Monument record MHG1804 - Cemetery, Camster

Summary

No summary available.

Location

Grid reference Centred ND 2495 4519 (20m by 20m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND24NW
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish LATHERON
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Camster Grave Yard (NAT) OS 1:10,000 map, (1976)

'Caithness Monumental Inscriptions', pre 1855
Monumental inscription survey completed by A.S.Cowper & I.Ross.
The survey may not include inscription information after 1855 and each inscription transcribed does not give the full details that appear on the stones, abbreviations used. Some ommissions and inacuracies. Published 1992.
J Aitken : 20/12/02
-----
A small detached grave yard. Of the origin or church to which it belonged nothing is known in the neighbourhood. Interments are still made in it. (Not in RCAHMS inventory)
Name Book 1872.

Camster graveyard is in good condition and oriented N-S, measuring about 12.5 by 6.5m. The earliest legible stone is dated 1806 and the latest 1938. Future interments are anticipated.
About 6m outside the S wall is a curving, turf-covered bank which could be part of an earlier graveyard wall otherwise destroyed, although there is no local tradition of one.
Visited by OS (I S S) 6 April 1972.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Text/Publication/Monograph: A S Cowper & I Ross. 1992. Caithness Monumental Inscriptions, pre 1855. 4.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 6, 35.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: George Watson. Caithness Chapel Sites.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (0)

Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

Comments and Feedback

Do you have any questions or more information about this record? Please feel free to comment below with your name and email address. All comments are submitted to the Heritage Portal maintainers for moderation, and we aim to respond/publish as soon as possible. Comments, questions and answers that may be helpful to other users will be retained and displayed along with the name you supply. The email address you supply will never be displayed or shared.