Monument record MHG14343 - Chapel-Town

Summary

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 9297 1982 (200m by 200m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH91NW
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish DUTHIL AND ROTHIEMURCHUS
Geographical Area BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY

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Full Description

This is is recorded on all the OS maps as Grave Yard (Remains of and Site of Chapel.. As is discussed above there are no remains visible here and it is possible that it should be sited elsewhere.
The area around here is heavily overgrown with juniper and birch scrub. There is a boulder and earth dyke as shown on the current OS map extending 30m North East from the present farm boundary and some 60m North of the old boundary wall. Rather than bounding a graveyard, it would appear to mark an enclosure to the North as the ground appears more fertile here.
Wordsworth 1996, Site 4 (see Hlinked report)


NH91NW 9 9298 1983.

Graveyard (NR)
(NH 9298 1983) (Remains of) and Site of Chapel (NR)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1906)

An old graveyard called Chapel-town or Bail-an-chaibeil is the site of the separate church of Deshur, the south part of the parish of Duthil. In 1783 it was under crop. No dedication is known.
Fuaran Fionntag or the Well of Virtue, famed for curing toothache, is situated nearby.
A Mitchell and J Drummond 1875.

There are no visible remains of a chapel or graveyard in the area indicated, which is in a cultivated field. The tradition of a chapel having been there is known locally, but no well is known of in the area.
Visited by OS (R L) 4 November 1966.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Mitchell, A and Drummond, J. 1874. Vacation notes in Cromar, Burghead, and Strathspey. Including notice of one of the supposed burial-places of St Columba. Proc Soc Antiq Scot Volume 10. 603-89. 673.
  • --- Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Wordsworth, J.. 1996. An Archaeological Survey of Balnacruie of Deishar Farm, Boat Of Garten. Wordsworth Archaeological Services. 01/04/1997. Paper and Digital.

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Record last edited

Jun 30 2016 11:58AM

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