Chapel Park, Muirton
Chapel (Period Unknown)
Site Name Chapel Park, Muirton
Classification Chapel (Period Unknown)
Alternative Name(s) Muirton Home Farm; Belhelvie
Canmore ID 20317
Site Number NJ91NW 9
NGR NJ 9388 1710
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Belhelvie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ91NW 9 9388 1710
See also NJ91NW 6.
NJ 9388 1710 Chapel (NR) (Supposed site of).
OS 6" map, Aberdeenshire, 2nd ed., (1901).
'It is a well-known tradition that a chapel stood in this field previous to the Reformation. All remains of it have now disappeared and I have not been able to meet with any person who can point out the site of the Chapel. The enclosure is well known as Chapel Park.'
Name Book 1866.
There is no trace of any building at the site. No further information was obtained locally.
Visited by OS (EGC) 18 October 1961.
Nothing is visible survive of the chapel that is reported to have stood 130m SE of Muirton Home Farm. The recorded position, on a SW-facing slope in an arable field, corresponds with a natural rock outcrop which has been used as a dump for field clearance.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, IF), 5 November 1996.
