Monument record MHG1963 - Church, Knocktarloc

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Grid reference Centred ND 2450 5430 (80m by 80m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND25SW
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish WATTEN
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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There was a church of St Talore or Tarloc near to the village of Watten (ND 241 545).
A MacKay 1914.

To S of Greystones (ND 245 543), in Watten parish, is Knocktarloc - Tarloc's Knowe - (not noted in ONB), but since Tarloc was a common Pictish name, it is not necessarily site of his church. Tarloc or Tarlogan, was companion of St Donnan (d617).
D Beaton 1909.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Beaton, D. 1909. Ecclesiastical history of Caithness and annals of Caithness parishes. 80-1.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Beaton, D (ed.). 1914. History of the Province of Caithness and Sutherland from the Earliest Times to 1615. 35.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: George Watson. Caithness Chapel Sites.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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