Bracholy is a place and former parish in

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, Scotland. The parish was united with the parish of Petty, prior to the

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. The name, originally Braichlich, was derived from the Gaelic Eaglais-a-Bhraighe-choille, "place on a wooded hill". The parish church, was dedicated to Saint Ewan. William, Earl of Ross sacked the churches of Petty and Bracholy in 1281. The church was ruinous by 1792. No remains of the church are evident above ground. The graveyard is still in existence.

References

*Groome, Francis Hindes. ''Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical, and Historical'', Volume 1. W. Mackenzie, 1895. page 184. Former church parishes of Scotland 1281 in Europe 1280s in Scotland Ruins in Scotland {{Highland-geo-stub