Monument record MHG6873 - Chapel, Daless

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 8608 3886 (200m by 200m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH83NE
Old County NAIRNSHIRE
Civil Parish CAWDOR
Geographical Area NAIRN

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Full Description

A pre-Reformation chapel-of-ease with a small glebe existed at Daless (NH 86 38). It was disused after the Reformation but its site can still be identified.
G Bain 1928.

At NH 8608 3886 on the flat haugh-land of the River Findhorn is a sub-rectangular enclosure, oriented ESE to WNW and measuring c. 78.0m by c. 26.0m within a denuded bank of earth and stones. It is locally thought to have been a burial ground but there is not trace of tombstones or a chapel.
Visited by OS (R L) 3 December 1970.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Bain, G. 1893. History of Nairnshire. 2nd ed.. 101.
  • --- 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. 117.

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Record last edited

May 13 2016 12:00AM

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