Monument record MHG8520 - Chapel, Newton

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 8453 8144 (69m by 64m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH88SW
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish FEARN

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Full Description

Chapel (NR) (Remains of) OS 6" map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed.,(1907)

Remains of a chapel said to have been erected in 16th century. The walls are now almost at ground level. The surrounding graveyard was used up 1832.
Name Book 1871.

The remains of a chapel measuring 11.8m E-W by 5m with turf-covered walls of 0.7m max height and c1.5m thick. The entrance is marked by a gap towards W end of S wall. The overgrown graveyard is featureless and its boundary wall is scarcely traceable.
Visited by OS (I S S) 6 September 1972.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Easter Ross, Ross and Cromarty District, Highland Region. . 27, No. 230.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 29, 98.

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Record last edited

May 26 2016 3:23PM

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