Monument record MHG997 - St. Magnus' Chapel

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Grid reference Centred ND 0169 6390 (40m by 40m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND06SW
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish REAY
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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The ruins of a Roman Catholic chapel lie in Shebster (ND 017 639). (See ND06SW 7.)
NSA (written by F Cook, 1840) 1845.

There was a chapel, dedicated to St. Magnus, at Shebster.
D Beaton 1909.

No evidence was found concerning this (? pre-Reformation) chapel. Visited by OS (N K B) 11 November 1964.

No change. Visited by OS (J B) 5 November 1981.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Beaton, D. 1909. Ecclesiastical history of Caithness and annals of Caithness parishes. 39.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: NSA. 1845. The new statistical account of Scotland by the ministers of the respective parishes under the superintendence of a committee of the society for the benefit of the sons and daughters of the clergy. Vol. 15, Caithness, 17.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: George Watson. Caithness Chapel Sites.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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