Alternative Names Polnish Chapel; Loch Ailort Chapel; Lochailort Chapel
Site type CHURCH
Canmore ID 174537
Site Number NM78SE 8
NGR NM 75119 82790
Council HIGHLAND
Parish ARISAIG AND MOIDART
Former Region HIGHLAND
Former District LOCHABER
Former County INVERNESS-SHIRE

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Our Lady of the Braes (RC), Polnish, 1872 A simple white buttressed box with gothic glazing, but a stirring landmark viewed from the old road amidst the barren grandeur of the Sound of Arisaig, with Roshven as its backdrop. Built to serve the now deserted townships of Ardnish and Polnish, this lone monument to the former inhabitants of the empty landscape has a poignant significance.

Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk

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Archaeological Notes

NM78SE 8 75119 82790

Chapel [NR]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1978.

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Notes Plain, lancet-Gothic whitewashed church, spectacularly-sited on hill-top above Loch Ailort. Steep-gabled with cross finials, rectangular-plan, 3 buttressed bays, door in liturgical west (actually east) gable; lower chancel. Rubble; slate roofs. ( Historic Scotland) Built to serve the now deserted townships of Ardnish and Polnish, this lone monument to the former inhabitants of the empty landscape has a poignant significance. (M Miers) The church also featured in the film Local Hero starring Burt Lancaster.

BARR website http://www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk/details/900556

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