Archaeology Notes

Event ID 692426

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO67SW 2 6025 7349.

(NO 6025 7349) Chapel of Neudos (NR) (Site of)

OS 6" map, (1959)

About 1860, the thick, mortared walls of the church stood about 1ft high; it measured about 55 by 17ft. A broken octagonal font lay a short distance from the W end. The burial ground was still in use (Ordnance Survey Name Book [ONB] 1860). RCAHMS 1982; A Jervise 1882; H Scott et al 1915-61; I B Cowan 1967; Name Book 1860.

No trace of the church, the dedication of which is not known locally, nor of the font. The burial ground is no longer is use.

Visited by OS (R L) 18 August 1971.

Recumbent graveslab

NO 602 734 The stone was initially discovered by Niall Robertson, and thought to date to the Romanesque period. The 1307 date on it was probably added in the 18th century or later.

Sponsor: Angus District Museums.

N Atkinson 1995.