Monument record MHG36839 - Chapelpark, Lynchat

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User: Admin, Date: Wed 13 Oct 2004
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NH70SE 87 7873 0195

NH 7873 0195 The site of Raitts Chapel, at Chapelpark Farm, Lynchat, was subjected to topographic survey and archaeological evaluation in August 2000. The site is visible as a sub-rectangular to trapezoidal enclosure, measuring 45m ENE-WSW by 24m at its W end and 20m at its E end, and defined by a turf and stone bank; its E portion has been disturbed and partially levelled by ploughing. The chapel, dedicated to St Moluog (who founded the monastery at Lismore and died in AD 592), is mentioned in documents from the 13th to 14th centuries; it appears to be one of a suite of 9th to 10th-century chapels in Badenoch.
Six small trial trenches were opened over the bank and interior. That over the bank established that it had been built of stone with an earthen core and later widened and heightened. Two of the trenches in the interior found plough-truncated grave cuts. One measured 1.8m long and the other was 2.06m; both were aligned E-W and cut wider at the W end to accommodate the head. Slight staining in the base of each cut indicated the presence of burials. Further work, including geophysical survey and excavation, is planned to establish the extent of burials and any structural remains inside or outside the enclosure.
Sponsors: Highland Council, Highland Folk Museum, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
O Lelong 2000