- TITLE
- Slab at Keills
- EXTERNAL ID
- QZP40_2408_P039
- PLACENAME
- Keills
- DISTRICT
- Mid Argyll
- OLD COUNTY/PARISH
- ARGYLL: North Knapdale
- DATE OF IMAGE
- 1875
- CREATOR
- T P White
- SOURCE
- Highland Libraries
- ASSET ID
- 31516
- KEYWORDS
- stones
graves
tombs
coffins
slabs
grave markers
carvings
designs
engravings
inscriptions

Keills Chapel stands on a south-facing slope overlooking Loch Sween. The roof has recently been replaced to protect a collection of carved grave slabs. This stone slab formed the lid of a raised stone coffin within the chapel. The carvings on it include a stag being attacked by two hounds and a galley with its sails being unfurled. There is also a sword and other knotwork. The inscription on the stone has been translated as 'Here lies Torquil (or Terence) Maclean of the Hunt of Kilma-Carmaig'.
This illustration was taken from 'Archaeological Sketches in Scotland: Knapdale and Gigha', by Captain T P White (1875)