Monument record MHG645 - St. Ninians Chapel, North Head

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Grid reference Centred ND 3829 5080 (40m by 40m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND35SE
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish WICK
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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John Wood 2/11/00
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ND35SE 8 383 508.

There was a pre-Reformation (Auld 1868) chapel dedicated to St Ninian at the 'Heat of Wick'. This site has been variously located at North Head, near the Service Bridge (Beaton 1909), and at Head of Wick above the inlet of Papigoe (Scott 1918).
D Beaton 1909; A Auld 1868; A B Scott 1918; A MacKay 1914.

St Ninian's Church stood at the North Head (ND 383 508).
J Horne 1895.

No further info regarding this chapel was obtained during field investigation. Visited by OS (W D J) 21 April 1962.

Not located. C E Batey 1981.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Myatt, L J. 1975. 'The early ecclesiatical remains of Wick Parish', Caithness Fld Club Bulletin Vol. 1 Oct 1975, p.81-4. Caithness Fld Club Bulletin. 81-4. 81, 84.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Auld, A. 1868. The ministers and men in the far north. 2.
  • --- Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Batey, C E. 1981. Caithness coastal survey 1981: interim report. University of Durham, Department of Archaeology. . No. 160.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Beaton, D. 1909. Ecclesiastical history of Caithness and annals of Caithness parishes. 53.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Horne, J. 1895. Ye towne of Wick in ye oldene tymes. 27.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Beaton, D (ed.). 1914. History of the Province of Caithness and Sutherland from the Earliest Times to 1615. 31.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: George Watson. Caithness Chapel Sites.

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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