Monument record MHG10852 - St.Machan's Chapel, Doll
Summary
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 8800 0300 (200m by 200m) (Buffered by site type) |
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| Map sheet | NC80SE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Old County | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | CLYNE |
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Full Description
Local folklore seems to suggest that their was a graveyard somewhere in the Doll. It may be associated with St. Machan's Chapel and be located at NC 87390 04277. At this location are 2 fields to the SE of the 'Ford' which are situated below a river tarrace.
J Aitken : 20/01/03
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At Doll, Brora, St Machan is commemorated in a chapel. He was educated in Ireland, flourished during the 6th century and laboured in Alba.
T Pennant 1774; Orig Paroch Scot 1855; A MacKay 1914.
No further information obtained.
Visited by OS (E G C) 7 April 1962.
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG2457 Text/Publication/Volume: Beaton, D (ed.). 1914. History of the Province of Caithness and Sutherland from the Earliest Times to 1615. 35.
- --- SHG2618 Text/Publication/Volume: Pennant, T. 1774. A tour in Scotland; MDCCLXIX. 3rd ed.. 337.
- --- SHG342 Text/Publication/Monograph: OPS. 1855. Origines parochiales Scotiae: the antiquities ecclesiastical and territorial of the parishes of Scotland. 2/2. 724.
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Record last edited
May 13 2016 12:00AM
