Monument record MHG38957 - Possible Architectural Remnant of Chapel, Chapel Hill

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Grid reference Centred NH 9560 5150 (6m by 6m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH95SE
Old County NAIRNSHIRE
Civil Parish AULDEARN
Geographical Area NAIRN

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A Catholic chapel is supposed to have stood on Chapel Hill, a small cultivated knoll in a field a short distance east of Easter Clune farmhouse. The site cannot be identified.
A carved stone, dug up during trenching operations, was taken to the Nairn Museum by Dr Griggor (Name Book 1869).
The site of the chapel is still marked in the Chapelfield.
G Bain 1928

There is no trace and no local knowledge of the site of the chapel. Visited by OS (RL) 5 January 1971

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Bain, G. 1893. History of Nairnshire. 2nd ed.. 94.
  • --- Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1978. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Nairn District, Highland Region. . 16, No. 116.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No.3, 65.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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