# Keills Chapel

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{{Short description|Chapel in the Highlands of Scotland}}
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'''Keills Chapel''' is a small chapel located in the west [Highlands](/source/Scottish_Highlands), [Scotland](/source/Scotland), near the village of [Tayvallich](/source/Tayvallich), [Knapdale](/source/Knapdale).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst9780.html|title=Keills Chapel: Overview|work=Gazetteer for Scotland|accessdate=27 December 2017}}</ref>

The chapel dates from the 11th century and is in the care of [Historic Scotland](/source/Historic_Scotland)<ref name="HES">{{cite web|url=https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/keills-chapel-and-cross/|title=Keills Chapel and Cross|publisher=Historic Environment Scotland|accessdate=27 December 2017}}</ref> as is [Kilmory Knap Chapel](/source/Kilmory_Knap_Chapel) on the opposite shore of [Loch Sween](/source/Loch_Sween). It is open at all reasonable times and there is no entrance charge.

==Keills Chapel==
The name originates from the word {{lang|gv|[keeill](/source/keeill)}}, meaning ''chapel''. The re-roofed structure contains an important collection of early stone sculpture, including six early [Christian](/source/Christian_cross) cross-slabs, around forty late medieval grave slabs recovered from the chapel or churchyard, and a [Celtic cross](/source/Celtic_cross) which previously stood outside the chapel where a modern blank replacement now stands.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Cowie|first=T. G.|year=2010|title=Excavation of the Cross Base at Keills Chapel, Knapdale, Argyll|journal=Glasgow Archaeological Journal|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|volume=7|issue=7|page=106|doi=10.3366/gas.1980.7.7.106|url=http://www.euppublishing.com/doi/pdfplus/10.3366/gas.1980.7.7.106|url-access=subscription|accessdate=27 December 2017}}</ref> The original has been moved inside the chapel to protect it from the elements.

==Keills Cross==
The complete and well-preserved late 8th-early 9th century cross<ref name="HES"/> is carved from local grey-green [epidiorite](/source/epidiorite).  It is only decorated on one face, the sides and back being dressed smooth without further decoration.  Its proportions are unusual, with very short side-arms broader than the shaft and upper limb.  The latter shows the [archangel](/source/archangel) [St. Michael](/source/St._Michael) standing over a serpent (a symbol of triumph over the devil). The lower limb shows [Christ](/source/Christ) on the [Judgement Seat](/source/Last_Judgement). He is holding a book, possibly [the Bible](/source/the_Bible) or [New Testament](/source/New_Testament), symbolising mercy, in his left hand, and a flail in his right, symbolising judgement. There is a circular design at the crossing, with three round objects in the centre, which may symbolise the [Holy Trinity](/source/Holy_Trinity). Around this are four animals representing the [four evangelists](/source/four_evangelists).

==Images==
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File:Kiells-Chapel,-Graveyard---By-HypeNapungra.jpg|A view from the graveyard
File:InsideKiellsChapel-ByHypeNapungra.jpg|Inside Keills Chapel
File:CrossInsideKeillsChapel-ByHypeNapungra.jpg|Keills Chapel Cross
File:Carved gravestones at Keills Chapel - geograph.org.uk - 407514.jpg|Grave slabs in Keills Chapel
</gallery>

== References ==
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==External links==
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Category:Churches in Argyll and Bute
Category:Historic Environment Scotland properties in Argyll and Bute
Category:Knapdale

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