Monument record MHG31342 - Cemetery, Halkirk Old Parish Church

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Location

Grid reference Centred ND 1350 5968 (20m by 20m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND15NW
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish HALKIRK
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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See ND15NW0094 Halkirk Old Parish Burial Ground
J Aitken : 05/12/02

Abbey Church, Halkirk. Georgian T plan church built in 1753, repaired in 1833.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995

Abbey Church, now disused, is as described above. It has been superseded as a place of worship by the church at ND 1300 5942. No further info regarding the old chapel was found.
Visited by OS (J B) 23 December 1981

Abbey Church (NAT) OS 6" map, (1970)

Halkirk church, built in 1753 and repaired in 1833, is a good example of a Georgian T-plan church, though it has been much altered internally and now appears to be quietly decaying.
G Hay 1957

Church (NAT) on Site of (NAT) Chapel (NR)
OS 6" map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1907)

The present parish church is built on site of an old chapel, but no information can be had in this neighbourhood in connection with it. Part of the ruins were standing when the church was built.
Name Book 1872

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Myatt, L J. 1975. 'The early ecclesiastical remains of Halkirk Parish', Caithness Fld Club Bulletin Vol. 1 April 1975, p.55-61. Caithness Fld Club Bulletin. 55-61. 55, 57.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Hay, G. 1957. The architecture of Scottish post-Reformation churches, 1560-1843. 92.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 4, 83-4.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: George Watson. Caithness Chapel Sites.

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Record last edited

Oct 8 2014 3:27PM

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