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148 ORIGINES [ardchattan.
AEDCHATTAN.
Ardchattane' — Ardchattan^ — Balliebodane in Bendaraloch* — Ballebadin
and Bendraloche* — Ballibodan or Kilbodan in Bendaraloch* — Kil-
bedan.® Deanery of Lorn. (Map, No. 36.)
In the year 1637 the parishes of Ardchattan and Muckairn were united by act of parliament.'
The tbrmer, anciently named Bahnhaodan (the to^vn of Saint Modan),* includes the district
called Benderloch (the hill between the lochs)" which lies between Loch Creran on the north and
Loch Etive on the south and east, and also a considerable tract on the east of Loch Etive lying in
the angle formed by that loch and the river Awe, together with the island Eriska at the entrance
to Loch Creran, the island called Elanduirnish in Loch Etive, and several others. On the east of
Loch Etive are the mountains Ben-Cruachan, 3669 feet above the level of the sea (the liighest in
Argyle, and by Barbour in the fourteenth century stated to be as high as any other in Scotland),
Buachail-mor and Buachail-beg, each about 3000 feet, Ben-starive, above 3000, and several
others of considerable height.'" The principal valleys are Glennoe, Glenkinglas, and Glenetive,
and the southern extremity of the parish is bounded by the river Awe, which issues from Lochawe
at the romantic pass of Braindir, and falls into Loch Etive at Bunawe.'i
This church, dedicated to Modan the saint of Rosneth, belonged to the prior of Ardchattan,i-
but its history previously to the Reformation seems entirely lost. In 1575 a deed by John
Campble of Calder, and in 1580 a deed by Angus M'ConiU of Donyvaig, are witnessed by
Duncan Campbell minister of Ardchattane.'^ In 160.3 the price of reversion to the lands of
Barcaltin and Corrieblicaik was appointed to be paid in the kii-k of Balliebodane in Bendaraloch.'*
In 1631 John Campbell was served heir to his father Alexander Campbell of Ai-dchattan in the
teinds and patronage of the church of Ballebadin and Bench-aloche.'^ In 1697 John Campbell of
Ardchattan was served heir to his father Ai-chibald fear of Ardchattan in the teinds and
patronage of the same church, then styled Ballibodan or Kilbodan in Bendaraloeh.'*
The old church of Saint Modan stands on a luU neai' the north shore of Loch Etive.''' It
'A. D. 1575. Coll. de Reb. Alb., p. 9. w New Stat. Ace. The Bras (Spalding Club), Ixxv.
2 Circa A. D. IfiTO. MS. Maps m Adv. Lib. 24-29. " New Stat. Ace.
^A. D. 1603. ' Regester' at Taymouth. '^ ggtours. Book of Assumptions.
4 A. D. leSl, 1632. Retours. Argyle Inventory. " Coll. de Reb. Alb., pp. 9, 13. For the subsequent
5 A. D. 1697. Retours. history of the church till 1603 see pp. 150, 151.
» A. D. I600-170O. Macfarlane's Geog. Collect. " 'Regester' at Taymouth.
" New Stat. Ace. '^ Retours. "> Retours.
'' New Stat. Ace. " Macfarlane's Geog. Collect. New Stat. Ace.
' Macfarlane's Geog. Collect. Trans. Camb. Camd. Soc, p. 93.