A portion of this imported earth "was put
into the Inverewe Church, so that when Kenneth was buried there
he might lie beneath Bute soil the overplus was deposited in
the garden of Kirkton house, where the heap is still preserved."
[Dixon's "Gairloch."] The same writer states distinctly that Kenneth
came from Bute, that he was the actual purchaser of the estate,
that he resided in the proprietor's house at Kirkton, that
he officiated in the old church there, some remains of which are
still to be seen, and, he adds - "a loose stone may be seen in the
part of the ruined church which was used as the burial place of
the Kernsary family; it is inscribed 'K M K 1678' and is believed
to have recorded the date when the Rev. Kenneth built or restored
the little church." But is it not much more likely to record
the date of Kenneth's own death? Mr Dixon may be correct in
the assumption that Kenneth, who was a sincere Episcopalian, had
to leave Bute during the troubles of the Covenanting period, and
seek a safe refuge in his brother's parish, who very probably had
no objection to preaching in his church according to the Episcopal
form to which he had himself openly conformed not many years before.
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