Monument record MHG1181 - Possible Site of Hospital, Latheron
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 1979 3349 (140m by 140m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ND13SE |
| Old County | CAITHNESS |
| Civil Parish | LATHERON |
| Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
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Full Description
There is some evidence for an ecclesiastical foundation at Latheron (info from Geoffrey Stell) (ND 198 335), which might have been one of the stages on the pilgrim route north to the shrine of St Magnus at Kirkwall (HY41SW 10). This may have been the 'hospital' at which English envoys were accommodated on the night of 3rd October 1290 on their way to the Orkneys to attend the reception of the Maid of Norway. Having passed the previous night at Helmsdale, they were apparently still a day's journey from Wick, where they spent the night of the 4th. Assuming they travelled by the coast, this would place the hospital somewhere in the vicinity of Latheron. (See also ND13SE 18.)
Cowan, apparently erroneously, locates the hospital to Ousdale. (See ND02SE 21.)
B E Crawford 1982; I B Cowan and D E Easson 1976.
Included in HS / SUAT Hospitals gazetteer project 2000.
The actual site of the hospital may be at ND198 328 (NMRS ND13SE33)
- see Assoc. Docs
John Wood 7/7/2000
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG2070 Text/Publication/Volume: Cowan and Easson, I B and D E. 1976. Medieval religious houses, Scotland: with an appendix on the houses in the Isle of Man. 2nd ed.. 199.
- --- SHG3130 Text/Publication/Article: Crawford, B E. 1982. Scots and Scandinavians in medieval Caithness: A study of the period 1266-1375. SHG23444. 61-74. 62-3.
- --- SHG3470 Text/Publication/Volume: George Watson. Caithness Chapel Sites.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Aug 3 2009 9:52AM
