Monument record MHG6995 - Chapel, Foynesfield

NH85SE 6 892 538.

'A chapel, dedicated to St Ninian, existed at Foynesfield (St Ninian's Well - NH85SE 2 - is at NH 8952 5379). It was known by the Gaelic form of 'St Ninian', viz. 'St Ringan', and the place is called 'Ringan' by the Gaelic-speak- ing people to this day. A clump of ash trees alone remains to mark the site of the ecclesiastical settlement.' G Bain 1893

The 'clump of ashtrees' mentioned by Bain could not be located and there is no local knowledge of the site of St Ninian's Chapel.
Visited by OS (N K B) 16 November 1965.

No definite evidence exists for the location of the pre-Reformation chapel. However, the site is reputed locally to have been on a hillock at NH 892 538, where stone is still ploughed up.
RCAHMS 1978, visited May 1978.