INCHNADAMPH (OR KIRKTON) OLD CHURCHYARD
INCHNADAMPH (OR KIRKTON) OLD CHURCHYARD 
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- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Locality:
- Sutherland
- Identified Casualties:
- 8
Location Information
This site is 120 yards from Assynt Post Office, on the road from Lairg to Lochinver. It contains the Parish School and the ruins of an old Church.
Historical Information
Inchnadamph is a hamlet in south-west Sutherland at the south-eastern end of Loch Assynt. In early April 1941 an Anson bomber crashed some 2,300 feet above sea level on Ben More, about 5 miles from Inchnadamph. The wrecked plane and the bodies of the crew, six airmen of the Royal Air Force, were not discovered until 25th May, and owing to the inaccessibility of the place and the weather conditions prevailing at the time it was necessary to bury the six bodies at the scene of the crash.
The grave was marked and protected by a cairn, but its position makes permanent maintenance and the erection of headstones impracticable. The airmen are therefore commemorated by a wall mounted Special Memorial Plaque located at the entrance to Inchnadamph (or Kirkton) Old Churchyard, Assynt.
There are also two 1st World War graves located within the churchyard.