Building record MHG2895 - Daviot Parish Church
Summary
The present church at Daviot, built 1826, reportedly stands on the site of an earlier church.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 7234 3944 (16m by 17m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH73NW |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | DAVIOT AND DUNLICHITY |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
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Full Description
NH73NW 1 7236 3942.
(NH 7235 3944) Church (NR) (Site of)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1906)
The Church and manse of Daviot were built in 1763-4
OSA 1795. <1>
"This is the site of the old church erected about the period of the Reformation, and taken down at the date of the erection of the present church - 1826. It was a very plain building"
Name Book 1871. <2>
NH 7235 3942 No trace remains of the old church of Daviot, the present church bears the date 1826.
Visited by OS (W D J) 28 August 1963.
Dated 1826. Rectangular harled church, with tooled ashlar margins and dressings. Tooled and polished ashlar tower at
west gable. <3>
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SHG24260 Image/Photograph(s): Highland Council Archaeology Unit. HCAU Slide Collection Sheet 9. Colour slide. . Digital (scanned). 192.
- --- SHG24432 Image/Photograph(s): Highland Council Archaeology Unit. HCAU Slide Collection Sheet 19. Colour slide. . Digital (scanned). 384.
- <1> SHG2606 Text/Publication/Volume: Sir John Sinclair (ed.). 1791-9. The statistical account of Scotland, drawn up from the communications of the ministers of the different parishes. Vol. 14, 70.
- <2> SHG3351 Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 20, 9.
- <3> SHG24041 Dataset: Historic Scotland. Information Supplementary to the Statutory List (This information has no legal significance). Digital. HB Number 1700.
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Record last edited
Jan 12 2011 2:41PM
