Monument record MHG7191 - Chapel, Knockoudie Wood

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Grid reference Centred NH 9100 5340 (40m by 40m)
Map sheet NH95SW
Old County NAIRNSHIRE
Civil Parish AULDEARN
Geographical Area NAIRN

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NH95SW 6 910 534.

A chapel was founded at Kincraggie by John Hay of Tullybothil, in 1374. The site of the chapel, which was dedicated to St Mary was in all probability at the high ground where the streamlet known as Craggie Burn takes its rise. (? area NH 9102 5345 in area of what is now wood but was in 1868 a patch of rough pasture).
G Bain 1928

No local knowledge of chapel, no trace of a building at suggested site. Visited by OS (RL) 17 December 1970

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Bain, G. 1893. History of Nairnshire. 2nd ed.. 97.
  • --- 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. . 18, No. 129.

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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