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English: Kilmartin Cemetery A burial place with a good story attached to it, recounted by Otta Swire in her book on the legends of Skye.
A long time ago, there was a need for a new burial ground to be set out for the Staffin area. It was decided to build it by the church in Garafad. Men were employed to enclose the ground by drystone dyke and they duly began to lay the foundations of the wall. When night fell they left their tools tidily beside their work and went home. The following morning they arrived at Garafad to find their work undone and their tools missing. The tools were later found on the bank of the Kilmartin River, beside the ruins of Saint Martin's Chapel. The men recovered the tools and set to work again. That night they went home and left their tools at Garafad as before, but when they arrived the following morning they found to their amazement that the same thing had happened again. After a few more repetitions of this, the workmen kept an all night vigil at Garafad. They saw and heard nothing, but in the morning their tools were missing again and their work undone. Eventually they took the hint and decided to lay out the new burial ground on the spot where the tools were found each morning. As soon as the work was begun at Kilmartin, no interference was encountered and their work prospered. This cemetery is the result. |
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| Author | John Allan |
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