDONALD their son who / dyed 1734 aged 14 years | ||
| [Recorded in RCAHMS] Here lyeth the cor / ps of DONALD McDONALD / son to Angus McDonald / who dyed 4 June 1741 / aged [? 2] years | ||
| 1788 / Here lys the corps / of DUGALD McEACHERN / who departed this life / AD 1779 / This stone is erect / ed by Angus McEac / hern his son in | ||
| In / memory of / WILLIAM / SORLIN / died / 4th March 1961 / aged 84 | ||
| JNo McFEELATIN TAPL [John McPhee late in Tapul] died / ?1780 . DONALD . | ||
| In memory of / JOHN McEACHRN late / tenant in Killmore / who departed this / life on the 9 Januar / 1798 aged 52 years / this stone is laid / here by John his son / merchant in Oban | ||
| In loving memory / of / FRANCIS BARNARD / SEMPLE / of Gribun / died 19th November 2001 / Aged 77 years | ||
| In memory of / ALLAN MACGILVRAY / (Allan Arthur) / of Aird, Kinloch / Born 11-2-1916 died 19-9-2006 / a dear Dad & Seanair / beloved husband of / Jean Watson Gus am bris an latha My Gran / 1916 2011 / Loving you / Always | ||