Field Visit
Date 6 May 2009
Event ID 582566
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/582566
This chapel is situated at the foot of a raised beach cliff about 350m from the shore and 300m W of Nether Ardroscadale farmsteading. Rectangular on plan, it measures 9.1m from ENE to WSW by 5.3m transversely within walls 1.1m in thickness and up to 1.2m in height, with an entrance close to the middle of the SSE side. The ash tree mentioned in a previous report has fallen and the interior and surrounding ground, including the bank of the enclosure in which the chapel stands, have been heavily trampled by cattle.
The chapel is depicted in an area labelled ‘Billie's Bog’ on a late 18th century estate map of Nether Ardroscadale (May 1780-82). The chapel and the enclosure bank are also shown on the 1st edition of the OS 25-inch map (Argyllshire and Buteshire 1869, Sheet CCIII.16) and the chapel was described in the contemporary OS Name Book as 'a small oblong building in ruins’ (No.6, p.51).
Visited by RCAHMS (GFG, JMH) 6 May 2009.
